Collaborate Disseminate
There are lessons that British politicians can learn from the security snafus of the US presidential election.
Continue reading A computer security tip for those campaigning in the UK general election
WikiLeaks on Tuesday dropped one of its most explosive word bombs ever: A secret trove of documents apparently stolen from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detailing methods of hacking everything from smart phones and TVs to compromising Internet routers and computers. KrebsOnSecurity is still digesting much of this fascinating data cache, but here are some first impressions based on what I’ve seen so far. Continue reading WikiLeaks Dumps Docs on CIA’s Hacking Tools
WikiLeaks on Tuesday dropped one of its most explosive word bombs ever: A secret trove of documents apparently stolen from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detailing methods of hacking everything from smart phones and TVs to compromising Internet routers and computers. KrebsOnSecurity is still digesting much of this fascinating data cache, but here are some first impressions based on what I’ve seen so far. Continue reading WikiLeaks Dumps Docs on CIA’s Hacking Tools
Typing ‘legitimate’ instead of ‘illegitimate’ led DNC chief to phishing link and the hack that compromised his emails, report finds Continue reading DNC chief Podesta led to phishing link ‘thanks to a typo’
The truth is that the breach of John Podesta’s email did not require sophisticated hacking skills. It just depended on the right combination of human error and carelessness.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading This is the email that hacked Hillary Clinton’s campaign chief
Even the tech nerds of the Clinton campaign fell for the phishing email sent by Russian hackers. Continue reading Hillary’s IT Guy Was Confident Phishing Email Wasn’t a Phishing Email
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
It’s easy to make fun of people for clicking on phishing emails, but some of them are harder to spot than others. Continue reading Would You Click on These Fake Gmail Alerts?
Podesta’s iPhone reportedly wiped within hours of his Twitter account being hacked. Continue reading Clinton campaign chief’s iPhone was hacked and wiped, photos suggest
The top Clinton campaign official has had a brand new Outlook account broken into and his Twitter account hijacked. Blame password reuse! Continue reading Clinton campaign official’s Twitter account hijacked: “I’ve switched teams”