Smashing Security #153: Cybercrime doesn’t pay (but Uber does)

The cybercrime lovebirds who hijacked Washington DC’s CCTV cameras in the run-up to Donald Trump’s inauguration, the truffle-snuffling bankers at the centre of an insider-trading scandal, and the hackers that Uber paid hush money to hide a security breach. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” […]

Mac users warned that disabling all Office macros doesn’t actually disable all Office macros

It’s been almost 25 years since macro malware first reared its head, and it would be nice to think that the defences Microsoft has built into its Office suite in the years since would do a half-decent job of stemming the threat. Unfortunately, it seems that’s not the case – at least not for users […]

Crime doesn’t pay? Crime doesn’t do secure coding, either: Akamai bug-hunters find hijack hole in bank phishing kit

Absolutely criminal behavior – unrestricted file upload, really? Exclusive  Phishing kits – used by miscreants to build webpages that steal victims’ personal information and money by masquerading as legit websites – harbor vulnerabilities that can be exploited by other miscreants to pilfer freshly stolen data.… The Register – Security

Nancy Pelosi’s Argument Against Impeachment Doesn’t Make Sense

Nancy Pelosi has made her position clear: She is not budging from her opposition to impeachment. The speaker of the House considers those who advocate for impeachment proceedings to be naive political extremists, folks who would help get Donald Trump reelected by insisting on a useless pose of ideological purity. Her leadership of the Democratic […]

There’s a reason why my cat doesn’t need two-factor authentication

A rinky tinky tinky The Register – Security

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