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Fitness apps exploit TouchID through a sneaky user interface trick, tech giants claim to have a plan to banish passwords, and you won’t believe who was behind a sextortion scam that targeted over 400 members of the US military.
All this and much much m… Continue reading Smashing Security #107: Sextorting the US army, and a Touch ID scam
Approximately 100 million Quora users may have had their information accessed by hackers.
Continue reading Quora hack leaves details of 100 million accounts exposed
Two iOS fitness apps have been found exploiting a sneaky user interface trick to fool users into making unwanted in-app purchases with Touch ID.
Continue reading Fitness-tracking apps caught misusing Touch ID to steal money from iPhone users
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There’s bad news if you’re one of the 500 million hotel guests whose data was included on the Starwood guest reservation database.
Continue reading Marriott warns of hack. 500 million Starwood hotel guests’ personal data could be exposed.
Authorities in the United States have charged two people in connection with a series of notorious ransomware attacks.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading US charges Iranian hackers for SamSam ransomware attacks
Dell has revealed that earlier this month it discovered that hackers had breached its security and were attempting to access customer details – including names, email addresses, and hashed passwords.
Continue reading Dell suffers security breach, reset customer passwords (but didn’t tell customers why until now)
Authorities in the United States have charged two people in connection with a series of notorious ransomware attacks.
The post US charges Iranian hackers for SamSam ransomware attacks appeared first on The State of Security.
The post US charges Iranian… Continue reading US charges Iranian hackers for SamSam ransomware attacks
How are scammers stealing your money through Google Maps? Why did the FBI create a fake FedEx website? And how are US senators hoping to stop Grinch bots ruining Christmas?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning … Continue reading Smashing Security #106: Google Maps, Fed phishing, and Grinch bots
The German government has published draft guidelines on how it believes broadband routers should be secured. But some people think more could be done.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Box blog.
Continue reading Germany proposes security guidelines for routers, but not everybody is happy