Get yourself up to date with everything we've written in the last seven days – it's weekly roundup time.
Monday 4 January 2016
Tuesday 5 January 2016
- Google fixes another “Stagefright” type bug in Android mediaserver
- Jailbreak! Sony PS4 “can now run Linux”
- Kid spends $5900 playing Jurassic World on Dad’s iPad. Here’s how to prevent that happening to you.
- Politwoops’ archive of deleted tweets will soon be back after Twitter reopens API
Wednesday 6 January 2016
- Netherlands opposes backdoors, but encryption still under assault
- Ukraine power outages blamed on “hackers and malware” – the lessons to learn
- Please don’t pray for the dog injured in a fire, it’s just ham
Thursday 7 January 2016
- Stop using Internet Explorer after next Tuesday! (Sort of)
- Millions of server logs injected with poem inviting them to jump in the river
- Gozi virus author finally sentenced – should be out and home soon
- Power grids, alarming alarms and penguin-packing game consoles [Chet Chat Podcast 226]
Friday 8 January 2016
- Dump Trump! A Chrome extension to censor “The Donald” from the web
- The SLOTH attacks: why laziness about cryptography puts security at risk
- Smart hearts and the Internet of Things
- Uber settles “God View”, data breach probes, gets $20K slap on wrist
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