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2022-05-18 23:03:26 | Smashing Security podcast #275: Jail for Bing, and mental health apps may not be good for you (lien direct) | A man hacks his employer to prove its security sucks, Telegram provides a helping hand to the Eternity Project malware, and what the heck do mental health apps think they're up to? 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 Dr Jessica Barker. Plus don't miss our featured interview with Rumble's Chris Kirsch. | Hack | ||
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2021-12-16 14:45:51 | The DHS is inviting hackers to break into its systems, but there are rules of engagement (lien direct) | The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is inviting security researchers to uncover vulnerabilities and hack into its systems, in an attempt to better protect itself from malicious attacks. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. | Hack | ||
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2021-12-16 00:08:09 | Smashing Security podcast #256: Virgin Media just won\'t take no for an answer, NFT apes, and bad optics (lien direct) | After a brief discussion of the Log4Shell vulnerability panic, we discuss how Virgin Media has got itself into hot water, a fat-fingered fumble at the Bored Ape Yacht Club, and how to hack around your girlfriend's facial recognition. 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 Mark Stockley. | Hack Vulnerability | ||
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2021-12-03 10:26:13 | Man charged with Ubiquiti data breach and extortion was employee assigned to investigate hack (lien direct) | A former employee of Ubiquiti Networks has been arrested and charged in connection with a hack that stole gigabytes of data and attempted to extort US $2 million from the firm. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. | Data Breach Hack | ||
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2021-11-23 08:29:16 | GoDaddy hack exposes accounts of 1.2 million customers (lien direct) | Web-hosting firm and domain registrar GoDaddy has revealed that it has suffered cyber attack which saw a hacker gain access to details of over one million customers. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. | Hack | ||
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2021-10-21 00:00:05 | Smashing Security podcast #248: Press F12 to hack (lien direct) | A journalist is threatened with prosecution after choosing to "View Source" on a public webpage, Amazon Ring owners might be in line for a hefty fine if their neighbours complain, and is the school lunch queue a good place for facial recognition? 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 The Cyberwire's Dave Bittner. | Hack | ||
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2021-10-11 15:02:35 | Man charged with hack which shared COVID-19 test details in protest against vaccine pass (lien direct) | Police in France have arrested and charged a 22-year-old man with hacking into a "secure" file-sharing systems used by a Parisian hospital trust, and stealing the COVID-19 test details for 1.4 million people. | Hack | ||
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2021-09-28 15:12:01 | Assume Nothing: The story of the TalkTalk hack (lien direct) | The BBC has created a great documentary about the infamous TalKTalk hack. I think you would enjoy listening to it. | Hack | ||
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2021-07-26 10:20:28 | Vikings hack Instagram account of SBS News in Australia (lien direct) | The Instagram account of SBS Australia - a group of free-to-air TV and radio stations down under - has been hacked by someone who clearly loves "Vikings". | Hack | ||
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2021-07-22 14:46:54 | British man arrested in connection with Twitter mega-hack that posted cryptocurrency scam from celebrity accounts (lien direct) | Police in Spain have arrested a British man in connection with what many consider the worst hack in Twitter's history. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. | Hack | ||
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2021-06-17 11:24:00 | Smashing Security podcast #232: Zoomolympics and language matters (lien direct) | Video gaming giant Electronic Arts suffers a hack following slack security, the Japanese Olympics are proving unpopular with everyone apart from cybercriminals, and le coq est mort. 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. | Hack | ||
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2021-04-19 15:46:19 | Six million male members may have been exposed after hack of gay dating service (lien direct) | Manhunt, a popular gay dating service, has suffered a data breach which may have put members at risk of exposure. | Data Breach Hack | ||
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2021-03-22 10:59:49 | Ransomware gang says it targets firms with cyber insurance (lien direct) | A member of the REvil ransomware gang claims that the group specifically targets firms who have taken our cyberinsurance. And what's more, it will hack insurance firms to identify them... | Ransomware Hack | ||
