Monday review – the hot 25 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 1 April 2019

• Russia accused of massive GPS spoofing campaign
• Microsoft slaps down 99 APT35/Charming Kitten domains
• Top-secret defense document hoarder Harold Martin pleads guilty
• Politicians mistakenly vote the wrong way in controversial internet law

Tuesday 2 April 2019

• Government spyware hidden in Google Play store apps
• TP-Link router zero-day offers your network up to hackers
• Are there viable alternatives to Facebook and Twitter?
• VMware patches critical vulnerabilities
• Possible Toyota data breach affecting 3.1 million customers
• Wrecked Teslas hang onto your (unencrypted) data

Wednesday 3 April 2019

• Researchers trick Tesla’s Autopilot into driving into oncoming traffic
• Is your hard drive exposed online?
• 2m credit cards ripped off from restaurant chain, sold on the dark web
• Patch Android now! April updates fixes three critical flaws

Thursday 4 April 2019

• Facebook apps expose millions of users’ Facebook data
• Why ‘PWNED!’ is appearing on some GPS smartwatches
• Android banking and finance apps’ security found wanting
• Facebook won’t ask for your email password any more
• Apache needs a patchy! Carpe Diem, update now
• Ep. 026 – Android bloatware, hackable routers and website attacks [PODCAST]

Friday 5 April 2019

• Serious Security: GPS week rollover and the other sort of “zero day”
• Patch now! Magento e-commerce sites targeted by SQLi attacks
• Hoax! Nope, hackers aren’t posting invisible sexual videos on your wall
• Nvidia patches severe bugs in edge computing modules
• New law will punish social media companies for users’ violent content

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