Mix TikTok with facial recognition, and you’ve got a doxxing nightmare, T-Mobile users report bizarre behaviour in their accounts, and a Windows flaw provides a new means of infecting users.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Paul Ducklin.
UK charities including Shelter, the RSPCA, the Dogs Trust, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, and Friends of the Earth have warned their supporters that hackers have stolen their data following a breach at a supplier.
The victim shaming site operated by the Snatch ransomware group is leaking data about its true online location and internal operations, as well as the Internet addresses of its visitors, KrebsOnSecurity has found. The leaked data suggest that Snatch is one of several ransomware groups using paid ads on Google.com to trick people into installing malware disguised as popular free software, such as Microsoft Teams, Adobe Reader, Mozilla Thunderbird, and Discord.
The founder of a news outlet outlawed in Russia for its independent reporting and stance on the war in Ukraine, believes that a country in the European Union was behind the hacking of her iPhone with military-grade spyware.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Many iPhone users who upgraded their iPhones to the recently-released iOS 17 will be alarmed to hear that they may have actually downgraded their security and privacy.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The password manager service LastPass is now forcing some of its users to pick longer master passwords. LastPass says the changes are needed to ensure all customers are protected by their latest security improvements. But critics say the move is little more than a public relations stunt that will do nothing to help countless early adopters whose password vaults were exposed in a 2022 breach at LastPass.
The FBI and US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint advisory warning organisations about a ransomware-as-a-service operation called “Snatch.”
Learn more about the threat in my article for the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Donald Trump Jr may not have just inherited his famous father’s name. He may also have inherited his bad password security.
Do you know what data your car is collecting about you? Do you think it’s right for a car manufacturer to collect a subscription to keep your bottom warm? And just why has YouPorn sent an email to Graham about his sex video?
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Host Unknown’s Andrew Agnês.
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