Smashing Security podcast #479: How a fake police officer nearly stole Graham’s cryptocurrency

Graham gets a phone call from the police. Well, someone who sounds convincingly like the police. There’s just one small problem: what they really want is the 24-word seed key to Graham’s cryptocurrency wallet.

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Apple Photos Privacy Case Advances, With Up to $32.5 Billion Alleged Exposure

Apple’s Photos biometric privacy case will proceed after an appeals court declined to review class certification. Here’s what remains unresolved.
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Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking U.S. Cloud Storage Provider and Extorting Its Customers for Millions

Connor Riley Moucka, aka “Waifu” and “Judishe,” was scheduled to stand trial in January 2027. Today, he changed his “not guilty” plea to a guilty plea, and pleaded guilty to four counts of the multi-count indictment…. Continue reading Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking U.S. Cloud Storage Provider and Extorting Its Customers for Millions

Jeff Bezos Files to Sell $4 Billion in Amazon Stock as Shares Fall

Jeff Bezos filed to sell $4.1 billion in Amazon stock after a record rally. Here’s what the planned transaction means for investors.
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Snowflake hacker pleads guilty, faces up to 32 years in prison

Connor Moucka obtained almost $500,000 for playing a key role in one of the most widespread and damaging cyberattack sprees on record.

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