Here’s why Twitter will lock your account if you change your display name to Elon Musk

There’s bad news if your name really is “Elon Musk”. You’re going to jump over some additional hurdles to convince Twitter that you should be allowed to change your display name to the one you share with the boss of Tesla and Sp… Continue reading Here’s why Twitter will lock your account if you change your display name to Elon Musk

UK university domains spoofed in massive fraud campaign targeting suppliers

Be on your guard if your company has received an order which appears to come from a UK university email address.
That’s the advice of Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting service for fraud and financially-motivated cybercrime, after it saw a marke… Continue reading UK university domains spoofed in massive fraud campaign targeting suppliers

UK university domains spoofed in massive fraud campaign targeting suppliers

Be on your guard if your company has received an order which appears to come from a UK university email address. That’s the advice of Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting service for fraud and financially-motivated cybercrime, after it… Continue reading UK university domains spoofed in massive fraud campaign targeting suppliers

Robotics supplier’s sloppy security leaks ten years’ worth of data from major car manufacturers

Security researchers have discovered 157 gigabytes of sensitive data from over 100 manufacturing companies left exposed online for anyone to access.
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Hackers automate the laundering of money via Clash of Clans

Popular smartphone games such as “Clash of Clans” are being used to launder hundreds of thousands of dollars on behalf of credit card thieves.
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Microsoft offers up to $100,000 to identity bug finders

Want to earn $100,000? You could win as much as that if you manage to uncover a serious vulnerability in Microsoft’s various identity services. And you could be helping millions of people around the world better secure themselves both at home and… Continue reading Microsoft offers up to $100,000 to identity bug finders

Smashing Security #087: How Russia hacked the US election

Regardless of whether Donald Trump believes Russia hacked the Democrats in the run-up to the US Presidential election or not, we explain how they did it. And Carole explores some of the creepier things being done in the name of surveillance.
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