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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).
Cryptography
• Hard-coded password found in Samsung printers
General interest
• Sophos staff win Movember contest while raising money
Hacking and scams
• Share via email “Friends” spam via The Daily Mail
• Holiday hucksters won’t stop at Cyber Monday
• Data on Atomic Energy Agency scientists grabbed in hack
• Facebook hacks its workers into Hacktober smithereens
• Hacker attack siphons off $150,000 in teacher salaries
Law and order
• Cyber Monday sting seizes 132 counterfeit-selling sites
• UK cybercriminal convicted over 9000 skimmed ATM cards
• How to report a computer crime: Trolling
• SMS spammers fined £440,000 by UK Information Commission
• Romanian hackers busted with 500,000 credit cards
Malware and exploits
• Hacker selling $700 exploit that hijacks Yahoo email
• FLAMING RETORT: Linux rootkit news
• Budget airline impersonated on Facebook and by spammers
• Technical paper: Journey into the Blackhole exploit kit
• W32/VBNA-X worm spreads quickly
OS and software
• Internet Explorer sucks less, claims Microsoft
Privacy and online safety
• ‘Confidential information’ in Macy’s confetti
• US school tries to suspend student for refusing RFID
• Goodbye pseudonyms in Android app store reviews
• Spy agency employees oversharing on social networks
• Facebook Groups privacy glitch
• Albania Pirate Group thrown off Facebook for second time
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