Smashing Security podcast #276: Webcam extortion, Michael Fish, and food foul-ups

A browser extension bug let malicious websites spy on webcams, hackers threaten the global food supply chain, and Michael Fish (not that one…) hacked into his female classmates’ online accounts, hunting for nude photos and videos.

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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

Crooks hold nude plastic surgery pictures to ransom after break-in

Patients, including some celebrities, of a plastic surgery clinic, have found themselves on the receiving end of ransom demands
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