Why motion sensors in the bedrooms, she wondered? Why the extra light and weird wiring on the router?
Monthly Archives: May 2019
Sextortion mail from yourself? It doesn’t mean you’ve been hacked…
Here’s a 30-second video you can show your friends and family if they freak out after receiving a scam email apparently from themselves…
Metal keys beat smart locks in NYC legal battle
A group of tenants in New York City have prevailed in a lawsuit against their landlord’s use of smart locks.
CSS tracking trick can monitor your mouse without JavaScript
A security researcher has demonstrated a new way to track mouse movements even if users block JavaScript.
DeepDotWeb seized, suspected admins arrested
The suspected admins of the DeepDotWeb site are alleged to have sent buyers to illegal markets in exchange for millions in kickbacks.
Chrome plans to save you from sites that mess with your back button
Has your back button ever mysteriously stopped working?
Latest Android security updates, and Google to fix patch delays for Pixel
Google’s May security update for Android is out – but will you be lucky enough to get it this week? If you own one of a Pixel device, then yes.
Malvertiser behind 100+ million bad ads indicted in the US
A Ukrainian and his gang allegedly smeared malvertising for 4.5 years and tried to rent out a botnet full of infected computers.
School lunch company exec arrested for skewering rival’s site
The Choicelunch CFO is accused of hacking student data out of The LunchMaster’s site and anonymously ratting it out for bad security.
Researchers’ Evil Clippy cloaks malicious Office macros
A team of security researchers has exploited Microsoft’s patchy macro documentation to hide malicious code inside innocent-looking macros.