Rob Waugh

Apple’s fingerprint sensor has drawn a huge amount of attention (and hack attempts) ever since it launched on iPhone 5S - but it seems Android users will get their own fingerprint protection shortly.

A cyber “war game” will test Britain’s financial system to its limits in a virtual attack which will test the defenses of banks, markets and payments systems against a simulated "major" attack by cybercriminals.

The human voice can be used as a secure, quick way to identify people, claims Bretislav Beranek of voice-recognition software company Nuance. Beranek claims that voice ID is gaining ground - and could even be used to authenticate users for credit cards.

Plugging your smartphone in to charge up could soon offer an alert that you’ve contracted malware - with a new charger that lights up when it detects malicious software. For businesses, it could be a "last line of defense" against employees bringing infected devices to work.

Internet Explorer users will be a great deal safer from Tuesday onwards, after Microsoft announced a patch for a vulnerability that has been exploited by attackers “for months” according to some reports.

Adobe Systems, makers of popular software such as Acrobat, admitted on Thursday that hackers had penetrated its systems and stolen source code for its Acrobat software, used to make and read PDF files. Adobe also admitted hackers had stolen data on 2.9 million customers.

Finding vulnerabilities can be a profitable business - even if you work for the right side of the law. Last month, Facebook paid out $12,500 to a researcher for finding a bug - this month, Yahoo! paid out ... $12.50.

An exploit for a vulnerability which affects all versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has been released as a module for the popular penetration testing tool Metasploit - sparking fears of a new wave of attacks.

Logging into public Wi-Fi hotspots can be risky, particularly for business users with sensitive data on their devices - but a new breed of hi-tech hotspots may make things safer, the Wi-Fi Alliance claims.