Smashing Security podcast #188: Dinner with Elon Musk and Kris Jenner

Who stopped Twitter’s hackers from stealing more money? Why are Covid-19 researchers being told to ramp up their cybersecurity? How can you find out if your smartphone is infected with stalkerware? And who does Graham think he is turning down a c… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #188: Dinner with Elon Musk and Kris Jenner

Politician amongst those who had their direct messages accessed during Twitter hack

More information has emerged related to last week’s attack which saw a number of high profile Twitter accounts hijacked for the purposes of spreading a cryptocurrency scam, as it is revealed a far-right politician had his private messages accessed.
Rea… Continue reading Politician amongst those who had their direct messages accessed during Twitter hack

Politician amongst those who had their direct messages accessed during Twitter hack

More information has emerged related to last week’s attack which saw a number of high profile Twitter accounts hijacked for the purposes of spreading a cryptocurrency scam, as it is revealed a far-right politician had his private messages accessed.
Rea… Continue reading Politician amongst those who had their direct messages accessed during Twitter hack

Coinbase stopped scammers from stealing an extra $280,000 during Twitter hack

Maybe Coinbase should send Twitter an invoice, because it certainly sounds like their quick thinking helped prevent last week’s hack from leaving a lot more Twitter users with empty wallets.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Coinbase stopped scammers from stealing an extra $280,000 during Twitter hack

Coinbase stopped scammers from stealing an extra $280,000 during Twitter hack

Maybe Coinbase should send Twitter an invoice, because it certainly sounds like their quick thinking helped prevent last week’s hack from leaving a lot more Twitter users with empty wallets.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Coinbase stopped scammers from stealing an extra $280,000 during Twitter hack

The Twitter hack: Why Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and others might have reason to be worried

The real worry of the Twitter hack is not the cryptocurrency scam that was spammed out, but that attackers might have accessed private messages sent and received by the rich and powerful.
Continue reading The Twitter hack: Why Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and others might have reason to be worried

The Twitter hack: Why Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and others might have reason to be worried

The real worry of the Twitter hack is not the cryptocurrency scam that was spammed out, but that attackers might have accessed private messages sent and received by the rich and powerful.
Continue reading The Twitter hack: Why Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and others might have reason to be worried

Aussie surfer’s hacked Instagram sent sexually explicit images to her 40,000 followers

18-year-old Blaze Angel Roberts is a talented surfer with 40,000 Instagram followers.
Unfortunately, her popularity also seems to have drawn the unwanted attention of hackers, who successfully tricked her into clicking on a phishing link, and handing o… Continue reading Aussie surfer’s hacked Instagram sent sexually explicit images to her 40,000 followers