With a billion user accounts compromised, this latest Yahoo breach is the biggest in history. We look at how you can prevent your data being part of the next big one

OTT messaging services could soon fall under the same privacy regulations as telephone calls and SMS text messages

Fifth Amendment protection thrown into doubt after court rules that alleged voyeur must unlock his iPhone

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

Delays in letting people know about data breaches can seem sinister, but there are usually good reasons

BrianFagioli quotes a report from BetaNews: When people think of the technology behind video games and movies, they often just focus on the visuals. True, when creating an immersive experience, the video is probably the most important aspect from a…

According to an IBM Security report released on December 14, 70 percent of businesses impacted by ransomware end up paying the attackers. The amount varies but a majority of business respondents said they paid tens of thousands of dollars. eWeek…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: Malicious ads are serving exploit code to infect routers, instead of browsers, in order to insert ads in every site users are visiting. Unlike previous malvertising campaigns that targeted users of old…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: The Shadow Brokers — a hacker or group of hackers that stole computer exploits from the National Security Agency — has been quiet for some time. After their auction and crowd-funded approach…

According to Politico, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was “bounced” from Wednesday’s meeting between tech executives and President-elect Donald Trump in retribution for refusing during the campaign to allow an emoji version of the hashtag #CrookedHillary. Trump’s adviser Sean Spicer denied…