Smashing Security #034: The pen is mightier than the password

The UK government wants you to give your credit card details to porn sites, Ashley Madison offers compensation to the people whose lives it ruined, and an adult website wants you to pass its unorthodox and below-the-belt biometric identity check… gul… Continue reading Smashing Security #034: The pen is mightier than the password

Ashley Madison to Pay $11.2 Million to Data Breach Victims

Ashley Madison, an American most prominent dating website that helps people cheat on their spouses has been hacked, has agreed to an $11.2 Million settlement for roughly 37 million users whose personal details were exposed in a massive data breach two … Continue reading Ashley Madison to Pay $11.2 Million to Data Breach Victims

April 27, 2017 – Hack Naked News #121

Windows boxes are getting pwned, vulnerabilities in SugarCRM, Ashley Madison is back in the news, and more. Jason Wood of Paladin Security joins us to deliver expert commentary on hacking cars with radio gadgets on this episode of Hack Naked News! Full… Continue reading April 27, 2017 – Hack Naked News #121

Smashing Security #018: Windows is a virus. True or False?

Security firm Webroot drops a clanger when it declared Windows was malicious and borked customers’ PCs, millennials are streaming a lot of movies illegally, and blackmailers are targeting members of the Ashley Madison cheating site again.
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News in brief: celebs’ phone hacking settled; German court raps Facebook; Ashley Madison victims hit again

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Continue reading News in brief: celebs’ phone hacking settled; German court raps Facebook; Ashley Madison victims hit again