Collaborate Disseminate
Normally it works like this. Someone gets infected by ransomware, and then they pay the ransom. The victim then licks their wounds and hopefully learns something from the experience. And that’s what happened to Tobias Frömel, a German develo… Continue reading Ransomware victim hacks attacker, turning the tables by stealing decryption keys
Multi-factor authentication is one of the simplest steps you can take to harden your security. It would be an enormous mistake to think it is worthless just because it’s not a perfect solution.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business… Continue reading Yes, MFA isn’t perfect. But that’s not a reason for your company not to use it
Footwear retailer Toms has had its email newsletter compromised by someone who calls himself “a nice man”.
And he has strong opinions on the behaviour of other hackers…
Continue reading Toms Shoes newsletter “hacked by a nice man”
A flaw in WhatsApp could have allowed hackers to snoop upon your chat history just by tricking you into opening a boobytrapped GIF image.
If you’re going to run WhatsApp, make sure that it’s properly updated.
Continue reading How a GIF could let a hacker view your WhatsApp messages
A former Yahoo software engineer has admitted hacking into thousands of Yahoo users’ accounts in a search for naked images and videos of young women.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Former Yahoo employee admits he hacked 6000 users’ accounts, stole nude photos and videos
A former Yahoo software engineer has admitted hacking into thousands of Yahoo users’ accounts in a search for naked images and videos of young women. 34-year-old Reyes Daniel Ruiz, of Tracy, California, pleaded guilty in a federal court after adm… Continue reading Former Yahoo employee admits he hacked 6000 users’ accounts, stole nude photos and videos
Hacked roadside billboards are in the news again, so here is a look back on some of the more notable incidents that have caught the media’s attention in the past…
Continue reading A short history of hacked billboards and road signs
The FBI has some unambiguous advice for organisations on how they should handle ransomware demands:
Don’t pay.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading FBI: Don’t pay ransomware demands, stop encouraging cybercriminals to target others
Drivers are distracted by a hacked billboard, we take a deeper look at how the deepfake problem has… uh… deepened, and Carole is less than happy about Amazon’s announcement about new Alexa integrations.
All this, an annoying goose, an… Continue reading Smashing Security #148: Billboard boobs, face forensics, and Alexa gets way too personal
Yup, there’s a new update to iOS. But don’t expect it to have resolved the worrying Checkm8 exploit one hacker found in the iPhone’s secure ROM.
Continue reading It’s been a couple of days, so Apple releases yet another iOS update