Collaborate Disseminate
In episode 406 of the “Smashing Security” podcast, we explore how the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has been hacked to the jaw-dropping tune of $1.5 billion, and we look at what is being done to better defend women and girls’ safety online.
What happens when eager computer enthusiasts unknowingly download a trojanized hacking tool and find themselves on the wrong side of cybersecurity? A former employee’s actions led to chaos and raise urgent questions about the security of cultural trea… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #402: Hackers get hacked, the British Museum IT shutdown, and social media kidnaps
A Kansas City man is accused of hacking into local businesses, not to steal money, but to… get a cheaper gym membership? A DNA-testing firm has vanished, leaving customers in the dark about what’s happened to their sensitive genetic data. And Austral… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #395: Gym hacking, disappearing DNA, and a social lockout
Kaspersky experts look back on their expectations about the 2024 privacy and consumer cyberthreats trends and try to predict what to expect in 2025. Continue reading Consumer and privacy predictions for 2025
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
Kaspersky experts review Do Not Track (DNT) statistics for the most widely used web tracking services in 2023 and 2024 operated by companies like Google, Microsoft, etc. Continue reading Web tracking report: who monitored users’ online activities in 2023–2024 the most
Kaspersky experts review Do Not Track (DNT) statistics for the most widely used web tracking services in 2023 and 2024 operated by companies like Google, Microsoft, etc. Continue reading Web tracking report: who monitored users’ online activities in 2023–2024 the most
Execs at a health tech startup are sentenced to jail after a massive ad fraud, and a school is shaken after teachers are targeted via TikTok.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity ve… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #380: Teachers TikTok targeted, and fraud in the doctors’ waiting room
We analyzed the data published by Cyber Av3ngers and found it to be sourced from older leaks by another hacktivist group called Moses Staff. Continue reading A hack in hand is worth two in the bush
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ChatGPT hallucinations cause turbulence in court, a riot in Wales may have been ignited on social media, and do you think .MOV is a good top-level domain for “a website that moves you”?
… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #324: .ZIP domains, AI lies, and did social media inflame a riot?