Collaborate Disseminate
You’ve had your iPhone stolen. A day later, you get a text from Apple saying they’ve found it, and a very helpful woman called Alice from Apple Support calls to walk you through recovering it. She’s polite. She’s professional. But she is not from Apple… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #483: This AI helps thieves steal your iPhone
If you live in Jersey and bank with Revolut, you should be on your guard against scam phone calls.
Because local police on the largest of the Channel Islands have warned that over a single four-week period, an astonishing 75% of all scam crime reports… Continue reading Revolut scam wave steals £180,000 from Jersey residents in just four weeks
More than 1,000 organisations, 500,000 stolen credentials, and one self-propagating worm named after a Dune sandworm – two men now face charges over TeamPCP’s global hacking spree.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Shai-Hulud hackers: two men charged over TeamPCP’s global supply chain crime spree that hit OpenAI, and thousands more
The US Navy has told its entire workforce of 340,000 active-duty personnel, 58,000 reservists, and 210,000 civilian employees to clean up their social media profiles, because adversaries might be using them to determine who they are, where they live, a… Continue reading US Navy tells sailors and their families: scrub your social media, enemies are watching
A hacker calling themselves “CYBERLEEK” has been leaking gameplay footage from GTA 6 ahead of its official reveal this week – but they’re not asking Rockstar Games for a ransom. Instead, they’ve launched their own cryptocurrency, promising to release e… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #482: This hacker leaked GTA 6 – and launched their own cryptocurrency
Every time you add an extension or plugin to your browser, there’s a risk that you might be doing more than managing your cryptocurrency wallet, generating passwords, taking notes, or tracking sports results. There’s a chance that you have just handed … Continue reading Malicious Firefox add-ons caught stealing cryptowallet seed phrases and browser credentials
The ransomware gang Gunra has been creating havoc – exploiting unpatched VPNs and firewalls to steal data, encrypt systems, and extort victims across healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and more.
Read more in my article on the Fortra blog. Continue reading Gunra ransomware: what you need to know
At Black Hat this month, a group of security researchers took a $9,000 robot dog, plugged Google’s AI into its brain, and jailbroke it by telling it – with a completely straight face – that it was a Pokemon. What followed involved a wall, a blue ice ch… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #481: Never say this to a robot dog
When Cameron Curry discovered that his contract as a data analyst wasn’t going to be renewed, he could have updated his LinkedIn profile. He could have started sending out his resume.
But what the 27-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina, did instea… Continue reading Prison for data analyst who tried to extort $2.5 million from his employer
A cybersecurity expert has demonstrated how computer-generated patterns can successfully prevent surveillance cameras from detecting vehicles – such as the controversial AI-powered Flock licence plate readers that are becoming increasingly common on Am… Continue reading An “invisible” car? Researcher uses machine learning to hide vehicles from Flock cameras