Spain's police force has announced that it has arrested a 20-year-old man who they claim managed to book luxury hotel rooms worth up to €1,000 a night for just one euro cent. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Could America turn off Europe's internet? That’s one of the questions that Graham and special guest James Ball will be exploring as they discuss tech sovereignty. Could Gmail, cloud services, and critical infrastructure really become geopolitical leverage? And is anyone actually building a Plan B? Plus we explore if Meta is quietly plotting to turn its smart glasses into face-recognising surveillance specs? With reports of internal memos suggesting they plan to launch controversial features while everyone’s distracted by political chaos, we ask: is this innovation really wanted by the public... or something far creepier? All of this, and much more, in episode 455 of the award-winning "Smashing Security" podcast with cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, joined this week by journalist and author James Ball.
Police in The Netherlands say they have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of hacking... after police officers accidentally sent him a link granting him access to their own confidential documents Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
To consolidate all of our security intelligence and news in one location, we have migrated Naked Security to the Sophos News platform. Categories: Naked Security
It took six months for notifications to start, and we still don't know exactly what went down... but here's our advice on what to do. Categories: Naked Security Tags: data breach, MDR, Mom's Meals, PurFoods, ransomre, Ransomware
Latest episode - listen now! Full transcript inside... Categories: Naked Security Tags: cybercrime, hacking, IoT, TP-LINK, WinRAR
Imagine if you clicked on a harmless-looking image, but an unknown application fired up instead... Categories: Naked Security
Cryptography isn't just about secrecy. You need to take care of authenticity (no imposters!) and integrity (no tampering!) as well. Categories: Naked Security Tags: cryptography, Tapo, TP-LINK
WYSIWYG is short for "what you see is what you get". Except when it isn't... Categories: Naked Security Tags: Airplane Mode, data leakage, iPhone, WYSIWYG
Celebrating the true crypto bros. Listen now (full transcript available). Categories: Naked Security Tags: cybercrime, hacking, scams
Apps on your iPhone must come from the App Store. Except when they don't... we explain what to look out for. Categories: Naked Security Tags: FBI, MDM, pig butchering, romance scam, SCAM, TestFlight
The rise of tap-to-pay and chip-and-PIN hasn't rid the world of ATM card skimming criminals... Categories: Naked Security Tags: atm, cybercrime, skimming
The site was running from 2014 and allegedly raked in more than $20m, which the DOJ is seeking to claw back... Categories: Naked Security Tags: bust, doj, Netwalker, Phishing, Ransomware
Latest episode - listen now! (Full transcript inside.) Categories: Naked Security Tags: bust, cryptocurrency, cybercrime, data leakage, hacking, surveillance
74 CVEs, and two "Exploitation Detected" advisories, which are nearly but not quite the same as 0-days. Also, two potential Teams treacheries that you really want to fix. Categories: Naked Security Tags: Patch Tuesday, vulnerability, Zero-day
Fast, quiet, smooth, consistent and low impact... why true hacker-grade touch-typing might keep you more secure. Categories: Naked Security Tags: audio, data leakage, serious security, surveillance
Sentences still to be decided, but she could get up to 10 years and he could get as many as 20. Categories: Naked Security Tags: Bitfinex, BTC, Crocodile, cryptoheist, doj, Lichtenstein, Morgan, Razzlekhan
Serious security stories explained clearly in plain English - listen now. (Full transcript available.) Categories: Naked Security Tags: BWAIN, data leakage, Firefox, SEC