Collaborate Disseminate
In episode 431 of the “Smashing Security” podcast, a self-proclaimed crypto-influencer calling himself CP3O thought he had found a shortcut to riches — by racking up millions in unpaid cloud bills.
Meanwhile, we look at the growing threat of EDR-kil… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #431: How to mine millions without paying the bill
The Warlock ransomware has hit a number of organisations including government agencies and departments, and most recently UK-based telecoms firm Colt.
Read more in my article on the Fortra blog. Continue reading Warlock ransomware: What you need to know
A hack of the Netherlands’ Public Prosecution Service has had an unusual side effect – causing some speed cameras to be no longer capturing evidence of motorists breaking the rules of the road.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Speed cameras knocked out after cyber attack
In episode 64 of The AI Fix, AI discovers new physics, a robot crab looks for love on the beaches of Portugal, the “Godfather of AI” thinks our only hope is to build motherly AI, a robot folds some laundry, the UK government has a terrible idea, and ou… Continue reading The AI Fix #64: AI can be vaccinated against evil, and the “Rumble in the Silicon Jungle”
A poisoned Google Calendar invite that can hijack your smart home, a man is hospitalised after ChatGPT told him to season his food with… pesticide, and some thoughts on Superman’s latest cinematic outing.
All this and more is discussed in the latest… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #430: Poisoned Calendar invites, ChatGPT, and Bromide
MedusaLocker, the ransomware-as-a-service group that has been active since 2019 is openly recruiting for penetration testers to help it compromise more businesses.
Read more in my article on the Fortra blog. Continue reading The MedusaLocker ransomware gang is hiring penetration testers
In episode 63 of The AI Fix, Unitree Robotics looks to Black Mirror episode “Metalhead” for tips on marketing its new robot dog, ChatGPT is secretly running Sweden, OpenAI introduces its first open weight model since GPT-2, and your private and persona… Continue reading The AI Fix #63: GPT-5 is the best AI ever, and Jim Acosta interviews a murdered teenager’s avatar
The United States Department of Justice has revealed that the recent takedown of the BlackSuit ransomware gang’s servers, domains, and dark web extortion site, also saw the seizure of US $1,091,453 worth of cryptocurrency.
Read more in my article on… Continue reading US reveals it seized $1 million worth of Bitcoin from Russian BlackSuit ransomware gang
TeaOnHer hasn’t stopped at copying the functionality of the original Tea app (albeit skewed towards men rating women). It also appears to have carelessly mimicked the Tea dating advice app’s recklessness when it comes to data security.
Read more in … Continue reading TeaOnHer copies everything from Tea – including the data breaches
Collapsed company’s founder says that its fortunes were hampered by the refusal of authorities to release the criminals’ seized funds to victims.
Read more in my article on the Fortra blog. Continue reading Ransomware plunges insurance company into bankruptcy