Author Archives: Graham Cluley

Smashing Security #073: Rick Astley: Never gonna hack you up

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Politician admits to hacking a rival’s website, T-Mobile Austria ends up in a Twitter security storm, and siren systems are hit by a Rick Astley attack.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast b… Continue reading Smashing Security #073: Rick Astley: Never gonna hack you up→

China forces spyware onto Muslim’s Android phones, complete with security holes

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Eight million Uyghurs, a Muslim ethnic group, have been ordered by the Chinese authorities to install a spyware app onto their Android smartphones. And it’s insecure…
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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China forces spyware onto Muslim’s Android phones, complete with security holes

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If you’re a member of the Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang, you’re probably used to China’s high level of surveillance that many other countries would find Orwellian. Whereas many of us are concerned that law enforcement agencies … Continue reading China forces spyware onto Muslim’s Android phones, complete with security holes→

Facebook knew for years scammers were harvesting users’ details with phone number searches. Did nothing

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Mark Zuckerberg: “At some point during the last several years, someone has probably accessed your public information.”
Yep. So why didn’t you do something about it Zuck?
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Find out who is leaking your secrets with help from invisible zero-width characters

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Even the shortest section of text can contain a hidden “fingerprint” that could identify the source who has leaked the information.
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Smashing Security #072: Why are firms so cr*p with our private data?

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Grindr, MyFitnessPal, and Panera Bread. They’ve all had data breach scares of varying degrees this week. Some handled the security breaches well, some didn’t. We took a look at how well different firms are respecting your data privacy.
All this and mor… Continue reading Smashing Security #072: Why are firms so cr*p with our private data?→