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When a ransomware attack knocked out systems at a major hospital in Düsseldorf, Germany, there were tragic consequences. Continue reading Hospital patient dies following botched ransomware attack
Despite repeated warnings Dunkin’ Donuts failed to investigate evidence of a significant data breach, didn’t reset passwords, and didn’t warn customers… for years. Continue reading The Dunkin’ Donuts data breach leaves a very bad taste in the mouth
US authorities have charged two Russian men with allegedly defrauding cryptocurrency exchanges and their customers out of at least $16.8 million.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading Hackers pumped and dumped GAS cryptocurrency for $16.8 million, alleges US DOJ
Kalashnikov unveils its “smart” shotgun, San Diego struggles with its street lights, and a researcher reveals how he found a way to hack every Tesla on the planet. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winni… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #196: Smart guns, smart cars, and smart street lights – oh my!
The IRS want to trace Monero transactions, which – unlike Bitcoin – are entirely private Cracking Monero could help the IRS trace those who have avoided paying tax, and assist in criminal investigations Do you think you can crack Monero’s layers of pri… Continue reading Can You Crack Monero? IRS Offers $625,000 Bounty for Anyone Who Can Break Privacy of Cryptocurrency
This weekend US Customs and Border Protection at New York’s JFK airport seemed proud to announce that it had “seized 2,000 counterfeit Apple AirPods” coming in from Hong Kong.
But take another look… Continue reading US Customs has one heck of a false positive over “counterfeit Apple AirPods”
Do you think you can crack Monero’s layers of privacy? The IRS would like to hear from you.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Can you crack Monero? IRS offers $625,000 bounty for anyone who can break privacy of cryptocurrency
According to Dutch magazine, three ethical hackers were able to determine Donald Trump’s Twitter password while he was running his US Presidential campaign.
A password that had been exposed years before following the notorious LinkedIn hack. Continue reading “Yourefired” was Donald Trump’s Twitter password, claim hackers
We’ve said it once, we’ve said it twice, we’ve said it one hundred times.
Hardening the security of your accounts with two-factor authentication (2FA) can dramatically reduce their chances of being hacked.
Read more in my article on the Hot for S… Continue reading Secure your Zoom account with Two-Factor Authentication
2FA makes Zoom video-conferencing accounts harder for hackers to compromise Users given option of app-based or SMS-based 2FA Admins can set 2FA policy for different user groups We’ve said it once, we’ve said it twice, we’ve said it one hundred times. H… Continue reading Secure Your Zoom Account with Two-Factor Authentication