Collaborate Disseminate
The viral women-only dating safety app Tea, built to flag red flags, gets flagged itself – after leaking over 70,000 private images and chat logs. We are talking full-on selfies, ID docs, private DMs, and a dash of 4chan creepiness. Yikes.
Plus, Car… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #428: Red flags, leaked chats, and a final farewell
In episode 61 of The AI Fix, a robot called DeREK goes bananas, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic warn we may lose the ability to see what AI is thinking, a dextrous robot changes its own batteries, the USA unveils its AI action plan, and a human … Continue reading The AI Fix #61: Replit panics, deletes $1M project; AI gets gold at Math Olympiad
Over 200,000 websites running a vulnerable version of a popular WordPress plugin could be at risk of being hijacked by hackers.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading 200,000 WordPress websites at risk of being hijacked due to vulnerable Post SMTP plugin
European defence giant Naval Group has confirmed that it is investigating an alleged cyber attack which has seen what purports to be sensitive internal data published on the internet by hackers.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading French submarine secrets surface after cyber attack
The US insurance giant has admitted that hackers stole personal info of the “majority” of its customers and staff earlier this month. Continue reading Allianz Life hit by hackers, customer and staff personal data stolen
A woman’s dating app designed to enhance safety and vet potential dating partners has itself suffered a serious security breach. Continue reading Tea Dating Advice app spills sensitive data
There is good news for any organisation which has been hit by the Phobos ransomware.
Japanese police have released a free decryptor capable of recovering files encrypted by both the notorious Phobos ransomware, and its offshoot 8Base.
Read more… Continue reading Free decryptor for victims of Phobos ransomware released
Graham warns why it is high time we said goodbye to 2G – the outdated mobile network being exploited by cybercriminals with suitcase-sized SMS blasters. From New Zealand to London, scammers are driving around cities like dodgy Uber drivers, spewing phi… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #427: When 2G attacks, and a romantic road trip goes wrong
Ransomware, considered by British authorities to be the UK’s greatest cybercrime threat, costing the nation billions of pounds and with the capbility to bring essential services to a standstill, is in the gunsights of government.
Read more in my art… Continue reading UK to ban public sector from paying ransomware demands
In episode 60 of The AI Fix, we learn why Grok might be Elon Musk’s bid for digital immortality, how Meta is building a Manhattan-sized data centre called Prometheus, how AI is helping create carbon-sucking concrete, and are bewildered that 2000 people… Continue reading The AI Fix #60: Elon’s AI girlfriend, the arsonist red panda, and the AI that will kill you