Rob Waugh

Academics create new “anti-phishing” technology - electronic identity cards which allow secure access to websites, and which could simplify access for people less used to the Internet.

A hacker claims to have access to “the entire database of users on Twitter”, warning that “no account is safe”. He has leaked 15,000 account details via a file-sharing service as “proof” of his claims - although experts are skeptical.

Personal information for 14,000 U.S. Department of Energy employees has leaked in a data breach, according to the Wall Street Journal. It's the second major breach the Department has suffered this year.

The bug allowed attackers to see any passwords using in a recent browsing session by performing a “memory dump”, and would have worked even if the user was not logged into LastPass.

Apps with a hidden “dark side” could sneak past Apple’s approval process, according to researchers at Georgia Tech. The researchers proved this theory using a malicious app which was approved and downloaded via App Store in March this year.

A security researcher demonstrated an exploit to Facebook by using the bug to post directly to Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook wall. Facebook responded by issuing a statement saying he would not be paid.

An outage which affected Facebook apps and developer accounts this week was caused by over-zealous attempts to disable malicious apps, the social network has admitted.

Most of us have faced cyber attacks sent by our best friends - Facebook "offers" they've clicked by accident, spamming everyone on their friends list, or Twitter stories they've shared without checking.

The New York Post has become the latest victim of a prolific hacking campaign targeting the social media accounts of worldwide media outlets - and SocialFlow, a social media company used by the Post and other media outlets, has also fallen victim.