A developer says he’s found a way to harvest users’ personal data from Facebook. Facebook is shrugging, given that it’s all public anyway. You might want to check your privacy settings though …
Monthly Archives: August 2015
Google, Facebook and Twitter join forces to combat child abuse imagery
Google, Facebook and Twitter have joined forces with the Internet Watch Foundation in a bid to remove potentially millions of child sexual abuse imagery from the web.
Google profits from YouTube RAT infestation, says consumer group
YouTube has thousands of videos on stealing images and spreading malware, along with examples of stolen streams from “slave” devices.
Is Stagefright over yet? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly 1-minute security video – enjoy.
Firefox zero-day hole used against Windows and Linux to steal passwords
Poisoned ads have been helping to siphon off passwords from Windows and Linux computers in an attack apparently aimed at developers.
Facebook tax refund scam earns Arizona woman 6 years in jail
An Arizona woman has been sent to jail for six years for masterminding a tax rebate scam which used Facebook to find and target unemployed people for identity theft.
Officials blame Russia for Pentagon Joint Chiefs of Staff email hack
Russia has been blamed for launching a “sophisticated cyberattack” against the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff unclassified email system.
Law enforcement is learning to navigate the Dark Web
Police from 11 countries got to role-play as vendors, buyers and admins on a virtual Darknet, replete with illicit marketplaces and cryptocurrencies.
SSCC 210.5 – Live at BlackHat USA 2015 [PODCAST]
We went to Vegas so you didn’t have to… Paul Ducklin catches up with Chester Wisniewski on the Sophos booth at Black Hat USA 2015.
Stagefrightened Google, Samsung to push out monthly Android fixes
The aptly named Stagefright vulnerability scared them into action. Let’s hope that fear shakes up all the vendors and carriers so the fixes get to us ASAP.