Monday review - the hot 22 stories of the week

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Filed Under: Adobe, Adobe Flash, Android, Apple, Data loss, Denial of Service, Facebook, Google, Law & order, Malware, Microsoft, OS X, Privacy, Social networks, Technologies, Twitter, Windows

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Monday review: the hot 20 stories of the week

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Filed Under: Adobe, Android, Data loss, Facebook, Featured, Firefox, Google, Law & order, Malware, Privacy, Security threats, Spam, Vulnerability

Tags: Adobe, Barnes and Noble, BlackHole, boarding pass, Cybercrime, eftpos, Facebook, flashing, ftc, gmail, hack, hotmail, Huawei, identity theft, intellectual property, law, Law and Order, Malware, open redirect, Privacy, ps3, redirect, risky.biz, Scam, shockwave, Sony, Spam, TSA, yahoo

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Monday review: the hot 31 stories of the week

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Filed Under: Adobe, Apple, Data loss, Denial of Service, Facebook, Featured, Google, iOS, Java, Law & order, Malware, Mobile, Oracle, OS X, Privacy, Security threats, Social networks, Spam, Twitter, Vulnerability

Tags: Android, Apple, DDoS, DHL, FBI, gmp, Google, HSBC, india, ios 6, Java, LulzSec, Manchester, McKinnon, Mobile, OS X, repair, Spam, testing, Tracking, Wordpress, YouTube

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Monday review: the hot 24 stories of the week

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Tags: chrome, games, Huawei, IT, kiosk, Mitt Romney, piracy, scada, threat response, virus removal, warcraft, WoW, ZTE

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Monday review: the hot 21 stories of the week

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Filed Under: Android, Facebook, Fake anti-virus, Internet Explorer, Law & order, Malware, Mobile, Phishing, Security threats, Social networks, Spam, Twitter, Vulnerability

Tags: Android, Apple discount cards, Bing, Blackhat, bsd, bugbear, China, defibrillators, Facebook, ftc, hacking, Insulin Pumps, Japan, keccak, Microsoft, nitol, scareware, SEO Poisoning, TinKode, Twitter, White House, wifi

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Monday review: the hot 26 stories of the week

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Filed Under: Adobe Flash, Android, Apple, Data loss, Denial of Service, Featured, iOS, Java, Law & order, Malware, Privacy, Social networks, Vulnerability

Tags: Adobe, Android, Anti-virus, Anti-virus for Android, APSA 12-01, Bank of America, Banking, DDoS, denial of service, Do Not Track, Facebook, flash, ftc, hacking, IEEE, Java, Joe Lieberman, Kim Dotcom, Malware, Microsoft Windows Update, NFC, PHP, phpMyAdmin, ransomware, Security Explorations, Sophos Mobile Security, Sophos Support, sourceforge, Telvent, Twitter, Virus Bulletin

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Monday review: the hot 18 stories of the week

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Tags: Android, BlackHole, BMW, chrome, CVE-2012-4969, Do Not Track, Exploit, face, Facebook, facial recognition, false positive, Fix it, Home Depot, Internet Explorer, Justin Lee, Lock Poker, Malware, Microsoft, Poison Ivy, Poker, RSA, Sophos, Subway, vulnerability, Zero Day, ZeroAccess

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Monday review: the hot 22 stories of the week

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Tags: Adobe, Android, anonymous, Apple, BlackHole, bot, Chip and PIN, digital certificate, flash, GoDaddy, IE, Internet Explorer, iPhone, iPhone 5, Malware, Microsoft, nitol, Patch Tuesday, Pinterest, ransomware, RFID, SMS, Spam, UDID, zombie

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Monday review: the hot 20 stories of the week

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In case you missed any of these stories, here's everything we wrote in the last seven days:

Polls

Which web browser do you recommend? [POLL]

Do you have a special email address for websites that might send you spam? [POLL]

Apache Foundation creates firestorm over user privacy choices [POLL]

Malware and vulnerabilities

Free-press organisations targeted in malware attack

Google releases Chrome 21, shells out $3,500 for security holes

Attacks on Java security hole hidden in bogus Microsoft Services Agreement email

Cloud storage firm flags malware as "Copyrighted Material," boots security researcher

Microsoft RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol or Routine Darkside Probe?