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2021-02-11 10:04:02 | Smashing Security podcast #214: Valentine scams, SolarWinds, and a data deletion bungle (lien direct) | Fingerprints and DNA records have been deleted from the UK's police database, the SolarWinds hack continues to wreak havoc and raise questions, and we have some advice for how to fall in love safely under lockdown... 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 Professor Alan Woodward. | Hack | ||
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2021-01-27 20:24:01 | North Korean hackers attempt to hack security researchers investigating zero-day vulnerabilities (lien direct) | Threat experts at Google say that they have identified an ongoing hacking campaign that has targeted computer security experts, specifically those researching the very type of software vulnerabilities exploited by cybercriminals. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. | Hack Threat | ||
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2021-01-05 13:09:45 | T-Mobile suffers its fourth hack in less than three years – still “takes the security of your information very seriously” (lien direct) | T-Mobile says that its security team recently discovered that hackers had managed to access information related to T-Mobile accounts. And it's not the first time... | Hack | ||
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2021-01-01 13:05:51 | Ticketmaster fined $10 million after hack of business rival (lien direct) | The US Department of Justice has announced that Ticketmaster has been fined $10 million for repeatedly accessing a competitor's computer systems in order to gain a commercial advantage. | Hack | ||
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2020-10-19 13:26:35 | Albion Online gamers told to change passwords following forum hack (lien direct) | Sandbox Interactive, the developers of the free medieval fantasy video game Albion Online, have warned players that a hacker managed to break into its systems and gain access to its user database. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. | Hack | ||
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2020-09-16 23:09:15 | Smashing Security podcast #196: Smart guns, smart cars, and smart street lights – oh my! (lien direct) | Kalashnikov unveils its “smart” shotgun, San Diego struggles with its street lights, and a researcher reveals how he found a way to hack every Tesla on the planet. 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 … Continue reading "Smashing Security podcast #196: Smart guns, smart cars, and smart street lights – oh my!" | Hack | ||
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2020-09-01 10:53:27 | Hack this email account… plz plz plz! (lien direct) | Running a security blog means that I'm always interested in receiving tips about data breaches, vulnerabilities, malware attacks, and the like. But I do explain that I'm not available to help troubleshoot PC problems or provide technical support – there simply aren't enough hours in the day, and it doesn't put any crumbs on the dining room table. This morning, however, I received a very polite message from a reader of the blog. | Malware Hack | ||
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2020-08-06 10:21:59 | Porn-wielding Zoom bombers disrupt Twitter hack court hearing (lien direct) | Uh-oh… someone didn’t lock their Zoom meeting down properly. That’s probably particularly important when the person charged is an alleged hacker. | Hack | ||
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2020-08-06 00:22:25 | Smashing Security podcast #190: Twitter hack arrests, email bad behaviour, and Fawkes vs facial recognition (lien direct) | Special guest Geoff White can’t resist using the podcast to promote his new book, “Crime Dot Com”, but other than that we also discuss the creepy (and apparently legal) way websites can find out your email and postal address even if you don’t give it to them, take a look at how the alleged Twitter hackers were identified, and learn about Fawkes – the technology fighting back at facial recognition. | Hack | ||
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2020-07-30 14:08:30 | Smashing Security podcast #189: DNA cock-up, Garmin hack, and virtual kidnappings (lien direct) | Why are students faking their own kidnappings? What’s the story behind Garmin’s ransomware attack? And a genetic genealogy website suffers a hack or two. 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 Ray REDACTED. | Ransomware Hack | ||
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2020-07-23 11:44:52 | (Déjà vu) Politician amongst those who had their direct messages accessed during Twitter hack (lien direct) | More information has emerged related to last week's attack which saw a number of high profile Twitter accounts hijacked for the purposes of spreading a cryptocurrency scam, as it is revealed a far-right politician had his private messages accessed. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. | Hack | ||
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2020-07-21 19:51:05 | Coinbase stopped scammers from stealing an extra $280,000 during Twitter hack (lien direct) | Maybe Coinbase should send Twitter an invoice, because it certainly sounds like their quick thinking helped prevent last week's hack from leaving a lot more Twitter users with empty wallets. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. | Hack | ||
