Five vulnerabilities exist in Siemens RUGGEDCOM gear; the vendor has made a number of workarounds…
Publicly Attacked Microsoft IIS Zero Day Unlikely to be Patched
Researchers have disclosed a zero-day vulnerability and proof-of-concept exploit for a flaw in Microsoft IIS…
Mobile Apps
Only install mobile apps from trusted places, and always double-check the privacy settings to ensure…
Why government plans to spy on WhatsApp will fail
After last week’s attack in London, the home secretary called on television for cryptographic regression…
India extends ‘Orwellian’ ID card scheme as critics warn of risks
‘Voluntary’ ID scheme soon to be mandatory for a huge range of everyday activities, from…
‘Siri, please dial 999 and save Mummy’s life’
Four-year-old boy used his unconscious mother’s thumb to unlock her iPhone and call the emergency…
eBay to ‘downgrade’ verification by switching to SMS
If you’ve got a hardware fob for eBay verification, it will still work for now,…
Man loses appeal over Facebook threat to kill Obama
The lesson from this failed appeal is that threats on social media will be taken…
News in brief: Hong Kong voters’ data lost; Rudd faces pushback; Google Home lands in Britain
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
Macs and iPhones patched – including 23 kernel-level holes
Yes, we always say, “Patch early, patch often.” But this time, patch even earlier!