Collaborate Disseminate
A high-rolling Hushpuppi gets extradited to the United States, Carole details her problems with clipboards and Disposophobia, and our guest becomes the subject of fake news during the Senegalese election.
All this and much much more is discussed in the… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #186: This one’s for all the Karens!
A former employee of Yahoo has been sentenced and ordered to pay a fine after exploiting his privileged access to hack into the personal accounts of thousands of Yahoo users, in his hunt for naked photographs and videos of young women.
Read more in my … Continue reading Ex-Yahoo employee avoids jail, despite hacking 6000 accounts, and stealing nude photos and videos
A former employee of Yahoo has been sentenced and ordered to pay a fine after exploiting his privileged access to hack into the personal accounts of thousands of Yahoo users, in his hunt for naked photographs and videos of young women. As we previously… Continue reading Ex-Yahoo employee avoids jail, despite hacking 6000 accounts, and stealing explicit photos and videos
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