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Sex and the City author hacked, draft of new book is leaked online
Candace Bushnell has her Twitter hacked, and her email, and a draft version of her upcoming book leaked onto the net.
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Snapchat images that have “disappeared forever” stay right on your phone…
Snapchat claims to let you share even "ugly selfies" because once they're viewed they "disappear forever." US-based computer forensics geek Richard Hickman thought he'd find out how true that claim was...
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Subway multimillion-dollar hack ringleader pleads guilty
Adrian-Tiberiu Oprea, a Romanian national and the alleged ringleader of the gang responsible for a multimillion-dollar hack of the Subway fast-food chain, has pleaded guilty.
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Seriously, this is how the Syrian Electronic Army hacked The Onion
Satirical news publication The Onion has gone into detail about how hackers managed to steal its passwords, access its internal emails, and hijack its Twitter account.
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“Casher crew” from global $45m cyberheist busted in New York – 1 dead, 7 face...
When you think of cybercrime, you probably imagine a hacker sitting far from his victims, breaking in digitally from a distance. But when it comes to cashing out the proceeds of your crime, it's a...
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An unholy alliance - Fake Anti-Virus, meet Bogus Support Call!
What happens when a scammer decides to marry fake anti-virus and bogus support calls? Paul Ducklin has a bit of a weekend chuckle at the result...
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May Patch Tuesday coming up - Microsoft still not sure if latest 0-day fix...
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for May 2013 will be published in the coming week. Paul Ducklin points out what to prepare for...
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Sony hacking suspect smashes computers to get out of prosecution
The Columbus, Ohio man has been sentenced to one year of house arrest for stymying an FBI investigation into the 2011 hacks, which saw millions of online players' data breached.
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Phishers waste woman's £1m life savings on cheeseburgers, champagne and gold
Crooks who swindled a woman out of her £1 million ($1.5 million) life savings, and blew their ill-gotten gains on cheeseburgers, gold and computers, are now facing jail time.
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Is your laptop still unencrypted? Perhaps 7 seconds of CCTV might change your...
Here's a video that might make you think twice about taking your laptop out into the world unencrypted. This is "data theft" in the most literal sense...
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Doctor Who episode leaks out early: exterminate spoilers!
The BBC America shop accidentally shipped an episode of Doctor Who to thousands of US fans before it was broadcast on television. Even as you read this, battles are being waged against spoiler hackers,...
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'Food porn' Instagram photo of fancy steak/mac and cheese dinner leads IRS to...
Identity thieves can't help but brag about all the food they consume with the money they're stealing... Too bad their smarts aren't as big as their appetite.
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Outbreak! Fake Amazon UK emails spammed out, delivering malware
Although there has been increased talk recently on drive-by-downloads and compromised websites being used to deliver malware, it's worth remembering that email-based malware is far from dead.
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Bloomberg accused of "snooping" on customers for journalistic gain
A brouhaha is brewing after claims late last week that financial media giant Bloomberg had been using its proprietary data terminals to snoop on its customers. Intriguingly, the Bloomberg fuss is as...
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"Colin was here" - Sky News Twitter not hacked as a "disaster recovery" test...
The Sky Newsbreak Twitter account appears to have been hacked, or at least hijacked, earlier today. But who *is* Colin?
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May Patch Tuesday critical for users of Internet Explorer and web-based services
Microsoft has just released its monthly updates for May 2013. The zero-day IE flaw used on the Dept of Labor website was fixed, as well as an IE 10 hole used at PWN2OWN. Critical fixes for Adobe...
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Mozilla pushes out new Firefox and Thunderbird: 8 security advisories, 3...
Not to be outdone by Microsoft and Adobe's Patch Tuesday releases, Mozilla pushed out its latest browser and email client updates today. There are no bated-breath patches for in-the-wild exploits, but...
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US DOJ secretly swiped Associated Press phone records
The AP reports that records for two months of calls to 20 lines were seized, including a phone line straight into the heart of the House of Representatives. Congress, to its credit, is not amused.
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And the winner of the World War Two steganography competition is...
Last week, we ran a competition around a steganographic code that was used by the British during the Second Word War. Take a secret military message, and wrap it up into a believable "letter home"......
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Naked Security discusses cybercrime on BBC Radio 5 Live's "Outriders" show...
Ever wondered how cybercriminals turn electronic trickery into cold, hard cash? What sort of person gets drawn into this sort of crime? Who bears the cost? And how do the cops arrest the perpetrators...
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