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Beware bogus Betas – cryptocoin scammers abuse Apple’s TestFlight system

By Paul Ducklin — March 16th 2022 at 15:49
"Install this moneymaking app" - this one is so special that it isn't available on Google Play or the App Store!

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Happy #PiDay – even if you aren’t in North America!

By Paul Ducklin — March 14th 2022 at 23:59
There is a cybersecurity angle here - but you will need to read right to the end to find it :-)

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Cryptocoin ATMs ruled illegal – “Shut down at once”, says regulator

By Paul Ducklin — March 14th 2022 at 17:51
If you live in the UK and hadn't yet heard of cryptocoin ATMs... it's too late now!

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S3 Ep70: Bitcoin, billing blunders, and 0-day after 0-day after 0-day [Podcast + Transcript]

By Paul Ducklin — February 17th 2022 at 17:12
Latest episode - listen and learn!

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Apple zero-day drama for Macs, iPhones and iPads – patch now!

By Paul Ducklin — February 11th 2022 at 14:25
Sudden update! Zero-day browser hole! Drive-by malware danger! Patch Apple laptops and phones now...

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Self-styled “Crocodile of Wall Street” arrested with husband over Bitcoin megaheist

By Naked Security writer — February 9th 2022 at 14:44
The cops say they've recovered 80% of a $72 million cryptocoin heist... but the recovered funds alone are now worth over $4 billion!

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Wormhole cryptotrading company turns over $340,000,000 to criminals

By Paul Ducklin — February 4th 2022 at 17:38
It was the best of blockchains, it was the worst of blockchains... as Charles Dickens might have said.

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Coronavirus SMS scam offers home PCR testing devices – don’t fall for it!

By Paul Ducklin — January 28th 2022 at 23:58
Free home PCR devices would be technological marvels, and really useful, too. But there aren't any...

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Apple fixes Safari data leak (and patches a zero-day!) – update now

By Paul Ducklin — January 27th 2022 at 21:09
That infamous "supercookie" bug in Safari has now been fixed. Oh, and there was a zero-day kernel hole as well.

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Cryptocoin broker Crypto.com says 2FA bypass led to $35m theft

By Paul Ducklin — January 21st 2022 at 16:25
The company has put out a brief security report that summarises the 'what', but not yet the 'how' or 'why'.

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JavaScript developer destroys own projects in supply chain “lesson”

By Paul Ducklin — January 11th 2022 at 00:54
Two popular open source JavaScript packages recently got "hacked" in a symbolic gesture by the original project creator.

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Plundered bitcoins recovered by FBI – all 3,879-and-one-sixth of them!

By Paul Ducklin — December 22nd 2021 at 17:57
Phew! An audacious crime... that didn't work out.

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S3 Ep63: Log4Shell (what else?) and Apple kernel bugs [Podcast+Transcript]

By Paul Ducklin — December 16th 2021 at 17:41
Latest episode - listen now! (Yes, there are plenty of critical things to go along with Log4Shell.)

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Apple security updates are out – and not a Log4Shell mention in sight

By Paul Ducklin — December 14th 2021 at 12:55
Get 'em while they're hot!

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Cryptocurrency startup fails to subtract before adding, loses $31m

By Paul Ducklin — December 6th 2021 at 19:50
Think of a number, any number. Take away 42. Add 42 back in. Then pretend you didn't take away 42. How much is left?

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Clearview AI face-matching service set to be fined over $20m

By Paul Ducklin — November 30th 2021 at 19:13
Scraping data for a facial recognition service? "That's unlawful", concluded both the British and the Australians.

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S3 Ep60: Exchange exploit, GoDaddy breach and cookies made public [Podcast]

By Paul Ducklin — November 25th 2021 at 12:38
Latest episode - listen now! Solid cybersecurity advice in plain English.

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Github cookie leakage – thousands of Firefox cookie files uploaded by mistake

By Paul Ducklin — November 18th 2021 at 22:20
Be aware before you share! That's a good rule for developers and techies, just as much as it is for social media addicts.

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S3 Ep58: Faces on Facebook, scams that pose as complaints, and a Kaseya bust [Podcast]

By Paul Ducklin — November 11th 2021 at 17:41
Latest epsiode - listen now!

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Facebook to throw out face recognition, delete all template data

By Paul Ducklin — November 3rd 2021 at 19:31
Publicity stunt? Or privacy progress?

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“To the moon!” Cryptocurrency hamster Mr Goxx trades online 24/7

By Paul Ducklin — October 20th 2021 at 18:07
Here's a happy cryptocurrency story for once, with not a cybercrook in sight.

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LANtenna hack spies on your data from across the room! (Sort of)

By Paul Ducklin — October 15th 2021 at 18:58
Are your network cables acting as undercover wireless transmitters? What can you do if they are?

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