Collaborate Disseminate
Once again a large company has suffered a huge data breach, putting millions of innocent customers at risk. Customers of British popular high street stores Currys PC World, Carphone Warehouse, and Dixons Travel have been warned that a huge data breach … Continue reading Dixons Carphone data breach – millions put at risk of fraud
Countless Android devices are leaving themselves open to attack after being shipped with a critical port left unsecured.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Tens of thousands of Android devices are leaving their debug port exposed
Countless Android devices are leaving themselves open to attack after being shipped with a critical port left unsecured. Android Debug Bridge (ADB) is a feature that allows developers to communicate with an Android device remotely, executing commands, … Continue reading Tens of thousands of Android devices are leaving their debug port exposed
There’s bad news if you’re a cryptocurrency investor. Billions of dollars worth of wealth were wiped out this weekend after a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange was hacked.
Continue reading Bitcoin price takes a dive after another cryptocurrency exchange hack
Major retailers have begun pulling CloudPets cuddly toys from their shelves after warnings were issued that the internet-enabled toys posed a risk to privacy.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender BOX blog.
Continue reading Creepy CloudPets pulled from stores over security fears
Many WhatsApp users would probably view the message as innocent enough, appearing to offer free tickets to Britain’s Alton Towers theme park. But in truth they are being targeted by fraudsters deploying a homoglyph attack.
Read more in my article on t… Continue reading WhatsApp users targeted by homoglyph attack peddling free tickets to theme park
Many WhatsApp users would probably view the message as innocent enough, appearing to offer free tickets to Britain’s Alton Towers theme park. But in truth they are being targeted by fraudsters deploying a homoglyph attack.
The post WhatsApp users targ… Continue reading WhatsApp users targeted by homoglyph attack peddling free tickets to theme park
“Smashing Security” has been named the “Best Security Podcast” at the European Security Blogger Awards in London.
And we’re well chuffed…
Continue reading We won! Smashing Security named Best Security Podcast
Some people don’t know if you should trust the media anymore, with accusations of fake news flying here, there, and everywhere.
Which makes me wonder who can you trust for computer security advice? How about a TV host?
Continue reading Delete all your emails and acid wash your hard drives, says security expert Sean Hannity
The ‘mastermind’ behind the Owari botnet doesn’t seem to have learnt anything from his victims, someone at Wessex Water forgets to remove an embarrassing sentence from a letter sent to customers, and we’re officially the best security podcast!
All this… Continue reading Smashing Security #081: Hacker no-hopers, Wessex Water has a word, and we win an award