Unpatched vulnerability is an echo of how users failed to wean themselves off Windows XP after Microsoft stopped patching the OS
AKBuilder, Microsoft Word Intruder exploiting Office RTF vulnerability
If you haven’t applied the latest patches to Microsoft Office, now is the time to do so – and while you’re at it, check that you’re not running Office with admin rights
Facial recognition on Samsung’s new phone has already been cracked
Samsung’s latest phone, the Galaxy S8, offers facial recognition – and it’s already been beaten. We’ve got some advice on how to make sure your phone is secure
News in brief: Norway deep-freezes data; firms ‘shelving GDPR plans’; Android overtakes Windows
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
When social media surveillance gets it very wrong
A an exercise to identify protesters potentially hostile to police via their hashtags is a lesson in the unintended consequences of social media surveillance