security
Facebook leveraged user data to fight rivals and reward big-spenders
According to leaked document trove
Equifax used default 'admin' password to secure hacked portal
Lawsuit claims firm failed to take even 'the most basic precautions'
UK cybersecurity outfit Sophos agrees £3.1bn takeover
Thoma Bravo offer has been 'unanimously recommended'
Android zero-day gives hackers full control of Pixel, Samsung smartphones
And it was supposedly patched in December 2017
Malvertiser exploited Chrome and WebKit flaws to display over one billion dodgy ads
And Google has yet to release a fix
Pen-testing duo cuffed for breaking into courthouse that hired them
Arresting development
Twitter disables SMS tweet feature following Jack Dorsey hack
But legacy feature might be reinstated at a later day
Microsoft Edge makes 130+ requests to almost 50 endpoints when first launched
Scripts are loaded from Facebook, Reddit, Google and more
Google Nest Cam IQ flaws allow hackers to take control of devices
Cisco Talos uncovers eight vulns in indoor cam
Privilege escalation flaws uncovered in more than 40 Windows drivers
Drivers belong to Huawei, Intel, AMD and more
Visa vulnerability lets cybercrims bypass contactless card limit
Flaw enabled compromise in '100 per cent' of tests
WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins spared jail over malware charges
Brit infosec bod sentenced to one year of supervised release
VPN flaw enables hackers to easily infiltrate corporate networks
Vuln affects Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet and Pulse Secure
Symantec suspends takeover talks with Broadcom over price clash
Chipmaker reportedly slashes bid price by $1
Chinese hackers accused of 'mass-scale attack' on mobile operators
Attackers could have shut down networks at a moment's notice
SandboxEscape drops three more Windows 10 zero-day exploits
Security researcher makes good on her promise
Docker Hub breach exposes 19,000 usernames and passwords
Bitbucket and Github access tokens for Docker autobuilds also exposed
US Congress grills Google over privacy-flouting location database
Sensorvault allegedly contains consumer info dating back to 2009
Kaspersky claims credit for discovery of Windows zero-day under active attack
Microsoft has since patched month-old flaw
Microsoft launches SECCON security framework for Windows 10
Framework mimics the DEFCON levels used by US armed forces
Backdoor in popular open-source tool put 28 million users at risk
Bootstrap-Sass vuln leaves Ruby packages open to RCE attacks
Boffins develop malware that injects fake cancerous nodes into CT scans
Proof-of-concept created to highlight poor security of medical equipment
