Collaborate Disseminate
Some bad news arrived late on Friday in the inboxes of users of Docker, the container platform beloved by developers. Hashed passwords, GitHub, and Bitbucket tokens exposed.
Continue reading Docker security breach exposes credentials of 190,000 users
Hackers infected Asian video game software houses by poisoning developer tools that left game players with trojanised code running on their computers.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading Operation ShadowHammer: Hackers planted malware code in video games
App accounts were “protected” by a default password. That password? 123456.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Hacker could locate thousands of cars and kill their engines remotely via poorly-secured GPS tracking apps
Over a relatively short of period of time, computers changed from something you kept on your desk, to something you carried in your pocket, to something you sat inside as you drove to work. As technology moves on, we’re going to be thinking more … Continue reading Hacker could locate thousands of cars and kill their engines remotely via poorly-secured GPS tracking apps
WannaCry’s “accidental hero” pleads guilty to malware charges, Samsung and Nokia have fingerprint fumbles, the NCSC publishes a list of 100,000 dreadful passwords, and Apple finds itself at the centre of an identity mix-up.
All this and much more is… Continue reading Smashing Security #125: Pick of the thief!
MEP Matt Carthy wondered why the battery life on his laptop was running down so quickly… Continue reading Facial recognition fail allows politician’s kids to access his laptop
Fitness fanatics are being advised to change their passwords after one of the world’s largest and most popular online fitness stores admitted that it had suffered a security breach that might have exposed customer data.
Read more in my article on th… Continue reading Bodybuilders beware! One of the world’s largest online fitness stores hit by security breach
Fitness fanatics are being advised to change their passwords after one of the world’s largest and most popular online fitness stores admitted that it had suffered a security breach that might have exposed customer data. Bodybuilding.com says that… Continue reading Bodybuilders beware! One of the world’s largest online fitness stores hit by security breach
Just another day at Facebook.
Yes, they stole 1.5 million people’s address books without asking permission, but hey they say it was “unintentional” so.…
Continue reading Facebook hoovered up 1.5 million users’ email contacts without permission… “unintentionally”
British investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr gave a passionate speech at the TED conference in Vancouver this week. You should watch it.
Continue reading Facebook’s role in Brexit – and the threat to democracy