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Get yourself up to date with everything we've written in the last seven days – it's weekly roundup time.
Monday 8 February 2016
- Hacker says he’s breached DHS and FBI, leaks claimed staff data
- Malware Museum shows how it was “before it was all about money”
- Burglars allegedly spoof caller ID to scare couple out of their home
- What happens when you fly your drone into the Empire State Building
- Facebook taunts send another “catch me if you can” crook to jail
- Google says “No more” to deceptive download and play buttons in ads
- “Error 53” – could an iPhone update turn your phone into a brick?
Tuesday 9 February 2016
- Safer Internet Day: 6 tips for your kids (and for you, too!)
- How “gag clauses” are used to squash negative reviews and punish reviewers
- Innocent Chrome game used as cover for many tentacled Android invader
- Teen sues TV station for broadcasting sexting video along with his name
Wednesday 10 February 2016
- New Twitter Trust & Safety Council sets out to banish the trolls
- Police surround anti-swatting Congresswoman’s home in swatting attack
- Facebook given 3 months to stop tracking non-users in France
- Wired to ad blocker users: pay up for ad-free site or you get nothing
Thursday 11 February 2016
- PIN-stealing IRS attack affects 100,000 taxpayers
- House bill would stop states from banning phone encryption
- Bitcoin brain wallets are useless, like Bitcoiners’ passwords
- We might use your IoT stuff to spy on you, says top spook James Clapper
- Weird Fitbit data helps one man discover his wife is pregnant
Friday 12 February 2016
- Phishing via SMS – crooks target Australian mobile banking users
- Introducing the Sophos Love Song Collection! Happy Valentine’s Day IT heroes
- Google extends ‘right to be forgotten’ to all domains
- Google just passed a big milestone for getting self-driving cars on the road
- Obama says passwords aren’t strong enough, urges use of 2FA
- Free tool Friday – check what your anti-virus product might have missed
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