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Google has released an optional extension for its Chrome browser that will trigger a visual warning if it determines you are using a username/password combination that it knows to be unsafe.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading Google Chrome extension warns if your password has been leaked
Google has released an optional extension for its Chrome browser that will trigger a visual warning if it determines you are using a username/password combination that it knows to be unsafe.
The post Google Chrome extension warns if your password has b… Continue reading Google Chrome extension warns if your password has been leaked
Jack Rhysider from the “Darknet Diaries” podcast joins us to chat about his interview with the elusive Hacker Giraffe, how a death is preventing cryptocurrency investors from reaching their money, and how ‘beauty camera’ apps are redirecting users to p… Continue reading Smashing Security #114: Darknet Diaries, death, and beauty apps
Android users are being reminded to be careful about the files they open on their smartphones, after the discovery that harmless-looking image files could be harbouring malicious code.
Continue reading Patch your Android now against critical .PNG image bug
To celebrate the day after Safer Internet Day, here are my top five tips for staying safe online.
Continue reading Every day should be Safer Internet Day
Such a leak is likely to anger Trump and the White House, of course, and so Axios had to be careful not to throw their source under the bus.
Continue reading Donald Trump’s ‘Executive Time’ leak – journalists retype documents to protect White House source
ManageFlitter, Statusbrew, and Crowdfire have had their access to the Twitter API revoked for allegedly helping users abuse the service, aggressively and repeatedly following an unfollowing large numbers of other accounts – a tactic frequently employed… Continue reading Twitter follow bots cut off from API, as accounts disabled for spreading misinformation from Iran and elsewhere
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is investigating a security breach that has seen hackers steal personal information from its systems.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Hackers hit Airbus, steal personal details of employees
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is investigating a security breach that has seen hackers steal personal information from its systems. In a statement published on its website, Airbus admitted that systems used by its commercial aircraft business had been a… Continue reading Hackers hit Airbus, steal personal details of employees
FaceTime bug allows callers to see and hear you *before* you answer the phone, Facebook’s Nick Clegg tries to convince us the social network is changing its ways, and IoT hacking is big in Japan.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest editio… Continue reading Smashing Security #113: FaceTime, Facebook, faceplant