Monday review – the hot 22 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 18 July 2016

• Pokémon GO: PoodleCorp threatens DDoS outage on August 1
• Mystery surrounds $2M ATM “jackpotting” attack in Taiwan
• DARPA to stage an AI hacking tournament at DEF CON/Black Hat
• Convicted child predator arrested for allegedly playing Pokémon GO with kids

Tuesday 19 July 2016

• HTTPoxy – the disease that could make your web server spring a leak
• WikiLeaks suffers ‘sustained attack’ after announcing release of Turkish government docs
• Why you should use a password manager
• Warning issued over baby monitor, webcam, IoT security… again!

Wednesday 20 July 2016

• Update now: Macs and iPhones have a Stagefright-style bug!
• Snapchat turns facial recognition technology on its head
• WhatsApp blocked, back up again after third court-order in Brazil
• Facebook is tracking what you do within apps for better targeted advertising
• Baseball scouting exec gets 46 months for guessing rival team’s password
• Researcher dials for dollars using two-factor authentication phone calls

Thursday 21 July 2016

• SeaWorld hacker and bomb hoaxer escapes prison sentence
• Microsoft given 3 months to fix Windows 10 security and privacy
• Mr. Robot: Season 2 Episode 2 – digging into the details
• Drone operator arrested for flying over wildfire

Friday 22 July 2016

• Snowden joins “Against the Law” project to build spy-proof iPhones
• “Selfie war” paramedics accused of taking photos with unconscious patients
• Bathroom Snapchat video of suicide teen ruled criminal by court
• Pokémon GO finally live in Japan after leaked email delays launch

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