Collaborate Disseminate
Malicious hackers have been exploiting thousands of legitimate websites since at least December 2017 in a sophisticated campaign that has disguised malware as fake software updates.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading Thousands of compromised websites spreading malware via fake updates
Malicious hackers have been exploiting thousands of legitimate websites since at least December 2017 in a sophisticated campaign that has disguised malware as fake software updates. Security researchers at MalwareBytes report that they have uncovered e… Continue reading Thousands of compromised websites spreading malware via fake updates
In 2008, the deputy leader of the British Labour party had her website hacked.
And now we know who did it…
Continue reading Kemi Badenoch MP, self-confessed website hacker
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
Quitting Facebook is hard enough for many people, I don’t want to give anybody another reason to stay.
Continue reading An apology to my Facebook followers
Hackers have managed to deface an array of popular YouTube music videos, changing titles and thumbnail images.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
Continue reading The world’s most popular YouTube video has been hacked
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.
Continue reading China forces spyware onto Muslim’s Android phones, complete with security holes
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 wanted to gobble up data from hospitals about their most vulnerable patients, and match it up with user profiles on the world’s biggest social network.
Continue reading Facebook’s secret plan to access hospital patient records
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?
Continue reading Facebook knew for years scammers were harvesting users’ details with phone number searches. Did nothing