Tips & advice

Yahoo! recently began recycling “inactive” user accounts, in an effort to woo new customers - but some customers who have acquired these "second-hand" email addresses say they are receiving a “bonus” of personal information relating to the old owners.

Many workplaces allow wokers to bring their own smartphones, tablets and PCs to work - a practise described as "Bring Your Own Disaster" by IT wags for years. Disasters, of course, DO happen - our tips should help you avoid being the guy who brings one.

Trojans that encrypt user files and try to extort a ransom from the victim in exchange for a decryptor utility are nothing new. We’ve noted a significant increase in Filecoder activity over the past few summer months - in this blog post we address the questions we’re getting about this issue.

Cybercriminals are switching tactics, a leading security body has warned - and the combination of anonymisation technologies, mobile devices, and social media attacks could lead to cyberattacks with a “large impact”.

A stealthy banking Trojan known as Caphaw or Shylock has resurfaced - and is attacking customers of 24 American banks. It's armed with defensive abilities including the power to "restore" itself during shutdown.

Malware, phishing and ID thieves are everywhere - but you don’t have to be paranoid, or hang back, or stop yourself enjoying the best the web has to offer. Our tips should help you browse with confidence.

A picture of a smooching couple actually delivers a kiss of death to Mac OS X users - it’s a new Mac Trojan which opens a backdoor on users’ machines. It’s the second piece of Mac malware detected in a week.