Developers are often accused of not thinking about security, but Linux kernel founder Linus Torvalds has had enough of security people who don’t think about developers and end-users. Read more

There is no evidence that Uber customers who had their personal details stolen are at risk of direct financial crime, a minister has insisted, despite hundreds of users complaining that their accounts have been hacked from Russia. Read more

Big-brand PC and server manufacturers have listed models affected by flaws in hidden firmware on the microprocessor inside several Intel CPUs. Read more

This week GitHub launched a new services to help developers ferret out and fix vulnerable dependencies in projects hosted on the code repository. Read more

Uber believes its massive data breach, which has compromised 57 million global accounts, is not linked to a recent spate of unauthorised transactions reported by customers in Singapore. Read more

Even if you take all of those precautions, phones running Android software gather data about your location and send it back to Google when they’re connected to the internet, a Quartz investigation has revealed. Read more

The final version of the 2017 OWASP Top 10 has been released on Monday and some kinds of vulnerabilities that are not serious have been substituted with vulnerabilities that are more expected to pose a significant threat. Read more

Miscreants, hackers – call ’em what you will – have pilfered email addresses from an unknown number of Loake Shoes customers.In a letter sent to punters on its database – seen by The Register – the premium footwear maker said it has been “the victim of a cyber attack”. Read more

The United States’ Department of Justice has identified a suspect in July’s attack on Home Box Office, naming an Iranian national, Behzad Mesri, in an indictment unsealed Tuesday, November 21. Read more