Collaborate Disseminate
Businesses beware! Online criminals have ramped up their attempts to steal W-2 information from the finance and human resources departments of organisations, according to a warning issued by the FBI.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Form W-2 data thefts are rocketing, warns FBI
Businesses beware! Online criminals have ramped up their attempts to steal W-2 information from the finance and human resources departments of organisations, according to a warning issued by the FBI. In an alert issued last week, the FBI warned that it… Continue reading Form W-2 data thefts are rocketing, warns FBI
Austrian security researchers have this week warned about the latest baby monitor affected by critical security vulnerabilities which raise very real privacy concerns.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Box blog.
Continue reading Hacking these IoT baby monitors is child’s play, researchers reveal
Phishers and other online crooks are taking advantage of Unicode domain names in their pursuit of your passwords and other sensitive information. Here’s a simple way to protect yourself.
Continue reading How to protect your browser from Unicode domain phishing attacks
Whoever hacked the LA Times’ interactive county murder map probably hoped to make a killing mining cryptocurrency – but swift action from a security researcher has put paid to their plans.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog…. Continue reading LA Times homicide website throttles cryptojacking attack
Whoever hacked the LA Times’ interactive county murder map probably hoped to make a killing mining cryptocurrency – but swift action from a security researcher has put paid to their plans.
The post LA Times homicide website throttles cryptojacking atta… Continue reading LA Times homicide website throttles cryptojacking attack
Ethical hackers are warning businesses who use Amazon S3 cloud storage if they have left data exposed for anyone to access… by leaving “friendly warnings” on the servers.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
Continue reading Friendly warnings left in unsecured Amazon S3 buckets which expose private data
Flight simulators packed with password-grabbing malware, Facebook fighting Russian trolls, and how vulnerability researchers fear being sued.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer … Continue reading Smashing Security #066: Passwords, pirates, and postcards
It’s hard enough getting people to turn on 2FA without sites using it to send non-security notifications.
Continue reading Facebook SMS spam risks spoiling adoption of 2FA
Apple released updates on Monday that will protect owners of iPhones, iPads, iMacs, MacBooks, iMac Pros, Apple Watches, and (phew!) Apple TVs from having toerags crash their devices.
Continue reading Apple fixes ‘killer text bomb’ vulnerability with new update for iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS