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Matthew Perry’s official Twitter account was hijacked by scammers this week who attempted to solicit donations from well-meaning fans of the much-loved late actor.
The post asked for cryptocurrency donations “to support our mission in battling addic… Continue reading Matthew Perry’s Twitter account hacked by cryptocurrency scammers
Piers Morgan is less than happy after a judgement that there is “no doubt” he knew phone hacking was going on at the Daily Mirror, and a shopper comes a-cropper just before Christmas.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smas… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #353: Phone hacking, Piers Morgan, and Carole’s Christmas cockup
Donald Trump Jr may not have just inherited his famous father’s name. He may also have inherited his bad password security. Continue reading Donald Trump Jr’s hacked Twitter account announces his father has died
I know this will come as a shock to many of you, but scammers have once again succeeded in stealing a lot of money from cryptocurrency investors.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Hacked DJ’s Twitter account costs cryptocurrency investors $170,000
A British man has been charged by the US Department of Justice for his alleged role in stealing $784,000 worth of cryptocurrency in a series of SIM swap attacks.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading “PlugWalkJoe” indicted for $784,000 SIM-swap cryptocurrency theft
There’s a lesson here for anyone else building a website. Be sure to keep everything safely secured under lock-and-key until you are ready to properly launch. Continue reading Donald Trump’s Truth Social account posts a picture of a pig defecating
A 40-year-old man has agreed to plead guilty to US court charges that he broke into thousands of Apple iCloud accounts and stole hundreds of thousands of images and videos of young women.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Man admits impersonating Apple support staff to steal 620,000 photos from iCloud accounts
The Great Londini has gathered a two million strong army to out TikTok trolls, there’s a bad supply chain vulnerability in many IoT devices, and how did Wikipedia pages end up covered in Nazi swastikas?
All this and much more is discussed in the lat… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #239: TikTok vigilantes, sloppy IoT, and Wikipedia woe
Police in Spain have arrested a British man in connection with what many consider the worst hack in Twitter’s history.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading British man arrested in connection with Twitter mega-hack that posted cryptocurrency scam from celebrity accounts
British TV presenter Aled Jones has said that a hacker compromised his Twitter account and posted an image of a man’s bulging underwear. Continue reading Aled Jones says he was hacked, after rude picture posted on Twitter