Collaborate Disseminate
TV fraudsters are using the disguise of emails from the TV Licensing authority to steal large sums of money from the bank accounts of unwary Brits.
Continue reading British TV viewers targeted by email fraudsters
A 34-year old man has been jailed after being found guilty of launching a massive denial-of-service attack against Boston Children’s Hospital.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading The DDoS attacker rescued by a Disney cruise ship is sentenced to over 10 years in prison
A 34-year old man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison, after being found guilty of launching a massive denial-of-service attack against Boston Children’s Hospital. The sentencing of Martin Gottesfeld, from Somerville, Massachusetts… Continue reading The DDoS attacker rescued by a Disney cruise ship is sentenced to over 10 years in prison
A large number of Reddit users are being told that they will have to reset their passwords in order to regain access to their accounts following what the site is calling a “security concern.”
The lockout has occurred as Reddit’s security team investiga… Continue reading Reddit users locked out of accounts after ‘security concern’
A large number of Reddit users are being told that they will have to reset their passwords in order to regain access to their accounts following what the site is calling a “security concern.”
The lockout has occurred as Reddit’s security team investiga… Continue reading Reddit users locked out of accounts after “security concern”
Twitter and the not-so-ethical hacking of celebrity accounts, study discovers how you can pay someone to quit Facebook for a year, and the millions of dollars you can make from uncovering software vulnerabilities.
All this and much more is discussed i… Continue reading Smashing Security #110: What? You can get paid to leave Facebook?
Modlishka may help raise awareness of the danger of reverse proxy phishing attacks, but it’s easy to imagine that many criminals will be tempted to put it to malicious use.
Continue reading Automated phishing attack tool bypasses 2FA protection
Research claims Facebook users are prepared to give up the social network for a year… if paid over $1000.
Continue reading Being paid to quit Facebook
Will anyone come up with a zero-day remote exploitation of iOS 12.x without user interaction?
The sad truth is that we may never know for sure… but intelligence agencies might.
Continue reading Earn $2,000,000 by remotely jailbreaking an iPhone
Just before Christmas, hackers managed to break into a database belonging to a popular online game and steal the details of over seven million players.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Town of Salem hack exposes details of 7.6 million gamers