Get yourself up to date with everything we've written in the last seven days – it's weekly roundup time.
Monday 9 January 2017
- Bank leaks 60,000 account details in three character email slip-up
- ‘Fear factor pushing up cyber-insurance premiums’
- News in brief: Moscow freezes out LinkedIn; teen crooks ‘should have Wi-Fi blocked’; 123-reg hit by DDoS
- FTC sues D-Link for ‘insecure’ routers and IP cameras
- FTC will pay you to build an IoT security checker
- Obama’s social media posts published as searchable archive
Tuesday 10 January 2017
- The Spy, sorry, The Fridge Who Loved Me
- US college pays $28,000 to get files back after ransomware attack
- News in brief: cookie monster slain; FBI disclosure on shooter’s iPhone; Mayer to step down
- How could social media legalese be made more friendly?
- New privacy rules at risk as Trump prepares to take office
- Uber offers an olive branch to city planners with new tool
- Stolen details of 3.3m Hello Kitty fans – including kids – published online
Wednesday 11 January 2017
- News in brief: Telegram crack ‘fake’; superuser passwords leaked; election systems ‘critical infrastructure’
- Beware phishing scams in Amazon listings
- Thousands of MongoDB databases compromised and held to ransom
- Your data is being held for ransom. Now what?
Thursday 12 January 2017
- Pacemakers patched against potentially lifethreatening hacks
- News in brief: new address system; fingerprint theft fears; facial recognition and chips, please
- Insurer hit with fine after unencrypted NAS stolen
- Russia ‘also hacked RNC’ – but not Trump’s campaign
- Windows 10’s privacy dashboard aims to tackle data concerns
Friday 13 January 2017
- News in brief: new browser launched; social network closes down; cyberattack on health provider
- Tor users at risk of being unmasked by ultrasound tracking
- Cautious welcome to Facebook’s moves to fight fake news
- How far can we go – and should we go – with robots?
- PC security stepped up with new ‘Windows Goodbye’ screen lock
News, straight to your inbox
Would you like to keep up with all the stories we write? Why not sign up for our daily newsletter to make sure you don't miss anything. You can easily unsubscribe if you decide you no longer want it.
Image of days of week courtesy of Shutterstock.
Leave a Reply