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An attack which targeted users of the Telegram app on Wednesday might be linked to protests in Hong Kong that turned violent.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading DDoS attack that knocked Telegram secure messaging service offline linked to Hong Kong protests
An attack which targeted users of the Telegram app on Wednesday might be linked to protests in Hong Kong that turned violent.
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United States Customs and Border Protection had sensitive data stolen, but the hackers didn’t have to breach its network. Apple has ambitious plans to make iPhone users safer online. And trolls are using Twitter lists to target their victims.
All… Continue reading Smashing Security #132: CBP cyber attack, an iPhone privacy boost, and Twitter list abuse
The Spanish football league La Liga has been hit with a fine after its official Android app was found sneakily listening to people’s surroundings when soccer matches were being played.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading La Liga fined €250,000 after Android app spied on football fans
The President of the United States took to the sunshine-filled garden of the White House to wave around what he claimed was a secret agreement on migration with Mexico.
It wasn’t a secret for long…
Continue reading Donald Trump accidentally reveals “secret” plan by waving document around
The Spanish football league La Liga has been hit with a fine of 250,000 euros (approximately US $280,000) after its official Android app was found to be sneakily listening to people’s surroundings when soccer matches were being played. According … Continue reading La Liga fined €250,000 after Android app spied on football fans
How do you stop a hacker from making a fortune out of the files they have stolen from you? Files that thousands of people are probably desperate to own?
Simple. You make the files readily available to anyone on the internet to access.
Continue reading Radiohead refuses to pay $150,000 ransom for ‘hacked’ recordings, releases them instead
Scammers have contacted websites demanding a ransom message be paid or else they will ensure the site will be blacklisted for aggressive spamming activities.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Email blackmailer threatens to have your website blocked forever
If it wasn’t bad enough extortionists threatening to release sex videos of you, or claiming you were a member of an adultery website, or that your name has been mentioned as part of an investigation into an international child abuse ring, now bla… Continue reading Email blackmailer threatens to have your website blocked forever
I have this horrible feeling that the only way we’re going to wake the world up to the need to patch their ageing versions of Windows against the BlueKeep vulnerability is to wait until a malicious worm begins to spread around the world.
Prove me… Continue reading BlueKeep – everyone agrees, you should patch PCs running legacy versions of Windows