Monday review: the hot 20 stories of the week

Here you go. All the stories we wrote in the past seven days, in case you missed anything (or just want to read them again).

General interest

• Flashing on the highway can reveal your ID – a cautionary tale

• National security threat or not? Huawei offers Oz access to code

• Duck talks security on Risky Business

Hacking and scams

• Spammers exploit open redirects on US government websites

• Thieves rig Barnes & Noble PIN pads to steal credit card data

• IP theft attacks can hide on networks for years

• Sony PS3 hacked “for good” – master keys revealed

Law and order

• Facebook donates $250,000 to help fight cybercrime

• Over half of Brits have fallen victim to cybercrime

• FTC smacks down sloppiness by web analytics company Compete

Malware and exploits

• Offensive Facebook email leads to Blackhole malware attack

• Blackhole malware attack spread via ‘Your photos’ email

Mobile devices

• Android developers – can we trust them to do web security properly?

OS and software

• Six critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave patched

Privacy and online safety

• How Hotmail lets down its users compared to Gmail and Yahoo

• Firefox 17 protects privacy while enhancing the Facebook experience

• Huawei UK makes a blunder with its online careers page

• ‘Parasite’ porn websites steal and spread images of young people

• Should you lie on Facebook?

• Security scare after boarding passes reveal how you will be screened

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