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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 28 November 2016
- The Chrome extension that “Firesheeps” you by choice
- ‘Ransomware’ attack halts payments on San Francisco Muni network
- Who’s better at reading lips – humans or AI?
- Concern over FBI operation to catch users of darkweb site
Tuesday 29 November 2016
- News in brief: Muni hacker is hacked; Facebook warned over data sharing; spy agency releases data tool
- Dismay as ‘snooper’s charter’ finally becomes law
- Deutsche Telekom outage: Mirai botnet goes double-rogue
- The Tor Phone prototype: a truly private smartphone?
- When are you going to die? Ubisoft tool uses Facebook data to tell you
Wednesday 30 November 2016
- Bypassing BitLocker during an upgrade
- Facebook users want to continue posting from beyond the grave
- News in brief: leniency urged for Snowden; crowdsourced suggestions for Facebook; Berners-Lee slams ‘Snoopers’ Charter’
- Hackers reuse passwords to access 26,500 National Lottery accounts
- America wonders what path Trump will tread on cybersecurity
- IoT camera turned into a zombie in under two minutes
Thursday 1 December 2016
- Cut through the FUD in online security tips
- News in brief: Pi bakes in security; net neutrality fears; Rule 41 delay fails
- Firefox and Tor users update now: 0-day exploit in the wild
- Honest but uncomplimentary reviews protected as Congress outlaws contract gag clauses
- Uber now collecting location data even after you leave a driver’s car
Friday 2 December 2016
- ‘Avalanche’ botnet takes a tumble after Europol cyber-bust
- New iOS lockscreen bypass renders Activation Lock useless
- News in brief: meals on robot wheels; Mirai blamed for new attacks; police bypass iPhone encryption
- Would Facebook or Twitter dare to ban Trump? [Poll]
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