Collaborate Disseminate
Although only active for the past couple of months, the Black Basta ransomware is thought to have already hit almost 50 organisations.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading Black Basta ransomware – what you need to know
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Popular NFT marketplace OpenSea has warned users that they might be targeted with phishing attacks following a data breach that exposed the email addresses of its users and newsletter subscribers. Continue reading NFT marketplace OpenSea warns of data breach that could lead to phishing attacks
A new version of the LockBit ransomware offers a bug bounty, women uninstall period-tracking apps in fear of how their data might be used against them, and Microsoft’s facial recognition tech no longer wants to know how you’re feeling.
All this and … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #281: Debug ransomware and win $1,000,000, period-tracking apps, and AI gets emotional
The FBI has warned that, in an attempt to gain access to sensitive data at organisations, crooks are using deepfake video when applying for remote working-at-home jobs. Continue reading Deepfaking crooks seek remote-working jobs to gain access to sensitive data
Carnival Cruises, the world’s largest travel leisure firm which operates over 100 ships for millions of vacationing customers, has been fined a total of $6.25 million following a series of security mishaps.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Sec… Continue reading Carnival Cruises bruised by $6.25 million fine after series of cyberattacks
A Japanese worker, after a drunken night out, lost a flash drive containing the personal information of every single one of his city’s residents.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Drunk worker loses USB stick containing details of every resident of his city
Amazon has demonstrated an experimental feature that demonstrates how a child can choose to have a bedside story read to him by his Alexa… using his dead grandmother’s voice. Continue reading Amazon thinks it’s really cool that Alexa can mimic your dead grandma’s voice
The UK’s National Health Service has warned the public about a spate of fake messages, sent out as SMS text messages, fraudulently telling recipients that they have been exposed to the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Read more in my article on the Trip… Continue reading NHS warns of scam COVID-19 text messages
Internet-connected jacuzzis find themselves in hot water, and a Google engineer claims that their AI has developed feelings.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security v… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #280: Hot tub hijinx, and a sentient AI