Tech to pick faces out of the crowd can be used for good, but it’s also increasingly pervasive

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A breach at OneLogin appears to have compromised customer data, including the ability to decrypt encrypted data.

More than 1,000 mobile apps are leaking personal information via unsecured backend platforms such as MongoDB, MySQL and others.

Patients, including some celebrities, of a plastic surgery clinic, have found themselves on the receiving end of ransom demands

Chrome extension means that users can send encrypted messages on services such as Twitter, Facebook and Reddit that have enabled Keybase

Phishing sites are deploying freely available TLS certificates in order to dupe victims into thinking they’re visiting a safe site.

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap the news of the week, including the EternalRocks worm, the latest on WannaCry, a subtitle hack, and a Twitter flaw.

Despite use of facial recognition being banned under state law, Vermont’s DMV is ‘overstepping’ the legislation, say campaigners

New machine-learning tool aims to deliver even more information to Google’s advertisers about your ‘consumer journey’