Collaborate Disseminate
A hacking group known as ShinyHunters is claiming to be responsible for the security breach, and is offering to sell stolen customer records for US $3,500 via an underground web marketplace.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Chatbooks security breach. Users told to change their passwords
Customers of Chatbooks, a photo book-making company that turns users’ Instagram posts into books, have been warned that their data has fallen into the hands of hackers. In a statement posted on the Chatbooks website, the company’s CEO Nate … Continue reading Chatbooks security breach. Users told to change their passwords
When researchers investigate suspected malware on an IoT device they normally expect to find a cryptominer to earn a hacker digital cash or perhaps botnet code to launch DDoS attacks against websites.
But that wasn’t the case with the Cereals bot… Continue reading Could this be the world’s most harmless IoT botnet?
Imagine you’re the UK Government in the middle of the biggest crisis the country has faced since World War II.
How are you going to instill some confidence that citizens should install a new Coronavirus tracing app?
Continue reading You won’t believe who’s heading up the UK’s Coronavirus tracing app…
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which tasks itself with “helping to make the UK the safest place to live and do business online,” is making impressive inroads against scam websites.
Continue reading Over 300 websites taken down in just two weeks as UK public report suspicious emails
Samsung has released a security update for its popular Android smartphones which includes a critical fix for a vulnerability that affects all devices sold by the manufacturer since 2014.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading For six years Samsung smartphone users have been at risk from critical security bug. Patch now
Samsung has released a security update for its popular Android smartphones which includes a critical fix for a vulnerability that affects all devices sold by the manufacturer since 2014. On its Android security update page Samsung thanks researcher Mat… Continue reading For six years Samsung smartphone users have been at risk from critical security bug. Patch now
What can X Æ A-12 Musk teach us about passwords? How did our guest finally hunt down in Manila the author of one of history’s biggest virus outbreaks? And what on earth is a hacker doing breaching Roblox security?
All this and much more is discus… Continue reading Smashing Security #177: Elon Musk, Roblox, and Love Bug author found
Kaiji, a new botnet campaign, created from scratch rather than resting on the shoulders of those that went before it, is infecting Linux-based servers and IoT devices with the intention of launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Read mo… Continue reading Kaiji – a new strain of IoT malware seizing control and launching DDoS attacks
French flooring company Tarkett has revealed that it was hit by a cyber attack on April 29th, and that its operations continue to be disrupted as a result.
Continue reading Tarkett floored by cyber attack