A controversial hacking company recently ran a competition offering $3m for up to three click-to-own exploits against Apple’s iOS. The exploits would be sold on to “eligible customers” only. The competition is now closed, but one exploit apparently met the grade and will earn $1,000,000. We investigate: what “click-to-own” means, why exploits of this sort...

Windows 7 users were thrown into a panic overnight by what we can only think to describe as a harmlessly incorrect genuine botched fake update. Help forums filled up with rumours of a hack at Microsoft, thanks to an update notification looking something like this: gYxseNjwafVPfgsoHnzLblmm...YMEILGNIPwNOgEazuBVJcyVjBRL Download size: 4.3 MB You may need to restart...