Monday review – the hot 22 stories of the week

Get yourself up to date with everything we've written in the last seven days – it's weekly roundup time.

Monday 20 June 2016

• Ransomware that’s 100% pure JavaScript, no download required
• GoToMyPC suffers ‘very sophisticated’ password attack
• IPv4 hijackers setting up shell companies to hoard and sell addresses
• News Flash: the “Ohdear­notagain” vulnerability [Chet Chat Podcast 242]

Tuesday 21 June 2016

• It’s not all about ransomware – keyloggers are still alive and well!
• CEOs should be fined for firms’ security failings, suggests report
• 138 security flaws in US defense websites uncovered in Hack the Pentagon
• Facebook and Twitter blocked to keep students from cheating in Algeria
• Apple AirPort routers get critical security update

Wednesday 22 June 2016

• Apple “opens up” the iOS 10 kernel – accident or design?
• 5 ways to keep your Instagram profile safe
• Mark Zuckerberg is paranoid about webcam spies – for good reason
• Google makes two-step verification easy-peasy

Thursday 23 June 2016

• Tor coders harden the onion against surveillance
• 154 million voter records exposed, including gun ownership, Facebook profiles and more
• Has the Lizard Squad returned to ruin your day again?
• Commercial drone industry gets new relaxed rules
• Carbonite online backup service bombarded with reused passwords

Friday 24 June 2016

• 3 ways to better secure your Facebook account
• Hillary Clinton’s email was blocked, so the State Dept. turned off spam filters
• Uber under attack – how penetration testers turn bugs into breaches
• Meet ‘URL’: the newest canine police recruit who sniffs out storage devices

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