Easter Eggs aren’t always a tasty chocolate surprise left by a rabbit* – Rather, they are hidden items left by creators, artists, and craftsmen for others to (hopefully) find and get enjoy...
Yesterday I posted about the seizure and take down of the Genesis Market website. As this was quite early in the day when I uploaded my post, a number of reports surfaced throughout the day, which I&#...
The FBI, working with multiple other law enforcement agencies have have seized and closed down a website which acted as a place for individuals to buy and sell data that would let them impersonate leg...
SIM swapping is a process whereby scammers convince mobile phone operators that they are you and that you want to move your number to a new device. Also known as a port-out scam, SIM splitti...
Ever keen to earn a quid buck from a situation, cyber criminals are now starting to use the spectre of ransomware attacks in an attempt to extort monies with fake ransom requests. Midnight cowboys The...
A new malware strain is targeting Android devices, and is capable of complete account takeover. Branded Nexus, the malware is a banking app trojan and has been available to threat actors since the mid...
A few days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (24/02/22), thousands of secret files were leaked to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. The files were form a Russian company called NTC...
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the design of the IEEE802.11 standard – This is the standard from which Wi-Fi is based. In a paper released on Monday, the researcher...
Continuing the mini-series of posts about online security, In this installment, I’ll discuss the use of HTMLv5 for tracking purposes. As always, before I explain how you can be tracked with this...
In my last post, I talked about the use of cookies by companies when they want to track our online browsing activities. Well, cookies are just one of a number of technologies used by companies to get ...