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The “Cloud Snooper” malware that sneaks into your Linux servers

Fascinating research from SophosLabs into a wolf-in-sheep's-clothing malware sample.

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Smart speakers mistakenly eavesdrop up to 19 times a day

That smart home speaker isn't listening to everything you say, according to new research - but it is listening a lot more than it should.

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Google denies illegally slurping data off free student Chromebooks

Nonsense! says Google in response to a lawsuit filed by New Mexico's AG, which accuses Google of violating COPPA's child privacy laws.

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KidsGuard stalkerware leaks data on secretly surveilled victims

The company left a server open and unprotected, regurgitating private data slurped from thousands of surveilled people, including children.

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Google purges 600 Android apps for “disruptive” pop-up ads

These apps plunk ads in front of us when we're trying to do something else, often leading to inadvertent ad clicks and much cursing.

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Apple chops Safari’s TLS certificate validity down to one year

From 1 September 2020, Safari will no longer trust SSL/TLS certificates with more than a year on the clock.

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Monday review – the hot 25 stories of the week

From malware attacks to malicious browser extensions - and everything in between. It's your weekly security roundup.

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The Amazon Prime phishing attack that wasn’t…

When we followed the phishing trail, we found ourselves at a web page we weren't expecting...

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S2 Ep27: Bluetooth holes, dodgy Chrome extensions and forgotten passwords – Naked Security Podcast

New episode - listen now!

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Is Mac malware really outpacing Windows malware?

Earlier this month, security researchers at Malwarebytes released a bombshell report which claimed that Mac malware threats were outpacing Windows threats for the first time ever. The report analyzed data taken from a variety of sources, including t…

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Larry Tesler, of copy-and-paste fame, dies at 74

Larry Tesler, the computing pioneer who insisted that user interfaces should be both comfortable *and* consistent, has died aged 74.

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US and UK call out Russian hackers for Georgia attacks

The US and UK governments have both accused Russia of launching a cyber attack against the Georgian government last year.

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Data of 10.6m MGM hotel guests posted for sale on Dark Web forum

The data dump apparently included PII for Justin Bieber and Jack Dorsey.

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Adobe fixes critical flaws in Media Encoder and After Effects

After fixing a pile of critical security flaws as part of last week’s Patch Tuesday, Adobe has raised two more needing urgent attention.

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Washington state Senate passes bill to rein in facial recognition

The bill now goes to the House, which has a stiffer competing bill pending that would call for a 3.5 year moratorium.

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ISS World “malware attack” leaves employees offline

A global facilities company with half-a-million staff has shuttered most of its IT systems after a malware attack.

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Ransomware attack forces 2-day shutdown of natural gas pipeline

The attacker(s) infected both IT and operational networks with an unspecified ransomware strain, though the facility never lost control.

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Nearly half of hospital Windows systems still vulnerable to RDP bugs

Almost half of connected hospital devices are still exposed to the wormable BlueKeep Windows flaw nearly a year after it was announced, according to a report released this week.

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Firefox 73.0.1 fixes crashes, blank web pages and DRM niggles

Firefox version 73 has only been out for a week but already Mozilla has had to update it to v73.0.1 to fix a range of browser problems.

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Ring makes 2FA mandatory to keep hackers out of your doorbell account

Amazon is following Google's lead by forcing all users to use two-factor authentication when logging into their Ring accounts.

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7 Cybersecurity Tips for E-Filing Taxes in 2020

With the April 15 tax filing deadline just weeks away, millions of U.S. taxpayers are getting ready to electronically file their tax returns. But electronic data transfer carries risks... The post 7 Cybersecurity Tips for E-Filing Taxes in 2020 appe…

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