Smashing Security podcast #240: 3D printer hijacks, crypto fails, and a tech billionaire’s revenge

A bug unravels 3D printer security, cryptocurrency sites can’t stop getting hacked, and hear our special guest spill a cup of tea while inhabiting his wife’s knicker drawer.

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Man admits impersonating Apple support staff to steal 620,000 photos from iCloud accounts

A 40-year-old man has agreed to plead guilty to US court charges that he broke into thousands of Apple iCloud accounts and stole hundreds of thousands of images and videos of young women.

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Smashing Security podcast #239: TikTok vigilantes, sloppy IoT, and Wikipedia woe

The Great Londini has gathered a two million strong army to out TikTok trolls, there’s a bad supply chain vulnerability in many IoT devices, and how did Wikipedia pages end up covered in Nazi swastikas?

All this and much more is discussed in the lat… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #239: TikTok vigilantes, sloppy IoT, and Wikipedia woe→

Learn how a culture of security can improve security and productivity across your business with 1Password

Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at 1Password. Thanks to the great team there for their support! The shift to remote and hybrid work has created an ecosystem of new vulnerabilities, putting your critical data at risk. Wit… Continue reading Learn how a culture of security can improve security and productivity across your business with 1Password→

Survey finds vast majority of people reusing personal passwords in the workplace, despite security training

New research suggests that not many people have learnt the lesson of not reusing passwords, putting themselves and the companies they work for at risk.

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Indra hacking group blamed for attack on Iranian railway system that trolled country’s supreme leader

On 9 July, Iran’s railroad system came under attack from hackers.

The attackers posted messages on station departure boards warning of “long delay[s] because of cyberattack”, and suggesting inconvenienced passengers call “64411” for more information… Continue reading Indra hacking group blamed for attack on Iranian railway system that trolled country’s supreme leader→