Collaborate Disseminate
Crypto scamming Thai cave scoundrels! $25 million to make anti-fake news videos! TimeHop data breach! Phone number port out scams!
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by comput… Continue reading Smashing Security #086: Elon Musk submarine scams and 2FA bypass
Facebook would like you to believe that it’s serious about ridding its platform of fake news. So how come InfoWars, one of the most notorious outlets of sick conspiracy theories, is allowed to maintain a page on the social network?
Continue reading Facebook doesn’t want to eradicate fake news. If it did they’d kick out InfoWars
Facebook will be fined £500,000 – the maximum amount possible – for two breaches of the UK’s Data Protection Act 1998 in connection with the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
But under new European legislation, the fine could have been as high as £1.2 billi… Continue reading Facebook fined a paltry £500,000 (8 minutes’ revenue) over Cambridge Analytica scandal
A one hour countdown timer can be reset simply by connecting the iPhone to an untrusted USB accessory – giving law enforcement plenty of opportunity to crack your passcode with specialist tools.
Continue reading New iOS security feature can be defeated by a $39 adapter… sold by Apple
Yesterday Apple released a brace of updates for its software – fixing bugs and patching security holes in the likes of MacOS, watchOS, tvOS, Safari, iTunes for Windows, iCloud for Windows, and iOS for iPhones and iPads. The update for iOS, bringi… Continue reading New iOS security feature can be defeated by a $39 adapter… sold by Apple
Time and time again, crypto scammers are creating accounts in the names of known Twitter users and using devious tricks to fool their followers into believing they are reading a genuine message from the likes of Elon Musk.
Continue reading Crypto scammers on Twitter exploiting Thai Cave rescue
Thousands of holidaymakers relying upon Thomas Cook Airlines to get them to their vacation may have had their personal information put at risk due to sloppy security.
Continue reading Poor security at Thomas Cook airlines leads to simple extraction of fliers’ personal data
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Nehemiah Security. Thanks to the great team there for their support!
Nehemiah Security’s “CyberTangent” is a podcast focused on topics like Security Risk Management, Cyber Risk Analytic… Continue reading Looking for another great cyber podcast? CyberTangent is your new home with expert guests every episode
The Pirate Bay is in hot water again after being discovered running a cryptocurrency miner on its website.
Make sure you always read the <small> print.
Continue reading The Pirate Bay is cryptomining for Monero with your CPU again
Your company doesn’t have to work in the field of high-tech surveillance and spyware to find itself at risk from insiders.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading Disgruntled programmer accused of trying to sell his firm’s iPhone spyware for $50 million