Weekly roundup time Monday 18 April 2016 Blackhole gang shipping off to Russian penal colony “Drone” crashes into plane headed for Heathrow landing Google and Microsoft’s shortened URLs make it easy to spy on people Tuesday 19 April 2016 Blue Screen of Death meets cybercrime – true or false? Web host 123-reg accidentally slaughters customers’ […]

Get yourself up to date with everything in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time. Monday 15 February 2016 Are adblocker blockers really THAT bad? [Chet Chat Podcast 231] Selfie + money + Snapchat = robbed! Don’t flash your cash… Follower: the “creepiest social network” that follows you in real life Stung by stingrays: NYPD reveals […]

Get yourself up to date with everything in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time. Monday 1 February 2016 Adblocker blockers move to a whole new level Drone near misses on the up at UK and US airports Basic error can reveal hidden dark web sites Text message spammers busted in dark web market takedown get probation Can you […]

Get yourself up to date with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time. Monday 25 January 2016 “66% of Android devices” vulnerable to Linux zero-day bug … or not Critial XSS flaws in Magento leave ecommerce sites at risk Has your sleeping baby been indexed by this search engine? RSA Conference disables […]

January 2015 got off to a flying start when it was reported that personalised card company Moonpig’s Android app had a vulnerability that allowed attackers to access users’ accounts just by changing the customer ID number in an API request. Attackers could then place orders on other customer accounts, add or retrieve card information, view […]

Get yourself up to date with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time. Monday 14 December 2015 Exploit upgrade for Microsoft Word Intruder crimeware kit Twitter users targeted in possible state-sponsored attacks Advent tip #14: Beware of login links in emails! US State Dept. cyberstalker pleads guilty to sextortion Google extends Safe Browsing to […]

Get yourself up to date with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time. Monday 7 December 2015 The Internet of Things includes safety equipment vulnerable to a remote ‘attacker with low skill’ Has Mark Zuckerberg left Facebook? No, but a bug made it look that way Company told to […]