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2020-07-16 21:53:43 | The Twitter hack: Why Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and others might have reason to be worried (lien direct) | The real worry of the Twitter hack is not the cryptocurrency scam that was spammed out, but that attackers might have accessed private messages sent and received by the rich and powerful. | Hack | ||
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2020-07-06 16:02:50 | Ex-Yahoo employee avoids jail, despite hacking 6000 accounts, and stealing nude photos and videos (lien direct) | A former employee of Yahoo has been sentenced and ordered to pay a fine after exploiting his privileged access to hack into the personal accounts of thousands of Yahoo users, in his hunt for naked photographs and videos of young women. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. | Hack | Yahoo | |
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2020-05-19 11:52:45 | EasyJet hack impacts nine million passengers (lien direct) | The personal details of nine million customers of budget airline EasyJet have been accessed by hackers in what the budget airline is describing as a “highly sophisticated attack.” | Hack | ||
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2020-05-13 23:01:05 | Smashing Security #178: Office pranks, meat dresses, and robocop dogs (lien direct) | Graham shares stories of email storms, Carole describes the steps being taken by firms as they try to coax employees back to the office, and special guest Lisa Forte details a hack that has impacted Lady Gaga and other celebrities. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast with computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault. | Hack | ||
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2020-03-04 12:26:32 | Police raid tech support scam centre who had their CCTV hacked by vigilantes (lien direct) | An indepth investigation by online vigilantes has exposed the activities of an Indian tech support scam centre. Extraordinarily, fraudsters had the tables turned on them as YouTuber Jim Browning was able to hack into the call centre and access recordings of scam phone calls and even watch live CCTV footage exposing the criminals at work. | Hack | Uber | |
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2020-03-04 11:47:24 | Cathay Pacific slammed for security failures following hack which exposed 9.4 million people worldwide (lien direct) | The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Cathay Pacific for “a number of basic security inadequacies” which resulted in hackers stealing the data of 9.4 million people worldwide – including 111,578 from the UK. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. | Hack | ||
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2020-02-11 15:52:00 | China denies it was behind the Equifax hack, as four men charged for data breach (lien direct) | China has denied that it was behind the hack of Equifax in 2017, which saw the personal data of hundreds of millions of individuals stolen – including the names, birth dates and social security numbers for nearly half of all American citizens. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. | Data Breach Hack | Equifax | |
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2020-02-04 11:21:23 | Man admits hacking Nintendo, leaking details of Switch games console (lien direct) | Despite a previous brush with the law, Ryan Hernandez went on to hack and hack again. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. | Hack | ||
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2020-02-03 14:07:58 | Did Everton sign Everton? Twitter hack blamed for soccer sign-up screwup (lien direct) | If Everton Football Club’s Twitter account was really hacked to say it was signing Everton Soares then it needs to look at hardening its defence. If the hack occurred at all, of course. | Hack | ||
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2020-01-31 15:16:33 | €13 million Maltese bank cyber-heist – six men arrested in UK (lien direct) | The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) have arrested a total of six men as part of an investigation into the hack of a Maltese bank in February 2019. | Hack | ||
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2020-01-14 14:38:59 | Boing Boing bounces back after hack attempted to infect users with fake Adobe Flash update (lien direct) | The extremely popular Boing Boing blog was hacked by an unknown party who planted malicious code into the site’s WordPress theme. If you fear your computer may have been compromised you may be wise to run an up-to-date anti-virus program. | Hack | ★★★★★ | |
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2020-01-10 11:18:39 | Just one month later, the Currys PC World/Dixons Travel hack would have cost them a heck of a lot more (lien direct) | DSG Retail, the parent company of Currys PC World and Dixons Travel, has been fined £500,000 for a hack which lasted from July 2017 to April 2018. But if the breach had lasted for just one month longer, they could have expected a much MUCH larger penalty. | Hack | ||
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2019-11-27 16:59:33 | Smashing Security #156: Better safe than Sony (lien direct) | In this 20 minute clip from a special bonus episode produced for our Patreon supporters, Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault discuss the 2014 hack of Sony Pictures – reportedly carried out by North Korea for the very oddest of reasons… | Hack | ||
