Monday review – the hot 23 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 25 June 2018

• Terrible passwords outlawed in Microsoft’s new Azure tool
• Nintendo Switch hackers show hacking for mischief is alive and well
• Brave browser starts feeding ads to willing guinea pigs
• The WannaCrypt ransomware scam – what you need to know [PODCAST]
• Internet shut down in Algeria to stop exam cheats

Tuesday 26 June 2018

• Mozilla tests new Firefox Privacy Monitor tool
• Why Bitcoin’s about to give up one of its closely guarded secrets
• Money-eating cash machine RAT gobbles $17,500
• School facial recognition system sparks privacy concerns
• Facebook sends weekly app emails to wrong people

Wednesday 27 June 2018

• WPA3 is here but how will it make Wi-Fi more secure?
• Man travels across world to attack online friend, shot by girl’s mum
• US authorities now need warrant for your cellphone location data
• Woman ruined, sent death threats after #PermitPatty shaming video goes viral
• “Safer hops for email” – EFF’s plan to cut down on email snooping

Thursday 28 June 2018

• The Ticketmaster breach – what happened and what to do
• Windows 10 security can be bypassed by Settings page weakness
• OMG! I just received someone else’s security camera footage!
• Are you happy with this technology that Facebook’s developing?
• US legislators put industrial control system security on the map
• Twitter introduces another way for you to better secure your account

Friday 29 June 2018

• Facebook and Google accused of manipulating us with “dark patterns”
• Linux distro hacked on GitHub, “all code considered compromised”

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