They’re putting up fake accounts to bilk the tender-hearted for donations, using the images of a real 5-year-old with real cerebral palsey.
Monthly Archives: January 2019
Japanese government will try to hack its citizens’ IOT devices
Japan will hack citizens’ IoT devices to mop up cyber security before the Olympics. Don’t like the notion? Here’s how to lock ’em down!
Facebook to tie together WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger
Should we cheer for WhatsApp-esque, end-to-end encryption everywhere, or tremble at creeping Facebookism?
Apple scrambles to fix FaceTime eavesdropping bug
Apple is scrambling to fix an embarrassingly dangerous “snooping” bug in its popular FaceTime app.
Thieves’ names and descriptions made public on B&Q database
DIY giant B&Q reportedly suffered an Elasticsearch database breach this week that gave up information on around 70,000 shoplifters.
Credential-stuffing attack prompts Dailymotion password reset
Dailymotion is resetting the account passwords of an unknown number of users after being hit by a “large-scale” credential stuffing attack.
How my Instagram account got hacked
After years of embarrassment, I’m finally ready to admit how and why my Instagram account got hacked.
How to protect yourself this Data Privacy Day
Today is Data Privacy Day. We asked around at Sophos for some tips from people that live security day in and day out.
BGP secure routing experiment ends in online row
An experiment to make the internet safer ended up breaking parts of it last week.
Twitter scammers jump in on real-time complaints to companies
”Hi there,” said the polite (and fake) help desk, leading to a back-and-forth between a lying scammer and a lying security analyst.