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“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
End-to-end encryption is really neat, but it only encrypts *between* those who are doing the communicating.
Continue reading End-to-end encryption doesn’t stop the FBI reading your messages. Just ask Paul Manafort
Not everyone is in favour of better privacy online.
The advertising industry, for instance, has its knickers in a twist so tightly about European privacy regulations that it made an over-the-top video.
Continue reading An advert against online privacy
The country of Papua New Guinea is planning a month-long nationwide ban of Facebook, PornHub wants to keep your online activities more private, and Amazon Alexa forwards a married couple’s private conversation to a random contact.
All this and much muc… Continue reading Smashing Security #080: Country bans Facebook, eavesdropping Alexa, and PornHub VPN
Security researchers have demonstrated how attackers could cause physical damage to hard drives, and cause PCs to crash, just by playing sounds through a computer’s speaker.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
Continue reading An acoustic attack can blue screen your Windows computer
A hacker who lived the high life with expensive cars has been sentenced to jail for his part in a serious security breach at Yahoo.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Jail for the man who helped Russia hack Yahoo’s email accounts
Remember when Yahoo seemed to have been beset by hack after hack after hack? In September 2016, Yahoo revealed that the personal data of over 500 million users had been stolen by hackers in 2014. As if that wasn’t bad enough, three months later t… Continue reading Jail for the man who helped Russia hack Yahoo’s email accounts
There is another chance to see me speak in London next month, as I’ll be keynoting at the Cloud Security Summit on Wednesday 20th June.
Find out how to reserve your place at this event.
Continue reading See me speak at the Cloud Security Summit in London