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A critical vulnerability in Instagram’s Android and iOS apps could have allowed remote attackers to run malicious code, snoop on unsuspecting users, and hijack control of smartphone cameras and microphones.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire … Continue reading Instagram photo flaw could have helped hackers spy via users’ cameras and microphones
A critical vulnerability in Instagram’s Android and iOS apps could have allowed remote attackers to run malicious code, snoop on unsuspecting users, and hijack control of smartphone cameras and microphones. The security hole, which has been patched by … Continue reading Instagram photo flaw could have helped malicious hackers spy via users’ cameras and microphones
Why are Zoom and Twitter making some people disappear? How are Counter-Strike: Global Offensive cheats getting their just desserts? And the founder of a anti cyber-fraud firm is charged with fraud.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest e… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #197: Greedy bosses, game cheats, and virtual beheadings
Shopify, the major ecommerce platform which powers many online stores, has revealed that it suffered a serious breach of security at the hands of two rogue employees.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Rogue Shopify staff accessed customer records, says ecommerce platform investigating security breach
Members of Shopify’s support team abused access to company network Customer contact information and order details accessed FBI and international law enforcement agencies are investigating Shopify, the major ecommerce platform which powers many online s… Continue reading Rogue Shopify Staff Accessed Customer Records, Says Ecommerce Platform Investigating Security Breach
A ransomware attack detected and blocked at ArbiterSports, but only after sensitive data was exfiltrated.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Ransomware attack foiled, but details of 540,000 sports referees still stolen by hackers
Reusing passwords is a recipe for disaster, as hackers will use a password breached in one place to break into other online accounts. Password reuse is one of the biggest mistakes you can make on the internet.
Always use unique passwords and (whene… Continue reading Activision denies reports 500,000 Call of Duty accounts have been hacked
If you’re a business which has a website that customers access via a password, spend a few minutes create your own .well-known/change-password which points users to the correct place.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog. Continue reading Does your business have a Well-Known URL for changing passwords? It should!
I’m sure their food is lovely, but I don’t think they’re going to deliver to me in Oxford, England, are they? Or if they did I’d have to give the delivery driver a stonking tip. Continue reading I’m not interested in this Nigerian restaurant’s emails…
Google gets in a muddle about its stalkerware policy, after making an unfortunate typo. Continue reading Google’s awkward stalkerware typo said it was ok to spy on your spouse