Collaborate Disseminate
Scammers from Africa are preying on US businesses, a drug dealer makes a mistake when hiding his Bitcoin fortune, and the Coronavirus pandemic is causing scams to soar and raising questions about facial recognition.
All this and much more is discussed … Continue reading Smashing Security #167: Coronavirus scams and an exaggerated lion
Well done on training your staff not to wire money into the accounts of criminal fraudsters. Unfortunately they’re sending the money by check instead.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
Continue reading Exaggerated Lion and Business Email Compromise – Don’t send that check!
More and more businesses are falling victim to Business Email Compromise, where scammers fool companies into transferring money into the bank accounts of criminals.
The post Exaggerated Lion and Business Email Compromise – Don’t Send That Check! a… Continue reading Exaggerated Lion and Business Email Compromise – Don’t Send That Check!
Google is warning users that ToTok is unsafe. ToTok says that users shouldn’t trust Google’s warning…
Continue reading ToTok chat app tells users to ignore Google’s spyware warning
How to stop dick pics on Twitter, and a new way bad guys are extorting money from websites earning cash from Google ads.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer … Continue reading Smashing Security #166: What the Dickens! Ad ban thank you scam
Over 10 million people who have stayed at MGM Resorts hotels – including Twitter boss Jack Dorsey and pop idol Justin Bieber – have had their personal details posted online by hackers.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading MGM Resorts hacked: 10.6 million guests have their personal data exposed on hacking forum
Samsung has apologised after it accidentally sent a bizarre notification to smartphone owners’ devices.
Continue reading Samsung freaks out smartphone owners with mysterious ‘1’ notification
Over 10 million people who have stayed at MGM Resorts hotels – including Twitter boss Jack Dorsey and pop idol Justin Bieber – have had their personal details posted online by hackers. The security breach, publicised by ZDNet and security r… Continue reading MGM Resorts hacked: 10.6 million guests have their personal data exposed on hacking forum
It’s not the first time Israeli soldiers have been targeted with Hamas honeytraps to infect their smartphones with spyware.
Continue reading Teenage girls tempt Israeli soliders to install spyware for Hamas
The International Olympic Committee and FC Barcelona are the latest victims of a spree of Twitter account hijacks orchestrated by the notorious OurMine gang.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Twitter accounts of The Olympics and FC Barcelona hijacked by OurMine hacking group