Monday review – the hot 28 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 11 February 2019

• Crypto mirror on the wall, who’s the smartest of them all?
• McDonalds app users hatin’ it after being hacked by hungry hamburglars
• Secret Service busts online car sales crime ring
• What comes after air gaps? DARPA asks world for ideas
• Get-rich-quick social media scams are turning teens into money mules
• You can now unsend messages in Facebook Messenger

Tuesday 12 February 2019

• Linux container bug could eat your server from the inside – patch now!
• Russian ISPs plan internet disconnection test for entire country
• Apple sued for ‘forcing’ 2FA on accounts
• Kids as young as eight falling victim to online predators
• Brave browser explains Facebook whitelist to concerned users
• Facebook defends gun-law loophole firm as “political advertisers”

Wednesday 13 February 2019

• Top tips for Valentine’s Day – and the rest of the year! [VIDEO]
• Another flaw found in macOS Mojave’s privacy protection
• Evil USB O.MG Cable opens up Wi-Fi to remote attacks
• Ep. 019 – Android holes, iOS screengrabbing and USB poo [PODCAST]
• 620 million records from 16 websites listed for sale on the Dark Web
• Security firm beats Adobe by patching reader flaw first

Thursday 14 February 2019

• Inside a GandCrab targeted ransomware attack on a hospital
• What’s behind this 1,000-character phishing URL?
• Apple phone users targeted with hardcore porn and gambling apps
• Google paid out $3.4m in bug bounties last year
• Update now! Microsoft and Adobe’s February 2019 Patch Tuesday is here

Friday 15 February 2019

• Apple fighting pirate app developers, will insist on 2FA for coders
• Judge won’t unseal legal docs in fight to break Messenger encryption
• Should we profit from the sale of our personal data?
• Chinese facial recognition database exposes 2.5m people
• Photography site 500px resets 14.8 million passwords after data breach

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