Collaborate Disseminate
A bug bounty of US $5,000 has been awarded to a Belgian vulnerability researcher who uncovered two methods by which malicious hackers could brute force their way into Instagram accounts.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading 20 million Instagram accounts were put at risk through sloppy security hole
An 18-year-old man has been charged by British police in connection with an internet attack that saw Mumsnet hacked, users’ accounts breached, passwords stolen, and the site blasted offline.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
Continue reading Teenager charged over Mumsnet hack and DDoS attack
Two-step verification (2SV) is a powerful tool against account hackers – so it’s a shame when a company’s wooly-thinking actually turns users off the idea of enabling it!
Continue reading VIDEO: How one ISP discouraged users from enabling two-step verification
Google Chrome, the world’s most popular web browser, is banging another nail into Adobe Flash’s coffin… in preference for HTML5.
Read more in my article on the HEAT Security blog.
Not only can you find out a list of fantastic computer security blogs by participating in the EU Security Blogger Awards, but you can also vote.
Hint hint…
Continue reading What’s your favourite computer security blog? Vote now!
Too often stories about ransomware infections have unhappy endings.
But in the case of TeslaCrypt there’s some very positive news.
Continue reading Hit by TeslaCrypt ransomware? Here’s the solution
If there is one thing we have learnt over the years, it’s this. Few users ever change the default settings.
Continue reading Google’s Allo fails to use end-to-end encryption by default
The infamous LinkedIn hack of 2012 just got a whole lot worse.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading 117 million hacked LinkedIn email addresses and passwords put up for sale
iPad Pro user? You may wish to hold off installing iOS 9.3.2 for a little while…
Continue reading Error 56. Has the iOS 9.3.2 update turned your iPad Pro into a brick?
A conservative Christian running for US congress has been left embarrassed after he posted a screenshot on Facebook, accidentally revealing his browser had visited pornographic movies.
Continue reading Take care when taking screenshots… or blame it on a virus