Monday review – the hot 24 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 21 January 2019

• Is the Ten Year Challenge a Facebook scam???
• Twitter bug exposed some Android private tweets to public view
• Attackers used a LinkedIn job ad and Skype call to breach bank’s defences
• State agency exposes 3TB of data, including FBI info and remote logins
• Tim Cook demands a way for users to delete their personal data

Tuesday 22 January 2019

• Rogue websites can turn vulnerable browser extensions into back doors
• Bicycle-riding hitman convicted with Garmin GPS watch location data
• WhatsApp fights the spread of deadly fake news with recipient limit
• DNC targeted by Russian hackers beyond 2018 midterms, it claims

Wednesday 23 January 2019

• Ep. 016 – Email fraud, Android apps, Collection #1 and the 10 year challenge [PODCAST]
• 100 million online bets exposed by leaky database
• PewDiePie-spammers and whale-flingers exploit hole in Atlas game
• Google fined $57m for data protection violations
• Hijacked Nest cam broadcasts bogus warning about incoming missiles

Thursday 24 January 2019

• Bomb threat spam may stem from GoDaddy DNS weakness
• Supreme Court won’t consider case against defamatory reviews on Yelp
• How to stop a hacker home invasion! [VIDEO]
• Update now! Apple releases first 2019 iOS and macOS patches
• “Proceed with caution”: Microsoft browser says Mail Online is untrustworthy

Friday 25 January 2019

• Fighting Emotet: lessons from the front line
• US gov issues emergency directive after wave of domain hijacking attacks
• #DeleteFacebook? #DeleteTwitter? #FatLotOfGood that will do you
• Cops catch $15m crypto-crook
• Facebook debuts scam ads reporting tool

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