Tips & advice

Popular internet payment provider PayPal has fixed an exploit that would have allowed hackers to take over an account with a single click, reports The Register.

An Iranian hacker group has been breaching computer networks of 50 of the world's biggest energy, transport and infrastructure groups for the last two years, reports Tech Spot.

Following the release of confidential documents and four unreleased films, as reported by We Live Security here, the bad news for Sony continued as it was reported that the company's own PlayStation servers were used to distribute the stolen data, The Independent reports.

The recently released Brad Pitt film 'Fury' was amongst the titles leaked, but others were yet to be released formally be the studio, including 'Annie', 'Still Alice', 'Mr. Turner', and 'To Write Love On Her Arms."

The former head of the UK's government's communications agency GCHQ has issued warnings over the privacy of the biometric security increasingly favored in top-end mobile phones and other devices, Computing reports.

Police in the UK are facing an uphill struggle to deal with modern threats and cybercrime, reports the BBC, with the current methods involving "policing the crimes of today with the methods of yesterday."

Thanksgiving Day phishing emails leverage this popular American holiday to target consumers who shop at The Home Depot and Costco. Here's what to watch for, and advice on how to handle such messages.

Riot Games, the creator of League of Legends, has paid out over $100,000 to security researchers poring over the game looking for exploits, hacks and bugs, Security Week reports.

A Thanksgiving attack across many Western news and information websites left visitors facing javascript pop-ups telling them they had been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army, according to CNET.