To its fans, Venmo is a hassle-free P2P app that lets anyone living in the US send money to friends, split a restaurant bill, pay for a ride on Uber, or buy a hotel room. To the security conscious, it’s a privacy nightmare.
Monthly Archives: July 2018
Google hit with $5.1b fine in EU’s Android antitrust case
This could mean the end of free Android. In the meantime, Google plans to appeal.
Trends in malware – ransomware, cryptojacking, what next? [PODCAST]
Catch up with Day 3 of our Security SOS Week – here’s the third episode of our week-long online security summit.
Automated money-laundering scheme found in free-to-play games
The scammers automatically created iOS accounts with valid email accounts, then automatically used stolen cards to buy and resell stuff.
Could semantic icons replace passwords and PINs?
SemanticLock replaces passwords, PINs and patterns with a sequence of graphical icons which work semantically.
21-year-old spy tool developer faces prison
Luminosity RAT sold for as little as $39.99 and could spy, steal passwords, mine cryptocurrency, and launch DDoSes.
“Astoundingly stupid” Kodak (not really) Bitcoin miner bites the dust
Deemed a scam from its CES debut, Kodak says KashMiner was never licensed, and its promised payouts portrayed ignorance of how Bitcoin works.
Don’t take fright – get web security right [PODCAST]
Catch up with Day 2 of our Security SOS Week – here’s the second episode of our week-long online security summit.
How to spoof someone’s GPS navigation to send them the wrong way
Researchers have for the first time demonstrated that it’s possible to spoof turn-by-turn GPS road navigation to send users to specific wrong locations.
Welcome to the wonderful world of GDPR! Where next? [PODCAST]
Catch up with Day 1 of our Security SOS Week – here’s the first episode of our week-long online security summit.