Apple ships iOS 10.2, fixes “Find my iPhone hole” plus 5 lockscreen bugs

The latest iOS update fixes the "Find my iPhone" Authentication Lock hole that made headlines recently, plus another five lockscreen bugs.

$81m Bangladesh Bank cyberheist ‘was not a one-off’

Millions lost in further attacks on Swift banking system

News in brief: fowl play; Google moves into Cuba; teen hacker sentenced

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

Nymaim using MAC addresses to uncover virtual environments and bypass antivirus

Malware connected to ransom attacks seeks to defy software protection

Apple Adds 'Junk' Option To iCloud Calendar: Spam Rats Exterminated

Netgear routers have gaping remote access hole

Command injection made easy: you can simply append a system command to a certain router URL...and the router will run it for you.

News in brief: Trump scorns ‘meddling’ claims; outdated OS use ‘widespread’; teen ‘hackers’ arrested

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

DDoS tool encourages users to compete against each other for points

'Sledgehammer' tool encourages hackers to launch DDoS attacks - but there's a sting in the tail

Like Jessica Alba? Don’t click Facebook links promising nude photos of her – or anyone else

It's an old scam that never goes away: this latest version is a rogue Chrome plugin that promises nude videos of Alba and other celebrities but leaves your device hobbled

Give the gift of a social engineering demo this Christmas

How's this for a nice Christmas present: their jaw, scraped off the floor and handed back.

Monday review – the hot 27 stories of the week

From guessing credit card security codes and double crossing Goldeneye ransomware to the sysadmin jailed for crashing ex-employer's network!

How one man could have set loose a Yahoo Mail virus

Last year, Jouko Pynnönen scored $10k from Yahoo for helping it head off the risk of a Yahoo-wide email virus. This year... same again.

News in brief: Mounties drop bodycam plans; vibrator firm to settle lawsuit; Samsung to brick Note 7s

Your daily round-up of what else is in the news

Admin spied on Expedia executive emails to make share killing

Former staffer to pay $375,000 in restitution and faces sentencing in February

Windows XP ‘still widespread’ among healthcare providers

Using XP a security risk and could also breach HIPAA, warn experts

Did Russia hack the US election? Democrats want an investigation

Russia has denied involvement in hacking the US election, but politicians and intelligence officials fear it played a big part

Goldeneye ransomware: the resumé that scrambles your computer twice

Scrambling your files isn't enough for Goldeneye - once it's ransomed your data it scrambles Windows as well so you have to pay to reboot.

News in brief: fake news move; ‘massive’ data breach; spook welcomes Snooper’s charter

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

If you’ve got a Sony IP camera, update its firmware now

Sony closes backdoors in IPELA security cameras - but why were they open in the first place?

Making calls on the plane? Spies may have your number

Snowden papers reveal that NSA and GCHQ have been trying to intercept calls made on flights for more than a decade

Celebrity hacker gets double the recommended jail time

Victim Naturi Naughton tells court she felt 'violated and out of control' by the hacking