Collaborate Disseminate
Half a million routers and storage devices in dozens of countries around the world have been infected by a sophisticated botnet, in preparation for an alleged planned cyber attack on Ukraine.
The post VPNFilter botnet has hacked 500,000 routers. Reboot… Continue reading VPNFilter botnet has hacked 500,000 routers. Reboot and patch now!
A website which demands money if you want your mugshot removed, could “sharenting” lead to a rise in fraud and identity theft, and how could the FBI have overcounted encrypted phones so badly?
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edit… Continue reading Smashing Security #079: Mugshots, mobile mania, and back end gurus
Got a DrayTek router? Take steps now to ensure that you aren’t the victim of a DNS hijack.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender BOX blog.
Continue reading 800,000 DrayTek routers at risk of DNS hijacking attack – update your firmware!
The University of Greenwich in London has received a fine of £120,000 because of the substantial damage and substantial distress caused by a security breach that exposed the private information of approximately 20,000 people.
Read more in my article on… Continue reading £120,000 fine for university after details of 20,000 staff and students exposed in data breach
According to reports, US President Donald Trump hasn’t been following the advice of his security team, and is resisting their attempts to regularly check his iPhone to see if it has been hacked.
Continue reading Donald Trump’s smartphone security: an inconvenient truth
If you’re going to be in London in June, attending Infosec 2018, you may want to register for the “Sunny Side Up Security” breakfast at the Hilton Olympia (just next door to the Olympia Center where Infosec is being held).
Continue reading See me speak at the Sunny Side Up Security breakfast event in London next month
“Smashing Security”, the weekly cybersecurity podcast I co-host with Carole Theriault, has made the finals of the European Security Blogger Awards. Now all that we need is some people to vote for it.
Continue reading Best Security Podcast: “Smashing Security” up for top award
But don’t imagine that the two suspected hackers will be defending themselves in a US court anytime soon…
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Suspected Syrian Electronic Army hackers indicted for conspiracy and identity theft
Two men have been indicted for their alleged involvement in hacking campaigns that targeted critics of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. The men – Ahmad Umar Agha (also known by his online handle of “The Pro”) and Firas Dardar … Continue reading Suspected Syrian Electronic Army hackers indicted for conspiracy and identity theft
What was Scan4You, and why was it called a counter anti-virus (CAV) website?
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog?
Continue reading Man faces up to 35 years in prison for helping hackers evade detection by anti-virus software