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In the news this week: more APT campaigns, a look forward at the DEF CON and Black Hat Hacker conferences, and good and bad news for Facebook.

In the news: Microsoft’s No-IP takedown fiasco, Chinese APT groups curious about U.S. Iraq policy, Verizon says the government wants locations data, and Microsoft denies backdoor insinuations.

Facebook fails to fully encrypt data on its Instagram mobile app, which puts user security and privacy at risk.

If you think that threat isn’t real, ask Miss Teen USA 2013, whose webcam was hacked into and used to take nude photos of her.

The list of highly touted devices that have been launched in recent years with embarrassing flaws – security and otherwise – is long and distinguished.

Let’s analyze new safety features in the upcoming Android release while we wait for it to arrive.

June was a busy month with hacks and data breaches, privacy, cryptography, and mobile security news, and an update on OpenSSL Heartbleed.

This week: the first mobile malware turns 10; we check in on Android security news and recent data breaches; and we fill you in on the week’s patches.

Discussing security and the privacy strengths and weaknesses in the Apple’s soon-to-be-released iOS 8.

Google is releasing a tool that ensures all data passing out of its Chrome browser is encrypted in transit, resolving the problem of relying on others’ crypto.

There was a lot of interesting news about hackers and other cybercriminals, so let’s see who has been busted in May.

Feds take down the Gameover botnet, there’s more trouble for OpenSSL, Google publishes data on global Gmail encryption, and Edward Snowden’s first NSA revelation came out one year ago.

App stores offer all the promise of a virtually unlimited range of games and tools, but are rife with pitfalls too. These include bad apps, ballooning costs, and malicious apps, particularly on Android devices.

Data breaches seemed to dominate the security news in May, but mobile ransomware emerged as well and there was good and bad privacy news from the tech giants.

Read highlights from our top posts in May.

Teaching your child the essential codes of conduct on the Internet is as important as teaching them road safety.

A brief video tutorial on how to enable a number of important security and privacy features built into Google’s Gmail service.

Windows Phones continue to grow in popularity, which means users should take precautions to make their devices as secure as possible.

Device loss remains among the most serious cyber-threats to consumers. Here are a few tips to avoid losing your favorite gadgets.

Safety, Security, and privacy tips for buying a car online.

Hack your way through the smart city of the future in the upcoming Watch_Dogs game. Reality checked by Kaspersky.