A new security company known as Zerodium has come up with a 7-figure way to make a very loud splash as it enters the field. It’s got $1 million (about £651,000) in bug bounty money burning a hole in its pocket, and it’s looking to spend it on what’s thought to be the biggest bounty...

Google pushed out its first-ever monthly security update for Android in August, fixing the Stagefright vulnerability that an attacker could use to own your device with a malicious MMS message. Nexus devices got their September security update last week, fixing another eight vulnerabilities, including one that could allow an attacker to bypass the lockscreen and access...

Researchers have shown that a smartwatch’s motion sensors can be used to detect what keys you’re pressing with your left hand (or whatever hand the watch is on) and thus guess at the words you’re typing. Their findings suggest that it’s possible for cybercrooks to come up with an app that camouflages itself – for...

The personal details of thousands of Lloyds Bank account holders have gone missing following the suspected theft of a data storage box. The breach affects any customers who made a claim under a Royal Sun Alliance (RSA) emergency home cover policy attached to their £25 a month Lloyds Premier bank account between 2006 and 2012. RSA said...

Self-driving cars may be the future of transportation – it’s possible that eventually they could be safer than vehicles with human drivers. But autonomous vehicles are going to need more and better defenses against the threat of hackers and cyberattacks. Uber has just hired a pair of renowned car hackers to help the alternative cab company develop security...

This week has already been a roller coaster ride for ad-block users – between Apple promising to open the flood gates to ad-blocking in the Safari browser on upcoming iPhones and iPads, and Chrome users groaning after it looked like Google was cutting the knees off AdBlock and forcing them to sit through video ads...

Do you keep databases with information about other people? Do you allow teleworkers, road warriors, suppliers, contractors and so on to connect in remotely? Do you accept payments, for example from credit cards or NFC devices? Do you make payments of your own online? Do you keep important business or personal data – tax returns,...

An attacker with access to security-sensitive information about the Firefox web browser went unnoticed for up to two years, putting hundreds of millions of users at risk. The attacker was able to spy on highly sensitive information by gaining access to a privileged account on Bugzilla@Mozilla, the bug tracking software the Mozilla corporation uses to...