Collaborate Disseminate
It’s not fair to describe what happened at Facebook as a data breach.
It’s much worse than that.
Continue reading Cambridge Analytica controversy: Was there a Facebook data breach?
You’re not surprised when a purchase of some earrings, a bracelet, or a diamond necklace hurts you in the pocket.
The post Security – it Shouldn’t Just Be the Jewel in Your Crown, but Your Partners and Suppliers Too appeared first on Securit… Continue reading Security – it Shouldn’t Just Be the Jewel in Your Crown, but Your Partners and Suppliers Too
Once installed the malware will intercept mobile calls you attempt to make to your bank, and instead direct them to a scammer.
Continue reading This Android malware redirects calls you make to your bank to go to scammers instead
Cambridge Analytica is widely credited for helping Donald Trump’s successful campaign on social media to be elected President of the United States.
But now it has been suspended from Facebook, following claims that it gathered the profiles of some 50 m… Continue reading Cambridge Analytica’s grab of 50 million Facebook users’ data
MailChimp, a service that millions of people around the world use to send out email newsletters, is being abused by hackers to spam out malware. A typical attack involves hackers either compromising an existing MailChimp account, or setting up a fraudu… Continue reading Hackers continue to exploit hijacked MailChimp accounts in cybercrime campaigns
MailChimp, a service that millions of people around the world use to send out email newsletters, is being abused by hackers to spam out malware.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Hackers continue to exploit hijacked MailChimp accounts in cybercrime campaigns
Microsoft has detailed how it intercepted a massive malware distribution campaign on March 6th which attempted to infect over 400,000 Windows PCs with cryptomining software in a single 12 hour period.
The post Poisoned BitTorrent client kickstarted mal… Continue reading Poisoned BitTorrent client kickstarted malware outbreak that tried to infect 400,000 PCs
Microsoft has detailed how it intercepted a massive malware distribution campaign on March 6th which attempted to infect over 400,000 Windows PCs with cryptomining software in a single 12 hour period.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Se… Continue reading Poisoned BitTorrent client kickstarted malware outbreak that tried to infect 400,000 PCs
How come Apple’s Mac App Store authorised a buggy app that mined for cryptocurrency in the background? How can a Mosquito attack steal data from an air-gapped computer? And is China keeping score on its social media-loving citizens?
All this and much m… Continue reading Smashing Security #069: Cryptomining, China, and Bob Ross
Facebook takes action – banning anti-Islamic Britain First from its network.
Continue reading Facebook bans anti-Islamic group Britain First