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Monday review – the hot 25 stories of the week

From the hidden camera found in an AirBnb room and the smart TVs now admitting to viewers they spied on them to Google Chrome creating passwords for you, and more!

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Blockchain hustler beats the house with smart contract hack

A hacker used their own code to tamper with a smart contract run by a betting company, and walked off with $24,000.

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Major US mobile carriers want to be your password

Project Verify from Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile aims to replace your password.

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Review that! Fake TripAdvisor review peddler sent to jail

Jail time for fake reviews is “a landmark ruling for the Internet,” TripAdvisor said.

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You didn’t buy ‘your’ iTunes movies; Apple can delete them anytime

It's in the terms of service, as one man found out after Apple removed three movies from his iTunes library.

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Browser security hole on Macs and iPhones – just how bad is it?

A URL spoofing bug in Safari is being reported with the word BEWARE! - we explain how bad it really is, and what to do about it.

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Veeam leaves MongoDB database wide open, exposes 445m records

The data-management firm's customer database held names, email addresses, some IP addresses and more: a wealth of ammo for phishers.

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Street gang members indicted for stealing POS terminals

...and using the credit card terminals to allegedly issue themselves fraudulent returns and to steal taxpayer IDs and bank info.

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California bill regulates IoT for first time in US

California looks set to regulate IoT devices, becoming the first US state to do so and beating the Federal Government to the post.

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Update now! Microsoft’s September 2018 Patch Tuesday is here

September’s Patch Tuesday is upon Windows users - 61 CVEs, 17 flaws rated as critical, a zero-day and a flaw affecting Adobe Flash Player.

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Microsoft purges 3,000 tech support scams hiding on TechNet

Microsoft has taken down thousands of ads for tech support scams that infested the company’s TechNet support domain.

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Beware: WhatsApp scammers target children with ‘Olivia’ porn message

"I can send a picture where all of us are together," says "Olivia," before sending a porn URL. Tell kids not to click!

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Younger Facebook users 4 times more likely to delete app, study shows

They also appear to be more privacy-wary, with 64% changing their settings, comparing to just a third of older users.

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Vizio to send class notices through the TVs that spied on viewers

Millions of smart TVs may soon be forced to admit to viewers that they spied on them, and then sold their data.

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Drive away a Tesla today (even if it isn’t yours)

Raspberry Pi's processing power versus Tesla's Model X cryptography - victory for the little guy!

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The rise of targeted ransomware

Ransomware hasn't gone away, but it is getting quieter and more targeted.

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Airbnb launches investigation after man finds hidden camera in clock

Trust your gut: if staring at that common object in your rental gives you the heebie jeebies, it might be because it's staring back at you.

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Fetish app put users’ identities at risk with plain-text passwords

Whiplr, a naughty, naughty little app, has now secured passwords with "one-way encryption" and is "adding more security measures".

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Yikes: 1 in 5 employees share their email passwords with coworkers

19% of employees of small and medium-sized businesses share their passwords with coworkers or assistants, according to a recent survey.

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Keybase browser extension weakness discovered

Respected researcher Wladimir Palant has recommended users “uninstall the Keybase browser extension ASAP” after discovering a gap in its end-to-end encryption.

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Microsoft extends security patch support for some Windows 7 users

Microsoft will provide security updates until 2023 to help business customers migrate to Windows 10 - if they pay.

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