Monday review – the hot 26 stories of the week

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

• The worst spam senders in the whole wide world? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]

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