Catch up with the latest computer security news – it’s weekly roundup time.
Watch the top news in 60 seconds, and then check out the individual links to read in more detail.
Monday 27 April 2015
- Tesla and Elon Musk Twitter accounts and website hijacked, free Teslas offered
- White House hackers read emails from President Obama, Russia blamed
- RSA Conference 2015 in retrospect
- Police-taunting Facebook selfie poster jailed
- Student jailed for using keylogger to up his exam marks
Tuesday 28 April 2015
- 25 members of $15 million carding gang arrested in Romania
- FBI: Hacktivists targeting US law enforcement as anti-police sentiment grows
- Fee-fi-fo-fum, do I want Google to sniff my network traffic, all of it?
- Google blushes over Google Maps showing Android icon urinating on Apple icon
Wednesday 29 April 2015
- The "Dirty Dozen" SPAMPIONSHIP: Who needs to kill the most zombies?
- Facebook login system blocked by Great Firewall of China causing DDoS panic
- Remotely operated surgery robot is easy to e-hijack, researchers find
- Judge chided for Facebook posts that triggered mistrial in "boy in the box" case
Thursday 30 April 2015
- Ryanair finds fraudulent transaction – for $5M!
- Google unveils Password Alert Chrome extension, an early warning system against phishing attacks
- Apple bans watch apps from Apple Watch
- iPad crash grounds dozens of American Airlines flights
- Hollywood gets Piracy app Popcorn Time blocked in the UK
Friday 1 May 2015
- Microsoft age-guessing tool goes on a metadata-slurping, viral spree
- Firewall for dummies – or, what do we mean by a next-generation firewall?
- Facebook says sorry after bug hid posts, blocked links and led to security warnings
- Woman arrested after hijacking PCs, showing hardcore porn to victims
- FBI arrests JP Morgan Chase former employee for selling account data
- Anonymous sharing app Secret shuts down
- SSCC 196 – From Wi-Fi bugs to carder busts [PODCAST]
Saturday 2 May 2015
Podcasts
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