Collaborate Disseminate
An Irish court has jailed three romance scammers who tricked a 66-year-old woman out of her life savings, and even tricked her into visiting Dubai at her own expense.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Romance scammers jailed after tricking Irish OAP out of €250k
A $10 million reward is being offered for information leading to the identification or location of hackers working with North Korea to launch cyber attacks on US critical infrastructure.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading $10 million reward offered for information on North Korean hackers
Uber may not face prosecution over its handling of a 2016 data breach – but its former chief security head does; how to defend your digital devices’ data while on vacation, and how to change your accent with artificial intelligence.
All this and muc… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #285: Uber’s hidden hack, tips for travel, and AI accent fixes
The former Chief Security Officer of Uber is facing wire fraud charges over allegations that he covered up a data breach that saw hackers steal the records of 57 million passengers and drivers.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Uber’s former head of security faces fraud charges after allegedly covering up data breach
An unauthorised party has seized control of the @avtestorg Twitter account, nuked its profile picture and banner, replaced its name and description with a full-stop, and set about retweeting numerous messages about NFTs.
Anti-virus testing organisa… Continue reading Testing times for AV-Test as Twitter account hijacked by NFT spammers
In this special edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast, computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault welcome back author and journalist Jamie Bartlett – host of “The Missing CryptoQueen” podcast.
Jamie tells us about his new boo… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #284: The Most Wanted Missing CryptoQueen
Three million Android users may have lost money and had their devices infected by spyware, after the discovery that the official Google Play store has been distributing apps infected by a new family of malware.
Read more in my article on the Tripwir… Continue reading More malware-infested apps, downloaded millions of times, found in the Google Play store
Bexplus gave its users only 24 hours to withdraw their funds.
Can you imagine a traditional financial institution treating its customers in such a slipshod fashion? Continue reading Clunk flush! Bexplus cryptocurrency exchange closes suddenly, giving its users only 24 hours to withdraw funds
An app which purported to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the internet infrastructure of Russia, was in reality secretly installing malware on to the devices of pro-Ukrainian activists.
Read more in my article on the Hot … Continue reading Anti-Russian denial-of-service app actually infects pro-Ukrainian activists
I can’t tell you not to seek ethical hacking certification from EC-Council. But I can suggest that if you are looking for an online university to boost your cybersecurity career, you don’t settle for an outfit that has proven itself to be of questiona… Continue reading Who on earth would be trying to promote EC-Council University via comment spam on my website?