Collaborate Disseminate
Criminals hacked into a developer’s account, and modified a Chrome browser extension used by over a million people to push unwanted adverts.
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A security threat researcher is badly hacked in a revenge attack. Some people want to save Adobe Flash, but is that wise? And a poorly-secured electronic billboard starts displaying offensive images…
All this and much more is discussed in the latest … Continue reading Smashing Security #036: Flash? Clunk flush… and hacking security researchers
Someone managed to seize control of a large digital advertising billboard on Cardiff’s main shopping street, forcing it to display a series of swastikas and far-right images.
Continue reading Hackers hijack central Cardiff billboard to display swastikas and more…
You won’t be surprised to hear it’s easy to create a webmail account in the name of Donald Trump Jr, Anthony Scaramucci or Jared Kushner.
And, of course, there are always people who will trust emails from such accounts all too quickly…
Continue reading Email prankster tricks White House officials
Security researchers have discovered that the Amazon Echo is vulnerable to attacks that could allow a hacker to install malware capable of secretly spying on the device’s microphone to hear what is being said in its vicinity.
Read more in my article on… Continue reading Hackers could install malware on your Amazon Echo to secretly ‘wiretap’ you
UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd argues that “real people” would be happy with imperfect, breakable security.
Continue reading ‘Real people’ do not want secure communications, claims UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd
Italy’s largest lender, UniCredit, has blamed an unnamed “third-party provider” for two security breaches where hackers have managed to steal information related to the personal loans of some 400,000 customers.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Hackers steal information on 400,000 customers of Italy’s biggest bank
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Apple has bowed to pressure from the regime in Beijing, and removed some VPN apps from the Chinese version of its iOS App Store.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
Continue reading iOS VPN apps removed from Apple’s Chinese App Store
China is forcing people to install smartphone spyware, young cyberoffenders are offered rehab, and robot vacuum cleaners want to sell maps of the inside of your house to tech firms.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing … Continue reading Smashing Security #035: Up the Roomba with mandatory Chinese spyware