Collaborate Disseminate
Graham finds himself in hot water with a security firm after a data breach, Carole discusses credit card fraud, and we have a pleasant surprise for Thom Langford, who appears to have mostly agreed to be a guest to promote his own podcast.
All this and … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #182: Space Force, credit card fraud, and beep-ti-beep
Video gaming firm Nintendo has warned customers to not reuse passwords on different services after releasing an increased tally of compromised accounts since April.
Continue reading Nintendo admits 300,000 accounts have been hacked since early April
UK security company Keepnet Labs has finally publicly confirmed that a database it had collated containing more than five billion records from past data breaches was “briefly exposed” on the internet.
Continue reading After threatening me with legal action, Keepnet Labs finally issues statement over data breach
Are you itching for an internet fridge? Hankering for a smart washing machine? Thirsting for an IoT-enabled thermostat?
Well, think twice before you make a potentially costly mistake when deciding what appliance you will be next be purchasing for yo… Continue reading Your “smart” household appliance might have a short lifespan
Two men who ran a service making it easy for anybody to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks, capable of knocking websites offline, have been given a six month community service sentence by an Israeli court.
Continue reading DDoS-for-hire gang escape with light community service sentence
The Naked Security blog is part of my history.
Now, as Sophos makes cut-backs, it might be history for all of us.
Continue reading Goodbye Naked Security?
A 64-year-old man has pleaded guilty in a Texan court to charges of money laundering after a series of attacks that defrauded companies, including Electrolux, out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Sec… Continue reading The scammer who tried to launder over $500,000 through Business Email Compromise
Police are hoping to stop kids becoming cybercriminals by bombarding them with Google Ads, phishers rub their hands in glee at the NHS track and trace service, and just how does a nano-layer of quantum holographic catalyzer technology make a USB stick … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #181: Anti-cybercrime ads, tricky tracing, and a 5G Bioshield
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has announced that earlier this week hackers managed to access some emails sent to the firm by its customers, after its domain name registrar account was compromised.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Sec… Continue reading Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange targeted by hackers, customer emails exposed
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has announced that earlier this week hackers managed to access some emails sent to the firm by its customers. Reading (with a little help from Google Translate) press announcement, it appears an attacker acces… Continue reading Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange targeted by hackers, customer emails exposed