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Get yourself up to date with everything we've written in the last seven days – it's weekly roundup time.
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Monday 3 March 2014
- Russia Today website hackers tweak headlines, replace with word "Nazi"
- Scareware pusher loses appeal against epic $163 million fine [POLL]
- Popular platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, aiding illegal gun sales
Tuesday 4 March 2014
- Our brains work hard to spot phishing scams, but still often fail
- Twitter screws up, accidentally sends deluge of password-reset messages
- Anatomy of an Apple theft protection bypass – and how to avoid it
- US girl loses her father's $80K settlement after boasting about win on Facebook
Wednesday 5 March 2014
- SSCC 137 – Apple, rootkits, hacking and data breach laws [PODCAST]
- Man guilty of "fixing" women's computers to spy on them via webcam
- Meetup.com DDoSed by extortionist, refuses to pay ransom
- "Girl killed herself" Facebook scam – be aware before you Share!
Thursday 6 March 2014
- Target CIO Beth Jacob resigns in breach aftermath
- Smucker's online store gets stuck in thieves' web
- Barrett Brown hyperlink charges dropped
- Where have all the Bitcoins gone?
Friday 7 March 2014
- Privacy groups lodge complaint over Facebook's acquisition of Whatsapp
- The Final Countdown – Windows XP end of support popup has started
- 1 in 30 have been hit by CryptoLocker and 40% pay the ransom, says study
Saturday 8 March 2014
Sunday 9 March 2014
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