Fingerprint scanner maker cries foul over Russian firm's security warning

Warbiking in London - insecure WiFi hotspots exposed [VIDEO]

Privacy

Honeypot reveals mass surveillance of BitTorrent downloaders

RoMOS - Russia rolls its own secure tablet because it doesn't trust Google Android

Is Opera *really* the safest browser?

Data loss

Romney tax returns allegedly hacked, supposedly held for $1 million ransom

Bitcoin exchange floored in virtual bank robbery - $250,000 stolen in security lapse

12 million iPhone and iPad device IDs hacked from the FBI, Anonymous claims

FBI hits back at Anonymous - your claims are TOTALLY FALSE

Spam

Watch this - the funniest spam video you'll ever see [VIDEO]

Law and order

Child abuse photo collector forgets to encrypt his USB stick - Bad security is a good thing

Podcast

SSCC 97 - Black Hat and DEF CON review, broken crypto, Frak, smart meters and hacking transit

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Tags: Android, anonymous, Apache, bitcoin, BitTorrent, chrome, cloud, DNT, Elcomsoft, FBI, Firefox, Java, monday, monday review, opera, Podcast, poll, RDP, romney, russia, Video, wifi

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Monday review: the hot 27 stories of last week

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It's Monday review time - here's a little recap, in case you missed any of our stories last week:

Java flaw

Unpatched Java exploit spreads like wildfire

Java flaws already included in Blackhole exploit kit, Oracle was informed of vulnerabilities in April

Zero-day Java flaw exploited in targeted tax email malware attack

How to turn off Java on your browser - and why you should do it now

Oracle releases out of cycle fixes for Java

Sophos Techknow - All about Java [PODCAST]

Malware and vulnerabilities

FLAMING RETORT: Frankenstein Malware - the future of cyberwar, or just a catchy headline?

Oil giant Saudi Aramco back online after 30,000 workstations hit by malware

Android malware authors take a crack at the Japanese market

DDoS attack stymies vote in Miss Hong Kong beauty contest

Firefox 15 released: Seven critical vulnerabilities patched and stealthy updates too!

Reveton/FBI ransomware - exposed, explained and eliminated [VIDEO]

Phishing without a webpage - researcher reveals how a link *itself* can be malicious

Privacy and social networks

Facebook friend added a new photo of you? Beware spammed-out malware attack

Spammers flood Facebook's own Help Center

Dropbox two-factor authentication available to early adopters

Facebook given one week to stop breaching privacy laws

Facebook troll outed as policeman

Facebook glitch lets spear phishers impersonate users' friends and family

Law and order

Woman gets 2.5 years in prison for managing ATM-sucking gang of fraudsters

What is the TPP, and why should you care?

Suspected LulzSec member arrested by FBI for Sony Pictures hack

Times reporter arrested over NightJack blogger email hack

Android SMS malware firm fined £50,000 and ordered to refund victims

Data loss

Toyota says it was hacked by ex-IT contractor, sensitive information stolen

Cancer Care Group leaves unencrypted server backups in car, loses data on 55,000 patients and staff

Guild Wars 2 accounts shuttered due to gold-seller hacking and idiocy

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Tags: Android, dropbox, Facebook, FBI, Firefox 15, Frankenstein malware, Java, Java Exploit, Java flaw, LulzSec, reveton, TPP, troll

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Monday review: the hot 23 stories of last week

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Tags: Adobe, amd, Apple, bitcoin, correcthorsebatterystaple, dropbox, Facebook, Facedeals, ftc, geolocation, hacking, Java, Kim Dotcom, megaupload, michael dell, Microsoft, Oracle, OS X, password policy, passwords, Patch Tuesday, Practical IT, Pwnium 2, Quora, Steve Jobs, Twitter, WeKnowYourHouse, Wikileaks, wikileaks.org

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Monday review: the hot 21 stories of last week

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