Graham Cluley

Lizard Squad failed to encrypt its database of LizardStresser's registered users - storing details of their usernames and passwords in plaintext. A schoolboy error if ever I heard one.

The end of mainstream support for Windows: Don't repeat the mistakes of the past, and be prepared. Especially if you've only just got rid of all the Windows XP computers in your company.

A security researcher describes how malware could infect your Mac's boot ROM, and spy on your activities, with little chance of you ever realising.

Twitter and YouTube accounts run by the US military's Central Command are hijacked by hackers claiming to back Islamic State.

Moonpig, the online personalised card company, has been accused of a shockingly sloppy attitude to security, after apparently leaving a serious hole in its security unpatched.

The attack which knocked the PlayStation Network (PSN) and Xbox Live offline over Christmas appears to have been a publicity stunt, designed to gain notoriety and draw attention to the hacking group which has claimed responsibility – Lizard Squad.

Like many others, I was enchanted by The Hobbit (and later Lord of the Rings) at a young age - long before Peter Jackson turned J R R Tolkien's middle-earth fantasy books into a series of blockbuster movies.

Barack Obama promises that the United States will respond to the Sony hack, and North Korea drops off the internet. Is there a connection?

Turns out that the Material Girl has had her material stolen, and she's blaming hackers!