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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