We come across a lot of spams, scams and phishing attempts here at Naked Security. Some come to our “send us a comment” email address, because it’s widely publicised. Some come to our personal addresses, especially those of us who have had the same email for many years. And many – the most interesting! – are reported...

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...