June 6, 2017
Microsoft warns, cyber-attack over the weekend a wake-up call
A cyber-attack that has hit 150 countries since Friday should be treated by governments around the world as a "wake-up call", Microsoft says. The computing giant said software vulnerabilities hoarded by governments had caused "widespread damage".…
May 12, 2017
Countries hit by huge cyberextortion attack
Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users' files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies. The attack appeared to exploit a vulnerability that was…
May 4, 2017
Google Docs users hit by phishing scam
Google says it has stopped a phishing email that reached about a million of its users. The scam claimed to come from Google Docs - a service that allows people to share and edit documents online. Users who clicked a link and followed instructions,…
April 19, 2017
Facebook shares brain-control ideas
Facebook says it is working on technology to allow us to control computers directly with our brains. It is developing “silent speech” software to allow people to type at a rate of 100 words per minute, it says. The project, in its early stages, will…
March 20, 2017
Uber president Jeff Jones steps down
Uber president Jeff Jones is leaving the company after less than six months. A source at the taxi booking app told the BBC the resignation was "completely unexpected". They said Mr Jones was frustrated the company was hiring a new chief operating…
March 20, 2017
McDonald’s India delivery app ‘leaks user data’
McDonald's delivery app in India leaked personal information about 2.2 million users, a security firm has found. A poorly configured server gave anyone access to the names, emails, home addresses and phone numbers of users, said Fallible. Sending a…
March 6, 2017
Child porn case dropped to prevent FBI disclosure
US prosecutors have dropped a case against a man accused of using a child porn site because the government refused to divulge how it revealed his identity. The Playpen site was located on the Tor network which is used to anonymise web-browsing…
November 22, 2016
Malware is making ATMs ‘spit cash’
A Russian cybersecurity firm has issued a warning about a spate of remotely coordinated attacks on cash machines. Hacks of banks' centralised systems had made groups of machines issue cash simultaneously, a process known as "touchless jackpotting",…
November 18, 2016
Apple to fix iPhone 6 Plus ‘touch disease’ for a fee
Apple has started offering a service to fix a fault on iPhone 6 Plus phones known as "touch disease". Touchscreens on smartphones that have this problem gradually become unresponsive. The fault was highlighted by gadget sites which said it was…
November 7, 2016
UK halts Facebook’s WhatsApp data dip
Facebook has been told it must not use data gathered from UK members of its WhatsApp messaging app to target ads on its core social network. The country's Information Commissioner said she did not believe the firm had obtained valid consent for the…