Collaborate Disseminate
A cryptocurrency hack leads us down a mazze of twisty little passages, Joe Biden’s commercial spyware bill, and Utah gets tough on social media sites.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #315: Crypto hacker hijinks, government spyware, and Utah social media shocker
There’s bad news if you’re someone who is keen to launch a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack to boot a website off the internet, but don’t have the know-how to do it yourself.
Rather than hiring the help of cybercriminals to bombard a site… Continue reading UK police reveal they are running fake DDoS-for-hire sites to collect details on cybercriminals
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Kolide. Thanks to the great team there for their support! Right now, “Zero Trust” is in serious danger of becoming an empty buzzword. The problem isn’t just that marke… Continue reading Can zero trust be saved?
If you were sent a USB stick anonymously through the post, would you plug it into your computer?
Perhaps you’ll think twice when you hear what happened to these Ecuadorian journalists.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Danger USB! Journalists sent exploding flash drives
A new report from ENISA, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, looking at cyberattacks targeting the European transport network over a period of almost two years, has identified that ransomware has become the prominent threat.
Read more in my… Continue reading Europe’s transport sector terrorised by ransomware, data theft, and denial-of-service attacks
The world has gone ChatGPT bonkers.
Which makes it an effective lure for cybercriminals who may want to break into accounts… Continue reading Fake GPT Chrome extension steals Facebook session cookies, breaks into accounts
It could be a case of aCropalypse now for Google Pixel users, there’s a warning for house buyers, and just why is TikTok being singled out for privacy concerns?
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #314: Photo cropping bombshell, TikTok debates, and real estate scams
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Sysdig. Thanks to the great team there for their support! What is one of the leading causes of breaches in the cloud? OMG, it’s still phishing! It’s no wonder CISOs push zero trus… Continue reading The hidden danger to zero trust: Excessive cloud permissions
Have you ever shared a photograph where you’ve redacted some sensitive information?
Perhaps you’ve cropped out part of the image you didn’t want others to see?
Well, users of Google’s Pixel Android smartphone might be alarmed to learn that pictur… Continue reading aCropalypse now! Cropped and redacted images suffer privacy fail on Google Pixel smartphones
Security researchers have released a new decryption tool which should come to the rescue of some victims of a modified version of the Conti ransomware, helping them to recover their encrypted data for free.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire St… Continue reading Free decryptor released for Conti-based ransomware following data leak