Monday review – the hot 13 stories of the week

Catch up with everything we’ve written in the last seven days with this handy weekly roundup.

General interest

• The ‘What’s Worse Security Championships’

• Spanish Linux group complains about Microsoft’s Secure Boot

Hacking and scams

• Spicing up phishing attacks

• Spring ushers in US tax scam season

Law and order

• 17-year-old arrested for hacking into phones, stealing and distributing explicit images of children

• Five Slovenians arrested for $2.5M email banking fraud

Malware and exploits

• Anatomy of a “feature” – should JavaScript be allowed to change a web link *after* you click on it?

• Massive DDoS attack against anti-spam provider impacts millions of internet users

Social networks

• Rohypnol, rape and other disturbing content. Isn’t it about time Facebook cleaned up its act?

Podcasts

• Interview with Writer/Director of “Code 2600” and BSides Austin organizers

• HP printers, Google blocks ad blockers, Apple does the 2-step, and more

Privacy and online safety

• Many Amazon S3 cloud storage users are exposing sensitive company secrets, claims report

• “We apologise for the previous apology” – NZ gov dept in email CC: double-blunder

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