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A vulnerability researcher has received a bug bounty after discovering security holes in Apple’s software that could allow malicious parties to hijack an iPhone or Mac user’s camera and spy upon them.
Read more in my article on the Hot for … Continue reading Hacking the iOS/macOS webcam – Apple pays out $75,000 to bug hunter
A vulnerability researcher has received a bug bounty after discovering security holes in Apple’s software that could allow malicious parties to hijack an iPhone or Mac user’s camera and spy upon them. Bug hunter Ryan Pickren is richer to th… Continue reading Hacking the iOS/macOS webcam – Apple pays out $75,000 to bug hunter
Having suddenly found itself with a gigantic increase in usage, Zoom was facing a crisis. It risked losing a large amount of the goodwill it had received because of revelations about its less-than-perfect attitude towards security and privacy.
Lets hop… Continue reading Zoom promises to improve its security and privacy as usage (and concern) soars
Carole details how companies are spying on their stay-at-home workers, Mikko Hyppönen discusses the trustworthiness of video chat apps, and Graham gets embarrassed when he admits he’s bought a Facebook Portal for his in-laws.
All this and much mu… Continue reading Smashing Security #172: UncleF***Face
In case you’ve lost the Zoom meeting ID for today’s UK Cabinet meeting, here it is.
Continue reading The UK Cabinet is meeting on Zoom… here’s the meeting ID
In recent days warnings have spread rapidly across social networking sites that the Houseparty app – which makes it easy for anyone to drop in for a video chat with friends locked down during the Coronavirus pandemic – is unsafe.
But is the… Continue reading Has Houseparty been hacked? $1 million reward offered to unearth who is behind widespread claims
The aim of Cyber Volunteers 19 (CV19) is to help people volunteer their IT security expertise and services to health services, during the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic.
Continue reading Cyber volunteers needed to help protect our health services during the Coronavirus outbreak
Last week I was delighted to be invited onto ITPro.TV’s “Technado” show with Don Pezet, Justin Dennison, and Peter VanRysdam to discuss anything and everything that’s going on in the tech world.
So, if you have wondered what the… Continue reading I made a guest appearance on Technado, talking cybersecurity from the safety of my shed
A notorious ransomware gang claims to have successfully compromised the infrastructure… of a company selling cyberinsurance.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Cybersecurity insurance firm Chubb investigates its own ransomware attack
A notorious ransomware gang claims to have successfully compromised the infrastructure… of a company selling cyberinsurance. The Maze ransomware group says it has encrypted data belonging to Chubb, which claims to be one of the world’s larg… Continue reading Cybersecurity insurance firm Chubb investigates its own ransomware attack