Get yourself up to date with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time.
Monday 7 December 2015
- The Internet of Things includes safety equipment vulnerable to a remote ‘attacker with low skill’
- Has Mark Zuckerberg left Facebook? No, but a bug made it look that way
- Company told to stop Facebook naming and shaming overdue customers
- Yahoo Mail fixed against evil emails you didn’t need to open
- Advent tip #7: Do I really still need Flash? No. No you don’t.
- George Zimmerman’s Twitter account suspended after he posts ‘semi-nude’ photos of woman
- Yahoo Messenger joins the “unsend” bandwagon
Tuesday 8 December 2015
- Advent tip #8: (Don’t) click here for a free iPhone!
- Facebook hoax alert! No, Mark Zuckerberg is not giving $4.5m to people like YOU and ME
- Alleged hit-and-run foiled after driver’s car calls the cops on her
- A search engine for the Internet of (insecure) Things
- Suspected Silk Road architect Variety Jones arrested in Thailand
Wednesday 9 December 2015
- Campaign targets youngest cybercrooks
- Drone footage leads to arrest of alleged prostitute and john
- Advent tip #9: Think before you share on social media
Thursday 10 December 2015
- Phony WhatsApp update could cost you much more than a dollar
- ‘Pedo hunter’ who posed as teen to extort others accepted payment in Amazon vouchers
- Microsoft warns of possible attacks after Xbox Live certificate leaked
- Bill requiring reporting of social media terrorist content is back
- Advent tip #10: Don’t put off those updates!
- Underwear thief used Instagram location data to find victim’s homes
- Internet DNS servers withstand huge DDoS attack
Friday 11 December 2015
- £50K insurance policy offers to cover victims of cyberbullying
- Teen cooks a turkey with flame-shooting drone
- My Talking Tom offers up naked selfie ads to kids
- Advent tip #11: Ask permission to post photos, not forgiveness!
