Sophos Naked Security

WhatsAppers have until 12 November. That's when WhatsApp will sweep out dusty old backups that haven't been updated in more than a year.

Games streaming giant Twitch has admitted accidentally exposing some users’ messages to other users as it shut down its legacy in-house messaging system in May.

Draft EU legislation, due out next month, will likely incorporate a one-hour takedown window for extremist content flagged by law enforcement.

We take a look at the beta version of iOS 12 and the security-related changes we can expect to see when it's released in (probably) September.

Mozilla has wiped 23 extensions from its directory of Firefox browser add-ons after finding what it says were inappropriate functions in the code.

Subway and bus riders will be randomly scanned as the city becomes the first in the country to use the technology to thwart suicide bombers.

Hundreds signed a letter raising concerns about the moral and ethical issues of Google helping China with its censorship.

Virtually every desktop browser and adblocker can have its ad-tracking privacy or security bypassed by at least one software technique, a new study has found.

From the 10-year jail sentence for not unlocking your phone and the teen who hacked Apple to Facebook's news feed hoax, and more!

An Aussie high schooler pleaded guilty on Thursday to hacking Apple servers multiple times.

For Intel and more than a billion computers with Intel CPUs, the microprocessor flaws just keep coming.

The Trump administration has rolled back Obama-era rules that outlined how to launch cyberattacks on other nations.

An identity theft online dating scam led police to uncover texts that detailed the murder-for-hire plot.

How to handle sextortion - where someone tries to blackmail you over your sexuality or sex life...

The Australian government wants to increase the criminal penalty for refusing to decrypt data from 2 years to 10 years.

For 2 years, welfare investigators used a huge database of automated license plate reader images to sniff out fraud, without audit or policy.

The family of "Dread Pirate Roberts" got him an account and is typing in, word for word, his tweets, including his hope for Trump's clemency.

What's worse than fake news? Fake science - published in legitimate looking journals.

Shock! It appears Google can track the location of anyone using some of its apps on Android or iPhone even when they’ve told it not to.

Last month the crooks were throwing old passwords into their scams to make you sit up and take notice. Now it's phone numbers.