Collaborate Disseminate
A London-based man is facing extradition to the United States after allegedly masterminding a scheme to hack public companies prior to their earnings announcements and use the secrets he uncovered to make millions of dollars on the stock market.
Two men are accused of stealing almost a quarter of a billion dollars from one person’s cryptocurrency wallet, but why on earth would they be handing out handbags to strangers? And social media comes under the spotlight once more, as we ask if you are… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #386: The $230 million crypto handbag heist, and misinformation on social media
The government of Ukraine imposed a ban on the Telegram messaging app being used on official devices belonging to government officials, military staff, and critical infrastructure workers, citing security fears.
Read more in my article on the Hot fo… Continue reading Citing security fears, Ukraine bans Telegram on government and military devices
Two men have been arrested by the FBI and charged in relation to their alleged involvement in a scam which saw almost a quarter of a billion dollars worth of cryptocurrency stolen from a single victim.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security… Continue reading Two men arrested one month after $230 million of cryptocurrency stolen from a single victim
Transport for London (TfL) suffers a cybersecurity incident and tells its 30,000 staff they will all have to their identities verified… in-person. Who might have been behind the attack and why? Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s curious relationship with cr… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #385: TFL security derailed, and is Trump the king of crypto?
In episode 16 of The AI Fix, Mark and Graham meet GPT-4o1 and ask if it knows how many cousins Alice’s sister has, a top cop wants AI injected into his colleagues “like heroin”, Mark finds an AI that might actually be able to help with that, and our ho… Continue reading The AI Fix #16: GPT-4o1, AI time travelers, and where’s my driverless car?
A former boss of Ticketmaster has been sentenced after pleading guilty to illegally accessing computer servers of a rival company and stealing sensitive business information.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Ticketmaster boss who repeatedly hacked rival firm sentenced
It’s a case of algorithm and blues as we look into an AI music scam, Ukraine believes it has caught a spy high in the sky, and a cocaine-fuelled bear goes on the rampage.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #384: A room with a view, AI music shenanigans, and a cocaine bear
A man from New York City has admitted to computer hacking and associated crimes after being caught with a laptop containing hundreds of thousands of stolen payment card details.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Hacker pleads guilty after arriving on plane from Ukraine with a laptop crammed full of stolen credit card details
There’s a whole new dating scam that could mean you end up out of pocket (or beaten up) after a first date with a glamorous admirer, and a woman in Los Alamos uses an Air Tag to entrap a thief.
Plus – don’t miss our featured interview with Maya Irvi… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #383: The Godfather club, and AirTags to the rescue