There’s a new Android app to be aware of. This one allows anyone, even without any technical skills, to create ransomware, in a matter of minutes. It’s a menu-driven system that automates every aspect of the software’s creation.

Toolkits like these are not unheard of.

Security researchers in Europe have discovered a pair of flaws that relate to modern web browsers’ extension system. Exploiting these flaws would allow a patient and determined hacker to determine with absolute accuracy of what extensions any given user is making use of.

Microsoft has been under fire for forcing its legion of Windows 10 users to automatically receive security updates for the OS.

The level of outcry against it has been loud and constant, and finally, it looks like the company is listening to its customers.

You’re probably familiar with Equifax. As one of the three major US credit bureaus, the company exerts an outsized influence on millions of lives, because their record of your credit score plays a big role in determining if or whether you can get loans, and what your terms will be.

There’s a particularly nasty new malware campaign being orchestrated via Facebook, and all users are advised to steer clear of clicking on links in Facebook’s messenger service, even if you know the recipient.

There are a few reasons this attack is worth paying special attention to:

First, as yet, no one has been able to identify the attackers, nor has anyone stepped forward to claim credit.

If you spend any time at all on social media, you may have heard a lot of recent buzz about an app for both Android and iOS devices called “Sarahah,” which was developed by a Saudi developer.

In Arabic, the word means “honesty,” and the app’s stated purpose is to give users a platform to receive honest, anonymous feedback to help them improve.

Point of Sale (POS) systems are notoriously easy to hack. Hardly a month goes by that we don’t hear of some vendor or another having had their POS system breached, exposing customer credit card and other personal data.

It’s always the same story.

You may have heard the statistic from Google that less than 0.05 percent of Android devices downloaded malware in 2016. It’s a great statistic, and one that the company should be proud of.

Here’s a statistic they’re not talking about nearly as much: this year, the number of successful ransomware attacks against Android devices has more than doubled.

Google is struggling to keep malware out of the Play Store these days. Recently, literally thousands of malicious apps were discovered, and Google has been busy banning them. This represents a significant reversal of fortunes for the tech giant, which in recent years has been able to brag about its success, relative to other companies, in keeping malware at bay.

It’s no secret that 2017 is on track to beat 2016 handily in terms of the total number of network breaches, and sadly, 2016 was itself a record-breaking year.

What is less well known is the fact that most of the successful breaches are accomplished via exploits that have been identified for literally years.