Get yourself up to date with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time.

Monday 22 January 2018

• Uber hit with criticism of “useless” two-factor authentication
• Famous cryptographers’ tombstone cryptogram decrypted
• California to make it harder for your license plate to be tracked
• Stock exchange finally fixes telnet router weakness
• Under the hoodie: what makes bug bounty hunters tick?

Tuesday 23 January 2018

• Gas pump malware tricks customers into paying for more than they pump
• How a teen used social engineering to take on the FBI and CIA
• Twitter will email 677,775 users who engaged with Russian election trolls

Wednesday 24 January 2018

• NFC card skimming – is it really a thing? [VIDEO]
• Tinder user? Lack of encryption means stalkers can watch you at it…
• Apple’s Tim Cook doesn’t want his nephew on social media
• Serious ‘category one’ cyberattack not far off – warns security chief
• Hawaii Gov. couldn’t flag false missile alert on Twitter – didn’t know password

Thursday 25 January 2018

• Bitcoins stored in DNA – when truth is stranger than fiction
• Apple offers another Meltdown fix for Mac users…
• Babies’ data being sold to tax fraudsters on the dark web
• Facebook to give you more control over your data

Friday 26 January 2018

• Spy vs. Spy – “Cozy Bear” election hackers undone by hackable security camera
• Reddit users, 2FA is here! Now turn it on…
• AI fake porn could cast any of us
• Amazon Twitch declares “Game Over” for bots

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