Collaborate Disseminate
Most people in the world would describe it as a company “admitting they’ve been hacked.”
But if you’re the breached company and want to apply the maximum amount of PR spin, you might instead issue a release saying you’re “announcing a data security eve… Continue reading Hackers steal personal data of up to 9.4 million Cathay Pacific passengers
Amongst the information stolen from the airline’s IT systems were passport details, travel histories, phone numbers, addresses, names and dates of birth.
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A Facebook friend request leads to arrest, Twitter scams ride again via promoted ads, and adult websites expose their members. Oh, and Graham finds out what Rule 34 is.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Sma… Continue reading Smashing Security #101: Rule 34, Twitter scams, and Facebook fails
Morrisons didn’t know it, but in 2014 it had a huge problem.
The UK’s fourth largest supermarket chain, with over 500 stores, had a disgruntled member of staff who had access to sensitive data, such as the payroll information of 100,000 current and for… Continue reading Supermarket told it must compensate 100,000 workers after payroll data deliberately leaked by rogue employee
It’s an odd state of affairs when the bogus Elon Musk accounts offering bitcoin giveaways appear more legitimate than the real Elon’s tweets.
Continue reading Twitter thought Elon Musk’s bizarre tweets were evidence he’d been hacked
Morrisons didn’t know it, but in 2014 it had a huge problem. The UK’s fourth largest supermarket chain, with over 500 stores, had a disgruntled member of staff who had access to sensitive data, such as the payroll information of 1… Continue reading Supermarket Told it Must Compensate 100,000 Workers after Payroll Data Deliberately Leaked by Rogue Employee
According to reports, Facebook is planning to acquire a cybersecurity firm. But what will the security boffins think of working for Mark Zuckerberg of all people?
Continue reading If Facebook buys a security company, how will it retain the staff who absolutely hate Facebook?
Criminals were able to dupe the Tesla’s passive entry system into giving them access, and letting them drive away.
(But only after they struggled to unplug it.)
Continue reading Watch how a Tesla Model S was stolen with just a tablet
Facebook has confirmed that its new Portal AI-powered video camera will collect data from you that could be used to target ads.
Continue reading Facebook Portal isn’t designed to be as private as you might hope
To celebrate 100 episodes of the “Smashing Security” podcast I co-host with Carole Theriault each week, we asked listeners to let us know some of their favourite moments from the show.
Continue reading Celebrating 100 episodes of the Smashing Security podcast