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Catch up with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time.
General interest
• Branch office security in the spotlight
• Keyjacking, Ubisoft data breach, Apple QuickTime holes – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
• SSCC 112 – Keyjacking, Facebook and Opera breaches, Apple’s WPA passwords [PODCAST]
Hacking and scams
• Ubisoft customers told “change your passwords *now*”
Law and order
• Google’s $6m SMS spam suit nearing payout time
• AT&T hacker and internet troll ‘Weev’ appeals 41-month prison sentence
• US rule broadens to protect children’s online privacy, leaves developers with questions
• Romney blackmail scam – ‘Dr Evil’ extortion suspect charged
• Retired, top-ranking US military officer is now Stuxnet leak suspect
• FDA shutters 1,677 illegal online pharmacies
Malware and exploits
• Cryptocat ‘encrypted’ group chats may have been crackable for 7 months
• The four seasons of Glazunov: digging further into Sibhost and Flimkit
Social networks
• Can Facebook updates predict suicide?
OS and software
• Anatomy of a buffer overflow – learning from Apple’s latest security update
Privacy and online safety
• ACLU: Cops should have a tougher time sucking up 7 months of mobile phone data
• US Army blocks access to The Guardian’s coverage of NSA surveillance
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