Prison smuggler busted by his own drone camera

It turns out that drones advertised off the back of beautiful aerial shots also take great videos of murky drug dens.

Wi-Fi versions to get names people can actually understand

The high priests of Wi-Fi just made your life - and the lives of wireless network equipment vendors everywhere - a little easier.

Facebook doubles cooling off period to cash in on your FOMO

Facebook has doubled its grace period because so many leavers are getting cold feet.

Google’s Intra app secures older Androids with encrypted DNS

DNS encryption is the Next Big Thing in web encryption and Google doesn't want Android users to miss out.

Setting up a Mac for young children

A step-by-step guide to preparing a Mac for young children.

Cop charged with selling phone tracking service on dark web

A French police officer has been charged with using police intelligence data to power a mobile phone tracking service sold via the dark web.

Facebook finds “no evidence” attackers accessed third-party apps

To play it safe, it's building a tool to let developers manually identify any of their users who may have been affected by the big breach.

iOS 12.0 Security Bug Workarounds

NSA staffer takes top-secret hacking tools home ‘to study’, gets 66 months

Nghia Hoang Pho may not have had malicious intent, but removal of the materials forced the NSA to abandon years of signals collection work.

Update now: Adobe fixes 85 serious flaws in Acrobat and Reader

Adobe has released updates fixing a long list of security vulnerabilities discovered in the Mac and Windows versions of Acrobat and Reader.

Hacked Fortnite accounts and rent-a-botnet being pushed on Instagram

The gaming and hacking communities overlap: Some of the hacker accounts are offering botnet access as well as Fortnite accounts.

Google’s new rules for developers make Chrome extensions safer for all

Google has announced a range of security changes to its Chrome browser that will make the use of extensions more secure.

The Facebook dilemma – stick it out or pack it in? [PODCAST]

It's been a while but we're back at the microphone - here's Episode 5 of the Naked Security podcast.

Hackers demand ransom from hijacked Instagram influencers

Hackers are taking over high-profile Instagram users’ accounts and holding them to ransom, revealed reports this week.

Lock screen bypass already discovered for Apple’s iOS 12

Apple’s iOS 12 is barely out of the gates and already someone has found a way to beat its lock screen security to access a device’s contents.

Suspect forced to unlock iPhone with his face

The order so far hasn't raised Fifth Amendment objections either, your face being something you are, rather than something you know.

Students swap data for coffee at cashless cafe

In this US-based cashless cafe, university students hand over personal data in exchange for a dose of caffeine and sponsorship propaganda.

How to have that difficult “stay safe online” conversation with your kids

As your children start using the internet with greater independence, help keep them - and their data - safe with these simple tips.

You gave your number to Facebook for security and it used it for ads

Facebook has been adding phone numbers registered for 2FA to the other data it uses to target people with advertising.

Monero fixes major ‘burning bug’ flaw, preventing mass devaluation

The flaw arises from the use of stealth wallet addresses, an anonymity concept that's especially important to privacy-sensitive Monero users.

Monday review – the hot 23 stories of the week

From the big Facebook breach to vulnerable Android password managers - catch up with everything we've written in the last seven days. It's weekly roundup time.