Collaborate Disseminate
Citrix has announced that it has teamed up with security researchers at FireEye to produce a free forensic tool which can help your business hints for potential Indicators of Compromise related to the CVE-2019-19781 vulnerability.
Continue reading A free tool for detecting Shitrix-related compromises on your business network
A hospital gets hacked because of an ex-employee’s grudge, robocalls are on the rise, and we share a scary story about the future of facial recognition.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashin… Continue reading Smashing Security #162: Robocalls, health hacks, and facial recognition fears
Past and current customers of a cosmetic surgery clinic are contacted by hackers making ransom demands, after they broke into its network and stole personal information.
Continue reading Plastic surgery patients at risk after ransomware attack
Samy Bensaci, an 18-year-old living in Montreal, Canada, has been charged in connection with the theft of over $50 million worth of cryptocurrency in a SIM-swapping scam.
Find out what a SIM swap scam is, and read more in my article on the Hot for Secu… Continue reading Teenager charged over $50 million SIM-swap cryptocurrency theft
Samy Bensaci, an 18-year-old living in Montreal, Canada, has been charged in connection with the theft of over $50 million worth of cryptocurrency in a SIM-swapping scam. A SIM swap attack (also sometimes called a Port Out scam) is one where fraudsters… Continue reading Teenager charged over $50 million SIM-swap cryptocurrency theft
Red faces at Microsoft after a security researcher discovered an internal customer support database had been left exposed for anyone on the internet to access – no password required.
Continue reading Microsoft data breach exposes 250 million customer service and support records
An investigation has concluded that Jeff Bezos’s smartphone was hacked after receiving a WhatsApp message from Mohammed bin Salman.
Read more about the background behind the story, and what we know so far.
Continue reading Jeff Bezos, WhatsApp, and Mohammed bin Salman – what you need to know
Clues sprinkled through the poorly-written email, however, reveal that its author has not done his homework.
Continue reading Exams cancelled? University closing due to Brexit? A mischievous email from Southampton’s Vice-Chancellor
Watch out car drivers. If you have have installed a BlackVue dash cam into your vehicle you might have unwittingly made available your real-time GPS location.
Continue reading Internet-enabled dash cams that allow anyone to track your GPS location in real-time
A bizarre sextortion scam is attempting to trick victims that not only has their smartphone been hacked to spy upon their private lives, but also every other device they have encountered which contains a built-in camera.
Read more in my article on the … Continue reading Sextortion scam leverages Nest video footage to fool victims into believing they are being spied upon everywhere