Tips & advice

The gaming industry keeps growing, and the crowds at Cologne's Gamescom 2014, show why big game titles are rapidly becoming a target for cybercrime. Our tips will help you enjoy the latest games - without hackers declaring 'Game Over'.

A new telephone scam in upscale restaurants in London, has “convincing” scammers calling restaurant staff and tricking them into believing there's a problem with the card system - and insisting customers call a bogus phone line.

Two researchers have launched a petition to change how car companies and technology cmpanies work together - with a new villain: in-car web browsers.

The Target breach caused real damage to millions of American card users - but big financial institutions are doing little to remedy security issues by offering extra security such as 2FA.

Can you tell the difference between exɑmple and example? Google adds non-Latin support to Gmail, and we explain why characters matter when it comes to protecting yourself from spam, phishing and other attacks.

An ultra-secure phone claimed to be the first privacy-focused smartphone on sale swiftly fell victim to a security researcher - who hacked the “super secure” Blackphone in just five minutes.

One of the most important pieces of advice we give Android users is to refrain from downloading applications from dubious sources and to stick to the official Google Play store, where malware does show up from time to time but is much better controlled, thanks to the Google Bouncer, than on alternative app stores.

Facebook's new Messenger app has spared privacy concerns after a list of Permisssions appears to show the app could be taking video of users in secret, according to the Washington Post.

An aircraft security expert has eased the worries of a lot of frequent flyers this week -- by reassuring them that aircraft are not “hackable” in mid flight. The claim was made at Black Hat last week.