Get yourself up to date with everything we've written in the last seven days – it's weekly roundup time.
Monday 7 August 2017
- News in brief: Ariana Grande hacked; new data laws unveiled; Marcus Hutchins due to be released
- Cyberattacks on GPS leave ships sailing in dangerous waters
- Congress looks to take the wheel on autonomous vehicles
- Good guys and bad guys race against time over disclosing vulnerabilities
Tuesday 8 August 2017
- News in brief: Google fires memo writer; drones could be shot down; EU plans giant Sahara solar plant
- How do you feel about getting on a plane with no pilot?
- Microsoft issues out-of-band security updates for Outlook, Office
- High hopes for ‘more secure’ forked version of Bitcoin
- Parents sue Disney over breaching privacy rules in kids’ apps
Wednesday 9 August 2017
- News in brief: Venezuelan protest hacking; Hutchins released on bail; Facebook steps up moderation
- Sextortionist caught by investigators’ booby-trapped video
- Carmakers warned to focus on security of connected vehicles
- Scanners to be patched after government warns of vulnerabilities
- When is a VPN not private? When you’re not paying for it
Thursday 10 August 2017
- News in brief: Vertus go cheap; Uber debuts chat; Ikea gets smart
- .why .it’s .time .to .fix .localhost
- Emotet’s goal: drop Dridex malware on as many endpoints as possible
- Sorry, who did you say you were? We’ve forgotten about you
- Debian move marks beginning of the end for TLS 1.0 and 1.1
- Self-hosted search option is a new approach to bursting the filter bubble
Friday 11 August 2017
- News in brief: facial recognition planned for Carnival; spy chief backs encryption; ginger emoji planned
- Firefox 55 makes Flash click-to-run, fixes security bugs
- ‘You could see why someone might want to hack DNA’
- Latest viral sensation app Sarahah raises concerns about cyberbullying
- Why NIST’s Bill Burr shouldn’t regret his 2003 password advice
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