Tor Messenger is shutting down, and it didn’t even leave beta
A tamper-proof Bitcoin wallet was hacked by a British 15-year-old
We can’t tell if this “VPN for women” is a joke, or just insulting
“Slingshot” router malware that went undetected for six years is one of the most advanced attacks ever seen
What is fog computing?
Private browsing isn’t that private after all, but MIT researchers have an answer
Encrypted chat app Signal gets a cash injection from WhatsApp co-founding billionaire, Brian Acton
Google’s Project Zero discloses Edge browser bug after Microsoft didn’t fix it in time
Hackers are using Google Play Store apps to secretly mine cryptocurrency on your Android phone
Don’t trust phones from Huawei and ZTE, the FBI warns – without seemingly any real evidence or reason
Privacy advocates are in a spin over Facebook’s Onavo Protect VPN tracking your data – but what did they expect?
Government websites hit by bitcoin-mining hackers
Gagging orders: The internet surveillance nobody can talk about
This open-source Echo rival respects your privacy and doesn’t want to sell you anything
Firefox users urged to update their browsers immediately due to critical security flaw
A Chinese satellite just used quantum cryptography to make an unhackable video call between Beijing and Vienna
Malicious YouTube ads have been using your CPU power to mine cryptocurrency
Strava is a military security nightmare as US base locations are leaked by fitness fanatics
British Airways is rolling out its biometric gates to more US airports
OnePlus hacked as customers are warned of a serious breach
“Dark Caracal” operation blamed for the hacking of thousands of victims in 21 countries
“Skygofree” trojan can intercept your WhatsApp messages
Can you crack these GCHQ challenges? Brain teasers released to launch CyberFirst Girls contest
Adult VR app SinVR exposed names and emails of thousands of users
Researchers trick speech-to-text systems with hidden messages – Could Alexa, Bixby, Google, Siri and Cortana be next?
“Alexa, I’d like to report a crime”: Your Amazon Echo could soon be used to
Apple rolls out more Meltdown and Spectre fixes as the Linux founder calls Intel’s patches “utter garbage”
North Korea is hijacking computers to mine cryptocurrency
No, 73p of Russian Facebook spending wouldn’t shift a Brexit vote, but it’s dangerous to take that at face value
31 million Android users’ personal data exposed thanks to an insecure keyboard app
Apple rolls out fix for the security flaw that let ANYONE log in to a High Sierra Mac
Google admits to tracking users’ locations
What is net neutrality and what does it mean for the UK?
Intel security flaws put laptops, servers and storage at risk of hacking
How to stop over 400 sites logging everything you type: A complete list of every site using session replay scripts
Cash Converters hit by UK data breach ransom demand
There’s a particularly nasty Netflix email scam doing the rounds claiming your account has been suspended
The white hat brigade
How to stay safe in the cloud
“If your device supports Wi-Fi, it is most likely affected:” The full scale of the WPA2 flaw is revealed
US Department of Justice echoes Amber Rudd’s views on encryption
Hack reveals how criminals could steal your Apple ID using dodgy pop-ups
The FBI has used records from VPN provider that claims not to keep logs
US security secrets reportedly stolen in Russian NSA hack
Amber Rudd: “I don’t need to understand how encryption works to understand how it’s helping the criminals”
The business of malware
The 10 best (or should that be worst?) malware attacks
Facebook will now track what shops you visit offline to target you with ads online
Prepare for major cyber-attack, warns National Cyber Security Centre
Hackers spread hidden malware to 2.27 million people through the CCleaner software
Posted by Alex Lee on April 3, 2018 
