Smashing Security podcast #272: Going ape over the Kardashians, and the face of romance scams

Members of The Bored Ape Yacht Club get that sinking feeling, a face unwittingly launches hundreds of romance scams, and is an as-yet unseen Kim Kardashian sex tape a load of old Roblox?

All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of t… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #272: Going ape over the Kardashians, and the face of romance scams

Man admits impersonating Apple support staff to steal 620,000 photos from iCloud accounts

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

iCloud-hacking politician to be sentenced on Christmas eve

Former Dutch city council member Mitchel van der K invaded hundreds of iCloud accounts “frequently and repeatedly”. Continue reading iCloud-hacking politician to be sentenced on Christmas eve

Former high school teacher pleads guilty to hacking celebrities

A fifth man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of phishing celebrities’ and non-celebrities logins and raiding their iCloud accounts for nude photos. Continue reading Former high school teacher pleads guilty to hacking celebrities

Deepfakes porn service: Don’t worry, we’ll only use “consenting adults”

“You,” or “footage that you swear is of a consenting adult,” though details on how that will be ascertained by Naughty America are sketchy. Continue reading Deepfakes porn service: Don’t worry, we’ll only use “consenting adults”