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Hundreds of free "PDF converter" and "safe search" extensions sent people's searches through their makers' own servers. Here is what happened and how to check your browser in two minutes.
A record crypto theft at Binance, 2.5 million customer records exposed at a Sony-owned internet provider, a university leak and PHP flaws under attack. The week's stories in plain words, with what to do.
Hackers reached Florida's student financial aid website and the personal details of about 4.9 million applicants, including Social Security numbers. What was taken and the steps that protect you.
Attackers are already using a flaw in Cisco ASA and Firepower Threat Defense firewalls to make them restart, cutting off remote workers. Who is affected, the fix and the stop-gap.
Apple has sent a security fix to iPhones as old as the XS and XR, after a flaw in how images and PDFs are handled was used in targeted attacks. Which update you need and how to install it.
Old copies of a Popcorn Time app kept asking a forgotten website for updates, and would install whatever it sent. Researchers stepped in first. Why abandoned apps are a risk and what to remove.
About $6.3 billion in crypto was taken from Binance's online wallets in minutes. What a "hot wallet" is, how investigators traced the money and how to avoid the recovery scams that always follow.
Callers pretending to be the US Federal Trade Commission say your number is linked to crimes and will be cut off unless you pay. How the script works and how to shut it down.
Attackers are chaining four flaws in Plex Media Server to take over home media servers and install crypto miners. What Plex2Shell is, who is affected and how to check your version.
A VPN zero-day, spyware hidden in online adverts, crypto wallets with a spy chip, a backup service used to reach Microsoft 365 accounts and a supermarket group knocked offline. What happened and what to do.
A record Windows update, a shopping app that told its own customers it had been hacked, supermarket fridges turned into ovens and a wave of breaches in Japan. What happened and what you should do.
Fake police on video calls, lookalike Medicare adverts, toll and parcel texts built from ready-made kits, and a crackdown on West African scam networks. What officials warned about this month and how to stay safe.
Four real security stories from the last few weeks, explained without jargon: an urgent iPhone fix, a Chrome update, a ransomware gang shut down and a leak of ID scans.
Fake police calls, booby-trapped parking QR codes, cloned car dealer websites and lookalike insurance adverts. What official bodies are warning about, and how to spot each one.
The screenshot-sharing service Gyazo was breached in September 2026, exposing about 23.6 million user records and data about hundreds of millions of images. What happened and what to do.
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