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Your smartphone may be toast – if you use a hacked wireless charger, we take a closer look at the latest developments in the unfolding LockBit ransomware drama, and Carole dips her toe into online AI romance apps. All this and much much more is d… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #361: Wireless charging woe, AI romance apps, and ransomware revisited
Students learn a valuable lesson when it comes to AI detecting guns on campus, SIM swappers are surprisingly stupid, and romance scammers get scammed by someone (or some thing?) calling themselves Chiquita Banana.
All this and much more is discussed… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #288: Chiquita banana, dumb criminals, and detecting ring binders
Who’s that new guy working at your company, and why don’t you recognise him from the interview? How are hacktivists raising the heat in Belarus? And should you be fully vaxxed for your online date?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #260: New hire mystery, hacktivist ransomware, and digi-dating
Hundreds of millions of people around the world use dating apps in their attempt to find that special someone, but they would be shocked to hear just how easy one security researcher found it to pinpoint a user’s precise location with Bumble.
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A big cheese ends up in jail, a Japanese dating site spills the dirt after a hack, and we learn all about the right to repair.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security vet… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #229: Dating leaks, right to repair, and a stinky bishop
Manhunt, a popular gay dating service, has suffered a data breach which may have put members at risk of exposure. Continue reading Six million male members may have been exposed after hack of gay dating service
Fingerprints and DNA records have been deleted from the UK’s police database, the SolarWinds hack continues to wreak havoc and raise questions, and we have some advice for how to fall in love safely under lockdown…
All this and much more is discus… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #214: Valentine scams, SolarWinds, and a data deletion bungle
Dating apps and grassroots users are passing evidence of rioters’ identities to law enforcement. But privacy wonks are worried.
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The FBI is warning individuals who use online dating apps and platforms to watch out for scammers leveraging social distancing measures and defrauding unsuspecting victims of their hard-earned money. Romance or confidence scams drew nearly 20,000 compl… Continue reading Romance Scams Are on the Rise, FBI Warns
This month, WizCase researchers discovered 5 separate data leaks of personal information belonging to dating app users in the US, Japan and South Korea. The data, which was easily accessed due to misconfigured and unsecure servers, included user inform… Continue reading 5 Dating Apps Leak More than 1 Million User Profiles and Sensitive Information