Category Archives: bomb hoax

ProtonMail and StartMail blocked as Russia hunts for bomb threat spammers

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ProtonMail is the second encrypted email provider in the last week to find itself blocked from its Russian users, after authorities in the country said threats had been spammed out claiming that bombs had been planted in public places.
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Hacker arrested for wave of fake bomb and shooting threats against schools

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A 20-year-old man alleged to have been part of a hacking gang which not only launched distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, but also launched a wave of bomb and shooting threats against thousands of schools in the United States and United Kingd… Continue reading Hacker arrested for wave of fake bomb and shooting threats against schools→

International email bomb hoax proves to be a spectacular failure

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Authorities in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are said to be investigating a wave of bogus bomb threats that have been sent to a variety of organisations late on Thursday.
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Smashing Security #108: Hoaxes, Huawei and chatbots – with Mikko Hyppönen

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The curious case of George Duke-Cohan, Huawei’s CFO finds herself in hot water, and the crazy world of mobile phone mental health apps.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by comput… Continue reading Smashing Security #108: Hoaxes, Huawei and chatbots – with Mikko Hyppönen→