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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.

Whether you’re a victim or a witness, there are a number of sources you can submit online threat information to in order to make the Internet a safer place.

OpenID and OAuth are protocols responsible for those “Login with Facebook” and “Authorize with Google” buttons you see on almost every site nowadays. Of course, there is a hack for that™, but you don’t need neither panic nor change your password. Read on for our simple action plan.

Microsoft Internet Explorer and Adobe Flash Player zero-days replace OpenSSL Heartbleed as the primary topic of discussion in this week’s security news.

April brought with it some of the biggest security news any of us have seen in quite some time. If you missed any of our coverage or any of our posts from the month, it’s time to catch up now!

Top Apps to protect you from prying eyes, mischievous kids, thieves, natural disasters, forgetfulness and of course malware.

Have sensitive contacts to hide? There is a way to conveniently hide them on your smartphone.