Collaborate Disseminate
Early last month Ron Eddings and Chris Cochran were kind enough to invite me back on their podcast, “Hacker Valley Studio” – and now the episode has been published!
Take a listen.
Continue reading Appearing on the Hacker Valley Studio podcast
A hacked Russian government Twitter account offers to sell a tourist database for 66 bitcoins (approximately US $499,000).
Continue reading Hackers hijack Twitter account of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, offer to sell stolen data
Over 2000 accounts on the Roblox gaming platform have been hacked…
…not to make money or steal information, but to support Donald Trump’s re-election as US President.
Continue reading Has your Roblox account been hacked to support Donald Trump?
Accounts on the popular online gaming platform keep getting hacked. So, how can you better protect your Roblox account?
Continue reading How to better protect your Roblox account from hackers with two-step verification (2SV)
Beware if you’re paying your bills for local government services – the payment information you type into that web form may be heading straight to cybercriminals.
Continue reading Websites of eight US cities poisoned by malware skimming the credit card details of residents
Hackers are once again finding unsecured MongoDB databases carelessly left exposed on the internet, wiping their contents, and leaving a ransom note demanding a cryptocurrency payment for the data’s safe return.
So far, so normal. But what’s diff… Continue reading 22,900 MongoDB databases held to ransom by hacker threatening to report firms for GDPR violations
Hackers are once again finding unsecured MongoDB databases carelessly left exposed on the internet, wiping their contents, and leaving a ransom note demanding a cryptocurrency payment for the data’s safe return. As ZDNet reports, ransom notes hav… Continue reading 22,900 MongoDB Databases Held to Ransom by Hacker Threatening to Report Firms for GDPR Violations
Who’s been dressing Robox players up in red baseball caps? Which ransomware victim’s negotations got spied on by the media? And should Jason Bieber think twice before touching his hat? Oh, and we need to talk about squirrels…
All thi… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #185: Bieber fever, Roblox, and ransomware
An anonymous tip-off to BBC News enabled them to watch in real-time as an American medical university attempted to negotiate with the hackers who had infected its systems with ransomware.
Continue reading Watching a $1.14 million ransomware negotiation between hackers and scientists searching for COVID-19 treatments
A smartphone app, disguised as a regular app delivering the top world, sports, and entertainment news, containing a secret feature that allows victims of domestic abuse to send a covert distress call for help at the touch of a button.
What could possib… Continue reading Voice recordings from domestic violence alerting app exposed on the internet