Smashing Security podcast #254: A dead hamster, a brass pen, and The Beatles

Cryptocurrency traders suffer a hamster-related loss, beware of charity scammers this holiday season, and do you have the patience to sit through Peter Jackson’s eight-hour Beatles documentary?

All this and much more is discussed in the latest editi… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #254: A dead hamster, a brass pen, and The Beatles

Social media firms will be forced to unmask online trolls, says Australia

The Prime Minister of Australia has said his government will introduce legislation which will compel social media companies to “unmask anonymous online trolls,” and allow victims to launch defamation proceedings.

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Couple arrested for secretly installing cryptomining software on department store PCs

Police in Tarragona, Spain, have arrested a man and a woman after they allegedly infected computers at high-street stores with malware with the intention of mining cryptocurrency on them.

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Sophisticated Tardigrade malware launches attacks on vaccine manufacturing infrastructure

Security researchers are warning biomanufacturing facilities around the world that they are being targeted by a sophisticated new strain of malware, known as Tardigrade.

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Smashing Security podcast #253: Cybercrime unicorns, HVAC hacks, and NFT piracy – with Mikko Hyppönen

Heating systems are left vulnerable to attack in the high courts, cybercrime unicorns have become a reality (but what are they?), over 15 Terabytes of NFTs are made available for anyone to download … and Carole reveals her Pick of the Year.

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On the trail of Russia’s $100 million Evil Corp hacking gang

Joe Tidy, technology reporter at BBC News rather bravely did something that many other journalists would probably balk at doing.

He decided he wanted to talk to Russian hackers face-to-face, on their home turf, and ask them their side of the story. Continue reading On the trail of Russia’s $100 million Evil Corp hacking gang