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2019-10-31 22:20:11 | (Déjà vu) Men who were paid $100,000 by Uber to hush-up hack plead guilty to extortion scheme (lien direct) | Two hackers face up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to their involvement in a scheme which saw them attempt to extort money from Uber and LinkedIn in exchange for the deletion of stolen data. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. | Hack Guideline | Uber | |
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2019-09-30 13:22:54 | Hack strikes Words with Friends and Draw Something, amid claims 218 million players\' details breached (lien direct) | Players of the popular Words with Friends and Draw Something smartphone games are being advised to change their passwords following what sounds like a security breach at game developer Zynga. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. | Hack | ||
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2019-08-16 09:48:05 | European Central Bank confirms website hack and data breach (lien direct) | The European Central Bank (ECB), the central bank of the 19 European countries which have adopted the euro, has shut down a compromised website after it discovered that hackers had planted malware that stole information from newsletter subscribers. | Data Breach Malware Hack | ||
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2019-08-15 15:07:03 | “NULL” vanity plate hack to dodge parking tickets backfires to the tune of $12,000 (lien direct) | A US security researcher called Droogie thought he’d come up with the perfect wheeze to avoid being fined by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) – he bought a personalised license plate which we believed would mess with the DMV’s database. The name on Droogie’s vanity plate? “NULL” | Hack | ||
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2019-07-18 07:58:00 | Security researcher arrested after data on every adult in Bulgaria hacked from government site (lien direct) | Police in Bulgaria have arrested a 20-year-old man after a hack against the Bulgarian tax authority, known as the National Revenue Agency (NRA), which saw data on every single adult living in Bulgaria stolen, and offered to the media. | Hack | ||
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2019-07-17 23:25:02 | Smashing Security #137: Porn trolling lawyers, Insta hacking, and Ctrl-Alt-LED (lien direct) | Erection your honour! Lawyers find themselves behind bars after they make porn movies in an attempt to scam internet users, boffins in Israel detail a way to steal data from an air-gapped computer, and Instagram coughs up $30,000 after a researcher finds a simple way to hack into anybody’s account. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast. | Hack | ||
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2019-07-10 12:23:01 | Marriott faces £99.2 million fine after hack exposed 393 million hotel guest records (lien direct) | The UK's Information Commissioner’s Office (IOC) has announced its intention to fine the US hotel group Marriott International £99.2 million (US $123 million) for a data breach that exposed the personal details of hundreds of millions of guests. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. | Data Breach Hack | ||
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2019-06-25 07:04:01 | Two brothers arrested for Bitfinex hack and multi-year cryptocurrency phishing campaign (lien direct) | Computer crime authorities in Israel have arrested two brothers in connection with a phishing campaign that spread over multiple years and the 2016 hack of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. | Hack | ||
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2019-01-21 15:50:02 | Angry ex-employee blamed for hack of WordPress plugin developer, and email to customers warning of security hole (lien direct) |  Users of the popular WordPress translation plugin WPML (also known as WordPress MultiLingual) received an email from a hacker claiming to expose serious security vulnerabilities in the software that allegedly put the customers' own websites at risk.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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2019-01-15 14:10:02 | Huge prizes up for grabs for anyone who can hack a Tesla (lien direct) |  This year, for the first time ever, a popular car will be amongst the products hackers will be trying to exploit at the Pwn2Own contest.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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2019-01-04 16:04:02 | Town of Salem hack exposes details of 7.6 million gamers (lien direct) |  Just before Christmas, hackers managed to break into a database belonging to a popular online game and steal the details of over seven million players.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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2019-01-04 11:43:03 | German politicians suffer massive hack of personal details and private communications (lien direct) |  The private communications, emails, contact details, mobile phone numbers, memos, and financial information of hundreds of politicians have been published online.
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