Collaborate Disseminate
Since 2016 Facebook has been paying users aged 13-35 up to $20 per month to install an app which has almost unlimited limitless access to their smartphones and most sensitive data.
Continue reading Exposed! Facebook pays teenagers to install app that harvests personal data
Don’t panic, but a bug has been found in FaceTime that could allow someone to spy on your conversation – and even see through your iPhone’s front-facing camera – before you answer an incoming call.
Continue reading Apple races to fix FaceTime bug that lets you spy on someone *before* they pick up your call
When police shut down the notorious DDoS-for-hire website webstresser.org last year and arrested its administrators, a clear message was sent to the site’s 151,000 users: you’re next.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading User of the world’s biggest DDoS-for-hire website? Police say they’re coming after you
When police shut down the notorious website webstresser.org last year and arrested its administrators, a clear message was sent to the site’s 151,000 users: you’re next. Until its takedown, webstresser.org was believed to the world’s … Continue reading User of the world’s biggest DDoS-for-hire website? Police say they’re coming after you
The UK tax authority continues to store a huge database of millions of voice IDs which were collected without permission.
Continue reading Thousands of taxpayers tell HMRC to delete voiceprint data it stored without consent
The police’s use of encryption is apparently making life harder for journalists in Colorado.
Good! Encryption is a good thing, not a bad thing.
Continue reading Colorado police encrypt *all* their radio communications, frustrating journalists
A database of 70,000 offender and incident logs was only supposed to be accessible internally within UK hardware store B&Q, but was instead exposed for anyone to access – no password required.
So you’d expect B&Q to fix this pretty quickly afte… Continue reading B&Q data leak exposes information on 70,000 thefts from its stores, including names of suspected offenders
Firms are being warned about a threat which evolves traditional business email compromise scams into a whole new way of extracting money from unwary companies.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
Continue reading Business payroll compromise – a new way for criminals to steal from your company
Firms are being warned about a threat which evolves traditional business email compromise scams into a whole new way of extracting money from unwary companies.
The post Business Payroll Compromise – a New Way for Criminals to Steal from Your Compa… Continue reading Business Payroll Compromise – a New Way for Criminals to Steal from Your Company
Security researchers are warning of a new wave of phishing emails which are using an unusual disguise in their attempt to both bypass scanners at email gateways and dupe unsuspecting users.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading Passwords at risk for users who fall for Eileen’s cousin’s voicemail