Author: Alastair Stevenson

Update also fixes several security flaws

Cuts focus on Compute Engine

White hat community rally behind companies' call to arms

Ghostly campaign used legitimate tools to harvest 80,000 records

Joins Microsoft Azure as 'safe' and 'transparent' cloud service provider

Firm details vulnerable systems and promises patches soon

Expect further cyber assaults focused on intellectual property in the near future, warns security community

Privacy groups claim government rushed legislation through without proper debate

Social media firm says it is not beholden to Belgian legal system

We break down the biggest developments in hacker culture over the last seven days