The top security news of the week from V3
Rogue Google apps, DDoS attacks and Lenovo password blunders: The week in security
Author: Jason Murdock
HSBC website taken offline by DDoS attack
Second round of HSBC downtime in January
IoT firms ‘sleepwalking into danger’ as security goes unchecked
Devices will be increasingly open to attack, warns IoT Security Foundation
DDoS world record broken with 500Gbps attack in 2015
Cloud service attacks and cyber extortion set to rise in 2016, says Arbor Networks report
Rogue Google browser extension found spying on users
Malicious iCalc extension was downloaded close to 1,000 times
Lenovo blunder means ‘12345678’ used as password for default file sharing app
Easy to exploit password flaw could leave data unencrypted
Government announces £250,000 fund to help UK cyber security startups blossom
£250,000 made available as part of Early Stage Accelerator Programme
London startup unveils app encryption service hosted in the cloud
Weak encryption will weaken everybody, Qredo lead dev tells V3
US government changes personnel data processing after OPM hack
National Background Investigations Bureau will take over federal background checks
Tor Project raises over $200,000 in first crowdfunding campaign
Donors include Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg