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SIM card in bird’s GPS tracker used to rack up $2,700 phone bill
Researchers assumed the bird was dead when its GPS signal stopped moving. A few weeks later the team received a giant phone bill.
OMG! I just received someone else’s security camera footage!
The opposite of serendipity – a security camera service sent video alerts to the wrong user… who just happened to be a BBC journalist.
Why Bitcoin’s about to give up one of its closely guarded secrets
Roll up, roll up, the Bitcoin Core developers are finally set to reveal the cryptocurrency’s alert key.
Money-eating cash machine RAT gobbles $17,500
RAT may be short for Remote Access Trojan, but the word also refers to a well-known type of rodent…
Domain transfer #FAIL – man gets 20 years for gunpoint domain hijack
The owner of doitforstate.com was shot in the leg before shooting his assailant in the chest.
Microsoft faces wrath of developers after GitHub acquisition
Microsoft’s come a long way in the past 10 years, since former chief Steve Ballmer called open-source a malignant cancer.
Apple’s iOS 11.4 security update arrives in an iCloud of silence
We updated to iOS 11.4, because that’s our habit – but Apple still isn’t saying what was fixed yet. How we wish Apple wouldn’t do that!
Please vote for Naked Security at the European Blogger Awards 2018!
We’ve been nominated in 8 categories at the European Blogger Awards 2018… but we need your help to win!
DrayTek router user? Patch now to keep the crooks out…
DrayTek has announced a security hole in its Vigor range of routers.