Collaborate Disseminate
The country last week flat-out banned the use of cameras on drones, unless their operators have obtained a special surveillance permit. Continue reading Sweden bans cameras on drones, deeming it illegal surveillance
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, but no, that video was riper than a 3-year-old biscuit left in a cosmonaut’s space suit. Continue reading Facebook hoax: “Live” videos of space walk? Not quite!
It hides your cursor, disables Task Manager and plasters your screen with a BSoD image. Calling the number leads to bogus help centers. Continue reading Fake Blue Screen of Death faux-freezes your system like the real McCoy
He lied to a friend to get £151,000 in loans to send to a “woman” (unlikely) he claimed to have met in Liverpool (nope, didn’t happen!). 
Continue reading Accountant jailed after falling for Nigerian email scammer sexpot
At the heart of enormous breaches lies a tiny thing: rigged Bitly shortened URLs. Continue reading How hackers broke into John Podesta, DNC Gmail accounts
He’s charged with foisting malware on LinkedIn and stealing millions of user credentials. A third intended target was allegedly Formspring. Continue reading Russian indicted over LinkedIn and Dropbox mega-breaches
To his horror, his lead prosecutor is Carmen Ortiz: she who went after Aaron Swartz and Jonathan James. Both committed suicide pre-trial. Continue reading Anonymous hacker charged with #opJustina DDoS attacks on hospitals
One hacker is claiming to have stolen a database of 73 million users: a whole lot of details for a whole lot of people who’d rather keep that bedroom door closed. Continue reading Millions of AdultFriendFinder user accounts hacked – again
Using spoofed GPS coordinates, localization attacks from Shanghai pinpointed the dorms from which yaks were sent with 100% accuracy. Continue reading “Anonymous” Yik Yak users can be tracked down, say researchers
Affected Apple users, you’re not alone! Many are being hit. It’s yet another good reason to pick strong, **unique** passwords. Continue reading Poor and/or reused passwords lead to Chinese spam flood on iMessage