Sudhakar Reddy Bonthu wasn’t told he was working on Equifax’s breach notification website, but when he worked it out he used the information for his financial advantage.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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PODCASTSmashing Security #100: One flippin’ hundred
Yes, it’s the 100th edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast.
There’s a little celebration at both ends of this week’s podcast - but the meat of the sandwich is our normal look at the security stories of the last week - including an alarming IoT failure and a dating app disaster for Donald Trump devotees.
Pentagon data breach puts personal details of 30,000 staff at risk
The Pentagon has admitted that up to 30,000 military workers and civilian personnel have had their personal information and credit card data exposed following a security breach.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Google chose not to go public about bug that exposed Google Plus users’ data
The really big news today is not that Google is shutting down Google Plus (who cares?), but rather that Google knew months ago that user data had been exposed and kept the fact quiet.
PODCASTSmashing Security #098: A Facebook omnishambles
Millions of Facebook user accounts put at risk after hack! The UK Conservative party’s conference app causes a privacy omnishambles! And Facebook (again) has been doing something naughty with the phone numbers you give it for security reasons! Oh, and Maria gets very excited about something to do with Star Trek.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Maria Varmazis.
Two reasons to reconsider your Facebook membership
It’s been a bad week for Facebook and its two billion-plus users.
Not only was it revealed that millions of users had their accounts exposed by a vulnerability, but the site has been up to dirty tricks with mobile phone numbers you gave them to supposedly enhance your security.
Australian teen who hacked into Apple and stole 90 GB of files avoids jail
An Australian teenager who hacked into Apple’s network on multiple occasions over several months and stole sensitive files has been told that he will not be imprisoned.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Malware steals passwords from SHEIN, 6.4 million customers impacted
Women’s fashion retailer SHEIN has suffered a major security breach that has exposed the personal information and passwords of over six million customers.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
NewsNow suffers security breach - passwords should be considered compromised
Online news aggregation service NewsNow has admitted that it has suffered a security breach, potentially exposing users’ passwords.
PODCASTSmashing Security #096: Bribing Amazon staff, and blinking deepfakes
Amazon staff are being bribed to delete negative reviews and leak data, deepfakes are getting more dangerous, an update on John McAfee’s bitcoin bet, and our guest gets a shock…
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week (for a while at least) by David Bisson.
US Dept of State says attack on email system exposed employees’ personal data
The US Department of State has confirmed that it has suffered a data breach which exposed the personally identifiable information of some employees.
Amazon staff said to be taking bribes to leak data
Often the biggest problem is not the threat of external hackers, but rather internal staff to whom you have granted access to sensitive data and who might be tempted to exploit it for financial gain.
PODCASTSmashing Security #095: British Airways hack, Mac apps steal browser history, and one person has 285,000 texts leaked
Malicious script is being blamed for the British Airways hack, Trend Micro’s apps are booted out of the Mac App Store for snaffling private data, and Paul Manafort’s daughter wants Twitter to remove a link.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by David Emm of Kaspersky Lab.
Law firm launches £500 million group action over British Airways hack
Within hours of British Airways admitting that it had suffered a serious security breach, with hackers accessing customer data and the full details of 380,000 payment cards, a British law firm announced that it was launching a £500m group action against the airline.
British Airways hacked - customer data and details of 380,000 card payments stolen
Hackers have stolen the personal and payment card information of hundreds of thousands of British Airways passengers from its website.
Premera Blue Cross victims accuse insurer of deliberately destroying hacking evidence
A class-action lawsuit against a hacked health insurer is claiming that a crucial computer was wilfully destroyed, erasing critical evidence that could prove the severity of the security breach.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
