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Tuesday review – the hot 22 stories of the week

From Word's zero-day booby-trap exploit and the patch that Microsoft released to how hard-coded passwords risk the industry, and more!

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Android malware creators throw up a roadblock to thwart the good guys

Security practitioners often use emulators to dig into Android malware. So what happens when the bad guys work out how to spot that?

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Google joins the efforts to halt the spread of fake news

Tech giants' efforts to identify dubious stories are helpful, but the onus still lies with users

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Smartphone sensors offer hackers a way past security PINs

But how likely are you to fall victim to this kind of attack?

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Priorities clash over the call to encrypt the whole internet

What does 'encrypting the whole internet mean': can it be done and is it a good idea?

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News in brief: NATO cyberthreat centre launches; Yahoo ‘hacker’ denied bail; Samsung delays AI assistant

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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Court to force adult site to expose ‘pirating’ users

A porn company has found more than 1,000 copyright-infringing videos on Pornhub. Fair. But why isn't Pornhub itself being held accountable?

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Low fines for charities misusing donors’ data was ‘a masterstroke’

When 13 charities including two leading animal welfare organisations were given what looked like very low fines for serious data breaches, many were outraged - but it increasingly looks like a very smart move by the regulator

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Malware, Sir? Jenkins ‘software butler’ tool gets many security fixes

You patched the operarting system, you patched your apps, but did you patch your plugins?

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Google boosts verification after wave of Maps fake listings fraud

Just as platforms are turning to humans to verify news stories, verification procedures for business listings now seem to be heading in the same direction

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Microsoft patches Word zero-day booby-trap exploit

All versions of Office on all versions of Windows are vulnerable to this zero-day that spreads malware, so make sure you patch quickly

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News in brief: Macron vows encryption crackdown; mobile calls on planes ruled out; AI wins at poker

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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Attackers using a Word zero-day to spread malware

Microsoft expected to patch the vulnerability later today, but meanwhile, here's what we know and what you can do to protect yourself

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Nothing is certain except death, taxes – and tax scams, phishing and ransomware

It's the time of year when criminals turn their attention to honest taxpayers - here's our advice on what to look out for to avoid falling victim to their scams

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Pwned at the factory: attackers think outside the box

There are steps you can take to avoid ending up with a device that's been compromised even before you've started up your new phone, but nothing can guarantee you'll get a clean device

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Unsecured database exposed diabetics’ sensitive data

Close to a million records belonging to senior citizens in the US were exposed - and since deleted - but included details such as health insurance providers and medical issues

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News in brief: Dallas sirens ‘hacked’; Livejournal cracks down; Russian man arrested in Spain

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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Shadow Brokers return with a password and message for Trump

Tools offered by the group 'apparently date back to the 1990s'

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Mounties admit to using cellphone-snooping ‘stingrays’

But other spying devices placed at Montreal's Trudeau airport and near Parliament in Ottawa nothing to do with government, says minister

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BrickerBot malware zeroes in on Linux-based IoT devices

BrickerBot is a reminder that the frequency and complexity of Linux malware is on the rise

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Payday loan company Wonga breached – what you need to know

Nothing was stolen that was deeply secret on its own, but collected together, the data points could be gold dust for scammers.

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