Collaborate Disseminate
Spanish police have arrested 34 suspected members of a criminal gang that are alleged to have run a variety of scams to steal data from over four million people.
Law enforcement agents across the country took part in 16 searches that not only seized… Continue reading Spanish police make 34 arrests, dismantling cybercriminal gang that stole 4 million people’s data
Golem, the hacker who leaked the data of one million Ashkenazi Jews from the 23andMe ancestry service earlier this month has now released 4.1 million more genetic data profiles.
The hacker claims they’ve included details of “the wealthiest people li… Continue reading Millions of new 23andMe genetic data profiles leak on cybercrime forum
A former US Navy IT manager has been sentenced to five years and five months in prison after illegally hacking a database containing personally identifiable information (PII) and selling it on the dark web.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire St… Continue reading Ex-Navy IT manager jailed for selling people’s data on the dark web
How hunting for an aubergine could be all it takes for you to hand your credit card details over to a scammer, and just how good is a podcast entirely built by AI?
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podca… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #344: What’s cooking at Booking.com? And a podcast built by AI
Plastic surgeries have been warned that they are being targeted by cybercriminals plotting to steal sensitive data – ncluding patients’ medical records and photographs – that will be later used for extortion.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire… Continue reading Plastic surgeries warned by the FBI that they are being targeted by cybercriminals
One of the world’s largest online travel agencies, Booking.com, is being used by fraudsters to trick hotel guests into handing over their payment card details.
How do I know? The fraudsters tried the trick with me.
Continue reading Fraudsters target Booking.com customers claiming hotel stay could be cancelled
The Government of Israel has told the owners of private home security cameras to urgently secure them against being hacked, in the wake of a dramatic heightening of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Continue reading Israelis told to secure their home security cameras against hackers
Over the weekend rumours circulated on social networks of an unpatched security hole in the Signal messaging app that could allow a remote hacker to seize control of your smartphone.
But were they true?
Read more in my article on the Hot for Secu… Continue reading Signal debunks online rumours of zero-day security vulnerability
Valve, the company behind the Steam video game platform, has announced a new security feature after multiple reports of game updates being poisoned with malware.
But have they chosen the best way to protect developers’ accounts?
Read more in my a… Continue reading After hackers distribute malware in game updates, Steam adds SMS-based security check for developers
Dream girlfriends, AI love scams, and an alleged spy who is said to have made a series of blunders.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #343: Four-legged girlfriends, LoveGPT, and a military intelligence failure