Collaborate Disseminate
Can a video game help your company’s staff choose stronger passwords? Why might satellite-based internet communications be bad for security? And what are the alternatives to TikTok?
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of t… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #191: We are on the bird
The good news is that if scammers are having to use techniques like this to get in front of potential victims, anti-spam defences and user awareness about email scams must be better than ever.
The bad news is that if such letters continue to be sent, s… Continue reading A scam letter! Warn your vulnerable loved ones to be on their guard
Uh-oh… someone didn’t lock their Zoom meeting down properly. That’s probably particularly important when the person charged is an alleged hacker.
Continue reading Porn-wielding Zoom bombers disrupt Twitter hack court hearing
Special guest Geoff White can’t resist using the podcast to promote his new book, “Crime Dot Com”, but other than that we also discuss the creepy (and apparently legal) way websites can find out your email and postal address even if y… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #190: Twitter hack arrests, email bad behaviour, and Fawkes vs facial recognition
What’s a phone spear phishing attack? Twitter shares some more details related to its serious security breach earlier this month which saw celebrity accounts tweeting a cryptocurrency scam.
Continue reading Twitter says a “phone spear phishing” attack helped hackers – what’s that?
Zoom has patched a security hole that could have allowed attackers to break their way into password-protected private calls.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Zoom bug meant attackers could brute force their way into password-protected meetings
Zoom has patched a security hole that could have allowed attackers to break their way into password-protected private calls. The flaw, discovered by SearchPilot’s Tom Anthony, meant that hackers and spies could have broken into private password-p… Continue reading Zoom bug meant attackers could brute force their way into password-protected meetings
Why are students faking their own kidnappings? What’s the story behind Garmin’s ransomware attack? And a genetic genealogy website suffers a hack or two.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #189: DNA cock-up, Garmin hack, and virtual kidnappings
A critical vulnerability in a third-party comments plugin installed on over 70,000 websites running WordPress could allow hackers to execute malicious code remotely.
If you’re using the wpDIscuz commenting plugin, make sure you’ve kept it u… Continue reading Thousands of websites at risk from critical WordPress commenting plugin vulnerability
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) found itself very publicly tussling with a hacker on its Twitter account this morning.
Continue reading Hacker plays cat-and-mouse with the EBRD’s Twitter account