Collaborate Disseminate
Companies should check they are running latest version of WebEx, and beware attacks via the road less travelled.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
Continue reading Firms using WebEx at risk of poisoned Flash attacks
A London council has been fined £120,000 for accidentally revealing the names of people who owned empty properties. An error that could have been avoided with a simple double-click.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading Excel pivot table data leak leads to £120,000 fine for London council
A London council has been fined £120,000 for accidentally revealing the names of people who owned empty properties. An error that could have been avoided with a simple double-click.
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Chances are that you’ve never heard of Washington-based data firm LocalBlox. But that doesn’t mean that they haven’t heard of you. And it doesn’t mean that your personal information hasn’t been recklessly exposed through their sloppy disregard for th… Continue reading 48 million people put at risk after firm that scraped info from social networks left it exposed for anyone to download
Chances are that you’ve never heard of Washington-based data firm LocalBlox. But that doesn’t mean that they haven’t heard of you. And it doesn’t mean that your personal information hasn’t been recklessly exposed through t… Continue reading 48 million people put at risk after firm that scraped info from social networks left it exposed for anyone to download
Crime forums on Facebook, fraudsters pose as anti-fraud hotlines, and how big advertising companies are in bed with the rampant data collection of internet giants.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast … Continue reading Smashing Security #074: Smashing Security isn’t bullsh*t
Cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs spent just a couple of hours last week hunting for the Facebook forums used by fraudsters, and what he discovered is alarming.
Continue reading Facebook crime forums existed unchallenged for up to nine years
Facebook has started pushing European and Canadian users into giving its controversial facial recognition technology free reign to run rampant over their photos and videos.
Continue reading Facebook pushes ahead with controversial facial recognition feature in Europe
An alert warns that since 2015 large numbers of enterprise-class and consumer routers, switches, firewalls, and Network-based Intrusion Detection Systems have been compromised to further the national security and economic goals of Russia.
Read more in … Continue reading US, UK, and Australian governments accuse Russia of targeting networking infrastructure
Government departments and private businesses are being targeted in internet attacks orchestrated by the Russian government, exploiting commercially available network infrastructure.
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