Collaborate Disseminate
South Korean police have uncovered a hacking operation that stole sensitive data from massage parlours and blackmailed their male clientele.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading “Pay up or we share the tapes”: Hackers target massage parlour clients in blackmail scheme
Time itself comes under attack as a state-backed hacking gang spends two years tunnelling toward a nation’s master clock — with chaos potentially only a tick away.
Plus when ransomware negotiators turn to the dark side, what could possibly go wrong?… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #442: The hack that messed with time, and rogue ransom where negotiators
In episode 75 of The AI Fix, a Claude-powered robot gets so anxious about its dying battery that it composes a Broadway musical about stress and announces it’s “achieved consciousness and chosen chaos.”
Also: an 18-month psychological study reveals … Continue reading The AI Fix #75: Claude’s existential battery crisis, and why ChatGPT is a terrible therapist
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has levied a fine of £200,000 against a sole trader who sent almost one million spam text messages to people across the country – many of whom were already struggling with debt.
Read more in my article … Continue reading Spam text scammer fined £200,000 for targeting people in debt, after sending nearly one million messages
Can data leaks do real harm? Yes, they can. And so can a failure to respond appropriately.
Continue reading The human cost of the UK Government’s Afghan data leak
If you live in the UK/EU/Canada/Hong Kong, LinkedIn has given you until Monday to stop AI from training on your profile. You have to opt-out if you don’t want this to happen to your data.
Take action now, and tell your friends.
Read more in my… Continue reading LinkedIn gives you until Monday to stop AI from training on your profile
Basketball stars have allegedly joined forces with the mafia to fleece high-rollers in a poker scam involving hacked shufflers, covert cameras, and an X-ray card table.
Meanwhile, researchers have found they could poke around an FIA driver portal to… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #441: Inside the mob’s million-dollar poker hack, and a Formula 1 fumble
In episode 74 of The AI Fix, we meet Amazon’s AI-powered delivery glasses, an AI TV presenter who doesn’t exist, and an Ohio lawmaker who wants to stop people from marrying their chatbot.
Also, we learn how Geoffrey Hinton and Steve Wozniak have tea… Continue reading The AI Fix #74: AGI, LLM brain rot, and how to scam an AI browser
A literal insider threat: we head to a Romanian prison where “self-service” web kiosks allowed inmates to run wild. Then we head to the checkout aisle to ask why JavaScript on payment pages went feral, and how new PCI DSS rules are finally muzzling Mag… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #440: How to hack a prison, and the hidden threat of online checkouts
Normally when we write about a malware operation being disrupted, it’s because it has been shut down by law enforcement. But in the case of Lumma Stealer, a notorious malware-as-a-service (MaaS) operation used to steal passwords and sensitive data, it… Continue reading Cybercriminals turn on each other: the story of Lumma Stealer’s collapse