Collaborate Disseminate
A 20-year-old man alleged to have been part of a hacking gang which not only launched distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, but also launched a wave of bomb and shooting threats against thousands of schools in the United States and United Kingd… Continue reading Hacker arrested for wave of fake bomb and shooting threats against schools
Security researchers have demonstrated that it’s possible to remotely hijack control of popular electric scooters, forcing them to dangerously brake suddenly or accelerate.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Box blog.
Continue reading Electric scooters can be hijacked remotely – no password required
Is two factor authentication such a pain in the rear end that it’s costing the economy millions? Do you feel safe having a Google Nest in your home? And don’t get caught by a catfisher this Valentine’s Day.
All this and much more is discussed in the la… Continue reading Smashing Security #115: Love, Nests, and is 2FA destroying the world?
There will be many angry customers of VFEmail who will be distraught at the thought that years’ worth of irreplaceable personal and business correspondence may have been wiped out. It’s understandable that some might turn their fury towards VFEmail.
Bu… Continue reading VFEmail suffers ‘catastrophic’ attack, as hacker wipes email service’s primary and backup data
A popular browser extension has been removed by Google from the Chrome Web Store after it started spamming users with irritating pop-up advertisements.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Automatic 4K/HD for YouTube extension pulled from Chrome Store for pop-up ad abuse
A popular browser extension has been removed by Google from the Chrome Web Store after it started spamming users with irritating pop-up advertisements. The “Automatic 4K/HD for Youtube” extension, used by over 4 million Chrome users to forc… Continue reading Automatic 4K/HD for Youtube extension pulled from Chrome Store for pop-up ad abuse
It’s easy to imagine the harm that could result from a hacker reading users’ private communications on a dating app. So it’s a disgrace that more don’t offer a higher level of security to help prevent accounts from being hijacked.
Continue reading Some OkCupid users have their accounts compromised. Why don’t more dating apps use 2FA?
Popular British parenting site Mumsnet apologises after software update allows users to log into strangers’ accounts.
Continue reading Botched Mumsnet update allowed users to see details of strangers’ accounts
Apple has finally issued an updated to iOS, iOS 12.1.4, which fixes the high profile problem which allowed FaceTime callers to listen and even see you *before* you answered an incoming call.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Update your iOS devices now against the FaceTime eavesdropping bug
Last week a bug became such big news that it broke out of the technology press, and into the mainstream media – generating headlines around the globe. The reason? A bizarre bug had been discovered in the way iPhones and iPads handled Group FaceTi… Continue reading Update your iOS devices now against the FaceTime eavesdropping bug