From Stack Clash to some new malware using an old trick and Amazon’s plans for in-store web tomfoolery, and more!

You may be surprised to learn that Google’s search engine was accidentally indexing such a sensitive category of data in the first place.

Some police and child protection authorities are advising parents to turn off the new feature

We cover five hot topics in computer security: ransomware, botnets, surveillance, phishing and GDPR.

Spora ransomware is back and it’s trying to confuse antivirus products and email filters.

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

An anonymous reader quotes Ars Technica: Two top Australian government officials said Sunday that they will push for “thwarting the encryption of terrorist messaging” during an upcoming meeting next week of the so-called “Five Eyes” group of English-speaking nations that…

Long-time Slashdot reader nri tipped us off to a developing story in Victoria, Australia. Yahoo News reports: Victoria Police officials announced on Saturday, June 24, they were withdrawing all speed camera infringement notices issued statewide from June 6 after a…

An anonymous reader quotes Bloomberg: The websites of Ohio Governor John Kasich and other state government agencies were hacked on Sunday with a posting professing love for the jihadist group Islamic State. Ten state websites and two servers were affected,…

An elevator that can move in any direction has been successfully tested by a German company named ThyssenKrupp. An anonymous reader quotes Wired UK: The Multi is the first ropeless lift, built using the same magnetic levitation technology used in…