PODCASTThe hacker who lived the high life after spreading malware via porn sites, Wipro demonstrates how to turn a cybersecurity crisis into a PR disaster, and why are humans listening in to your Alexa conversations?
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 special guest Brian Honan.
A staggering 590 million resumes have leaked from poorly-secured Chinese companies in just the last three months.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Security researchers have discovered a huge amount of data containing information about tens of thousands of Facebook users, left available for anyone to access - no password required.
The culprits? Third-party developers.
PODCASTAn app leaking private conversations and intimate photographs is ignoring requests to fix the problem, hackers poison a security update sent to ASUS PCs, and how to protect your privacy in motel rooms.
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.
More than 238,000 individuals users have had their family’s real-time location exposed for weeks on end after an app developer left sensitive data exposed on the internet, without a password.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The WickedGen website bragged that it had over 120,000 users and almost one million sets of account details, offering monthly and yearly membership plans for those who wanted “access to thousands of premium accounts across a huge range of services.”
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The FBI suspects that the hackers used a technique known as “password spraying”.
Facebook is taking a stand against a pair of Ukrainian app developers who it claims scraped personal information from users’ profiles.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
What’s the biggest cybersecurity threat for US businesses?
If FBI chief Christopher Wray is to be believed, it’s China.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
North Country Business Products (NCBP), a provider of point-of-sales systems, has revealed that 139 of its clients have been hit by a malware infection that stole the payment card details of consumers.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Coinmama, a site that is supposed to “make it fast, safe and fun” to buy Bitcoins and Etherium with a credit card, has suffered a data breach that has resulted in almost half a million customers having their personal details breached.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Popular British parenting site Mumsnet apologises after software update allows users to log into strangers’ accounts.
Such a leak is likely to anger Trump and the White House, of course, and so Axios had to be careful not to throw their source under the bus.
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is investigating a security breach that has seen hackers steal personal information from its systems.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
A database of 70,000 offender and incident logs was only supposed to be accessible internally within UK hardware store B&Q, but was instead exposed for anyone to access - no password required.
So you’d expect B&Q to fix this pretty quickly after being told about the problem, right?
A huge collection of email addresses and passwords, which can be used in attempts to break into online accounts, has been discovered.
If you are one of the affected users, what should you do about it?
