Researcher uses Google’s speech tools to skewer Google reCAPTCHA

It's not the first time Google's own services have been used to trick the bot challenges - although a new version of reCAPTCHA coming soon should remove the annoyance of having to prove you're not a robot

MWC: These might be the droids you are looking for

While robots were very much part of this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, what's increasingly clear is that AI and robotics are as much a part of your phone as they are of humanoid robts

Howard A Schmidt remembered as a ‘humble’ industry giant

Security industry and government heavyweight with time for everyone dies aged 67

Nearly 1m Coachella user details potentially accessed in breach

Festivalgoers' details allegedly for sale on the dark web, though Coachella says no financial details were exposed

DDoS attack pummels Luxembourg state servers

Attack has been ongoing since Monday with no indication of who is behind it

News in brief: AI boost to video streaming; Mayer loses bonus; move to tackle comment trolls

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

Cloudflare chief pledges third-party review of code

'No evidence' that attackers exploited the vulnerability, says Cloudflare CEO

Poor robot security could lead to ‘Skynet’ nightmare, warn researchers

Generic robot tools mean robots pose some of the same risks as poorly secured IoT devices - but those fears could be overstated

Twitter scrambles those anonymous account eggs

Twitter makes another attempt to reduce abuse by cracking down on eggs

Two new Mac backdoors discovered

On Valentine’s Day, Mac users got a special “treat” in the form of new malware. Then, later that same week, there were signs of yet another piece of malware looming. These threats were overshadowed a bit by the discovery last week of the second rans…

News in brief: AWS fail hits services; YouTube launches streaming service; Windows gets ‘walled garden’ option

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Unholy trinity of AKBuilder, Dyzap and Betabot used in new malware campaigns

Betabot, Dyzap and AKBuilder join forces - but keeping Office up to date should keep you protected

Is E2EMail a new beginning or the end for Google’s End-to-End?

Google has handed over its end-to-end email encryption project to the open-source community - but will the community pick it up?

MWC: IoT security message drowned out by noise of nostalgia

Vendors at Barcelona mobile show stress security while hardware firms tout new-but-old ideas

Making My Own Trouble: Calling Out Kaspersky

Data and kids’ voice messages exposed in CloudPets breach

CloudPets under fire for not having responded to warnings about the breach in December

‘Filecode’ ransomware attacks your Mac – how to recover for free

More Mac ransomware - no smirking from the Windows tent, please!

News in brief: moon tourists to launch ‘next year’; health provider fined after breach; drone pilot jailed

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MWC: Completely superfluous ‘AI’ added to consumer items

Manufacturers have moved on from just putting devices online, adding AI and machine learning to consumer items that would do perfectly well without them

Decrypting after a Findzip ransomware infection

The Findzip ransomware was discovered on February 22, 2017. At that time, it was thought that files would be irreversibly encrypted by this ransomware, with no chance of decryption. Turns out, that’s not quite true. Read the full story on Malwarebyt…

Judge denies blanket right to compel fingerprint iPhone unlocking

Warrant is using an 'overly broad' clause as a boilerplate - and that doesn't wash, rules Chicago judge