Arion Kurtaj, a teenager from the UK, amassed a fortune through audacious cybercrimes. From stealing Grand Theft Auto 6 secrets to erasing Brazil's COVID vaccination data, his exploits were legendary. But his hacking spree took a bizarre turn when he was placed under police protection... in a Travelodge outside Oxford.Plus Bengal cat lovers in Australia should be on their guard, as your furry feline friends might be leading you into a dangerous trap., and there's yet more headaches for troubled 23andMe.All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Thom Langford.
A US $10 million reward is being offered to anyone who has information about four members of an Iranian hacking group.The US government's Rewards for Justice initiative is making the reward available for information about four men believed to be members of Shahid Hemmat, a hacking gang backed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber-Electronic Command (IRGC-CEC).Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Lawrence Gentilello, the co-founder and CEO of Optery talks about the growing scandal around breaches at data brokers that have exposed the sensitive data on hundreds of millions of Americans to cyber criminals and how firms like Optery are helping people fight back.
Chris Walcutt, the CSO at DirectDefense talks about the rapidly changing threat landscape that critical infrastructure owners and operators inhabit, and how savvy firms are managing OT cyber risks.
In this Spotlight Podcast, host Paul Roberts talks with Chris Walcutt, the CSO of DirectDefense about the rising cyber threats facing operational technology (OT) and how organizations that manage OT - including critical infrastructure owners can best manage increased cyber risks to OT environments.
Security researcher and IoT hacker Dennis Giese talks about his mission to liberate robot vacuums from the control of their manufacturers, letting owners tinker with their own devices and - importantly - control the data they collect about our most intimate surroundings.
I thought some of you might enjoy this. Here’s a video of a recent after-dinner talk I gave, exploring (in a hopefully fun way!) whether cybercriminals are quite as smart as we sometimes think they are. Are malicious hackers geniuses? Are they all evil? Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel if you would … Continue reading "Not all cybercriminals are evil geniuses"
In this Spotlight Security Ledger podcast, Chris Petersen, the CEO and founder of RADICL, talks about his company's mission to protect small and midsized businesses serving the defense industrial base, which are increasingly in the cross-hairs of sophisticated, nation-state actors.
In this episode of the podcast, host Paul Roberts speaks with Colin O'Flynn, CTO and founder of the firm NewAE about his work to patch shoddy software on his home's electric oven - and the bigger questions about owners rights to fix, tinker with or replace the software that powers their connected stuff.
