Popular NFT marketplace OpenSea has warned users that they might be targeted with phishing attacks following a data breach that exposed the email addresses of its users and newsletter subscribers.
Author: Graham Cluley
A new version of the LockBit ransomware offers a bug bounty, women uninstall period-tracking apps in fear of how their data might be used against them, and Microsoft's facial recognition tech no longer wants to know how you're feeling.
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 Thom Langford from The Host Unknown podcast.
Plus don't miss our featured interview with Bitwarden founder and CTO Kyle Spearrin.
The FBI has warned that, in an attempt to gain access to sensitive data at organisations, crooks are using deepfake video when applying for remote working-at-home jobs.
Carnival Cruises, the world's largest travel leisure firm which operates over 100 ships for millions of vacationing customers, has been fined a total of $6.25 million following a series of security mishaps.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
A Japanese worker, after a drunken night out, lost a flash drive containing the personal information of every single one of his city's residents.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Amazon has demonstrated an experimental feature that demonstrates how a child can choose to have a bedside story read to him by his Alexa... using his dead grandmother's voice.
The UK's National Health Service has warned the public about a spate of fake messages, sent out as SMS text messages, fraudulently telling recipients that they have been exposed to the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Internet-connected jacuzzis find themselves in hot water, and a Google engineer claims that their AI has developed feelings.
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.
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has warned the public about a spate of fake messages, sent out as SMS text messages, fraudulently telling recipients that they have been exposed to the Omicron variant of COVID-19. In a tweet, the NHS said that it had seen reports of text messages that claimed to come from […]… Read More
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The Strava fitness-tracking app is being used to spy upon members of the Israeli military, tracking their movements at secret bases across the country and potentially even help observe their activities when they travel overseas.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.