Every cloud has a silver lining. Even for Ashley Madison customers. OK, it’s a tiny silver lining, but the stolen passwords were hashed decently…
Monthly Archives: August 2015
This email scam targeting businesses is a billion-dollar problem, FBI warns
The FBI issued a warning last week about email scams that have cost businesses $1.2 billion in fraudulent wire transfers since 2013. “Nigerian Prince” scams these are not…
Google Chrome will block Flash from tomorrow…well, sort of
Adobe’s Flash will face a double setback on 1 September 2015, when both Amazon and Google shift into “HTML5 is way better for ads” mode.
Here’s a phish you might not spot – 60 Second Security
Our latest weekly security video – and it only takes a minute. Why not give it a try?
PayPal patches potential payment-stealing vulnerability
An XSS hole could apparently have allowed a crook to pop up a realistic PayPal “pay page” and steal the victim’s card data. Paul Ducklin takes a look…
National Crime Agency snares teens who used Lizard Squad DDoS tool
The NCA says it wants to reform the teens caught up in its operation targeting users of LizardStresser, an online tool for attacking websites. Is a stern talking-to enough? Or should they face jail time?
Facebook set to clamp down on video piracy
Videos on Facebook largely belong to other people but that’s set to change as the company develops new tools and procedures to quickly identify and remove infringing content.
Dark Web market Agora suspends operations due to Tor vulnerability
The temporary move is meant to forestall potential attacks that could expose server IP addresses.
Man arrested after posting Facebook videos of him tampering with traffic cameras
It involves a long pole and a couple of balls. And yes, you can take that multiple ways.
How a crook could have taken over your Facebook pages
A Facebook bug hunter just found a hole through which crooks could take over your personal Facebook pages. Facebook fixed it PDQ…