Collaborate Disseminate
Should Google really be helping the FBI with a bank robbery? What’s the story behind the Twitter CEO claiming there’s a bomb in their offices? And how much does your car really know about you?
And we mourn the loss of Doctor Who legend Terr… Continue reading Smashing Security #144: Google helps the FBI, Twitter Jack’s hijack, and car data woes
In the wake of the CEO of Twitter having his account hijacked the site has disabled the option to tweet via SMS.
Continue reading Twitter disables tweeting via SMS (temporarily at least), in wake of Jack Dorsey account hijack
A company is said to have lost €220,000 (approximately $243,000) after receiving a phone call from a boss requesting the money be transferred into a supplier’s bank account.
But it wasn’t the real boss on the phone…
Read more in my ar… Continue reading CEO voice deepfake blamed for scam that stole $243,000
So-called artificial intelligence apps like Zao had been stirring up controversy with their potential abusive use to beat facial recognition systems. The Chinese deepfake video app proved itself to be widely popular as users had fun transplanting their… Continue reading CEO voice deepfake blamed for scam that stole $243,000
The Chinese technology giant says the United States has launched hacking attacks against its intranet and internal network.
But attributing a cyber attack to a particular party is notoriously difficult. It would certainly be just as fascinating to see … Continue reading Chinese tech firm Huawei says it was hacked by the United States
A vulnerability broker is offering up to $2.5 million for zero-day remote exploits which would allow attackers to infect a remote Android smartphone with malware, with no user interaction required. But who will they then sell exploits to?
Continue reading Earn $2.5 million if you find a remote zero-day exploit for Android
Next week, on Thursday 12th September 2019 at 3pm UK (that’s 10am EST), I’ll be participating in a webinar hosted by The Register alongside MetaCompliance’s Robert O’Brien – and I’d love it if you joined in!
Continue reading Join me for a webinar about making cybersecurity relevant in modern day culture
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey had his account hijacked, after his mobile phone provider allowed someone else to seize his number.
Continue reading About the Twitter CEO ‘@jack hack’
Google’s bug bounty has been expanded to not only covers the firm’s own products, but additionally all apps in the official Google Play store which have had 100 million or more installs.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Google’s bug bounty bid to make big Android apps more secure
Google wants Android users to feel that its platform is secure, and knows that people’s confidence can be shaken when the media is full of headlines of the latest security scare. And it’s with that in mind that Google announced this week th… Continue reading Google’s bug bounty bid to make big Android apps more secure