Monday review – the hot 22 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).

Cryptography

• SHA-1 brute-force attack trimmed by 21%

General interest

• Sophos Security Threat Report 2013

• What computer security threats can we expect in 2013?

Hacking and scams

• Instagram on your iPhone? Your account can be hijacked

• Anonymous goes after revenge-porn website publisher

• PayPal phishing scams – take care online this Christmas

Law and order

• US woman arrested for bank robbery brags on YouTube

• 48 countries join forces against online child abuse

• How to report a computer crime: Fake anti-virus

Malware and exploits

• Dockster Mac malware on Dalai Lama-related website

• How the Tumblr worm spread so quickly

• Malware sucking up data on Japanese space agency rocket

• Tumblr worm hitting websites, posting racist messages

• Abuse of .EU domains by malware gangs continues

• The Citadel crimeware kit – under the microscope

• Exploit kits being fed by whitehat security researchers

Mobile devices

• Microsoft wants to hear about Android malware problems

Privacy and online safety

• Facebook Photo Sync: Nine things you should know

• John McAfee’s location revealed by photo metadata

• Voting on Facebook privacy changes – cutoff date Monday

• “G’day, the Queen speaking” – hoax call from Australia

• Tor and the Deepnet: What price anonymity?

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