“Mentally ill demon hackers” blamed for massive Gab data leak

Gab, the Twitter-like social networking service known for its far-right userbase, has reportedly been hacked – putting more than 40 million public and private posts, messages, as well as user profiles and hashed passwords, at risk of exposure.

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Smashing Security podcast #205: Zoom password pinching and Parler problems

Watch out for a whole different type of shoulder-surfing, researchers uncover the CostaRicto hackers-for-hire gang, and we take a peek at who is behind Parler.

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The Social Dilemma

In episode 142 for October 12th 2020: My conversation about the pros and cons of the Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma” with frequent guest, Kevin Johnson. The Social Dilemma is a popular documentary (dramamentary?) on Netflix about how social me… Continue reading The Social Dilemma

iOS 14 flags TikTok, 53 other apps spying on iPhone clipboards

TikTok, for one, promised to knock this off months ago but was caught red-handed, still at it, by the new clipboard notification in iOS 14. Continue reading iOS 14 flags TikTok, 53 other apps spying on iPhone clipboards