Crave that Instagram verified badge? Don’t fall for this login-stealing scam

It's yet another way to trick Instagram users out of their login credentials. Don't fall for it, lest your account be hijacked!

Monday review – the hot 21 stories of the week

From the controversial DeepNude app to the Molotov-cocktail-throwing hacker who dropped his USB stick - and everything in between.

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OSX/CrescentCore: Mac malware designed to evade antivirus

Meet OSX/CrescentCore, the next generation of fake Flash Player malware—now redesigned to evade antivirus detection. Hot on the heels of Intego's discovery of OSX/Linker and being the first to detect OSX/NewTab, the Intego team has discovered in the…

$50 DeepNude app undresses women with a single click

"I'm not a voyeur, I'm a technology enthusiast,” says the creator, who combined deepfake AI with a need for cash to get ka-CHING!

Mozilla’s bizarre robo-surfer project demonstrates ad snooping

In an effort to show you how advertisers snoop on your surfing activity, Mozilla is offering you the chance to pretend that you're someone else.

Google Maps shortcut turns into 100-car mud pie in farmer’s field

Trying to save 20 minutes, 100 drivers took a Google Maps shortcut... into a field, where the mud-stuck cars then caused a 2-hour delay.

Cryptocurrency phish dials back the fear, cranks up the politeness

Spammers and scammers are getting better at spelling and grammar - so make sure you aren't relying on language alone to spot phishes...

Checklist 143: Whole Lotta Listenin’ Goin’ ON

On this week’s episode: Samsung takes heat for advising SmartTV security, La Liga: Revisited, and An app hears taps and guesses passwords. The post Checklist 143: Whole Lotta Listenin’ Goin’ ON appeared first on SecureMac.

Tesla 3 navigation system fooled with GPS spoofing

Cybersecurity researchers have fooled the Tesla Model 3's automatic navigation system into rapidly braking and taking a wrong turn on the highway.

YouTube’s antics with kids’ data prompts call for FTC to force change

Sen. Markey and 2 consumer groups said the Google-owned service must comply with COPPA and should be held accountable for not doing so.

FTC crackdown targets operators behind 1 billion robocalls

It's a drop in the “4.7 billion robocalls placed per month” bucket, but hey, it's better than nothing!

Are heart electrocardiograms the next big thing in biometrics?

After fingers, the iris of the eye, ears and even lips, it was probably inevitable that someone would propose the human heart might be the next big thing in biometric security.

Hacker threw Molotov cocktail, dropped USB drive of his DDoS deeds

Those things drop out of pockets at the worst times. Like, say, when you're hurling a bomb at a brick-and-mortar that you've also DDoSed.

Social engineering forum hacked, user data dumped on rival site

Social Engineered, dedicated to the “Art of Human Hacking,” was gutted, with 55,121 users' details leaked on the same day as the hack.

VLC media player gets biggest security update ever

Maintainers of the world’s most popular open source media player, VLC, has issued the biggest single set of security fixes in the program’s history.

Google creates educational tools to help kids spot fake news

Google has expanded its internet safety guide for children with techniques and games to help them be more info-literate online.

Serious Security: Rambleed attacks blunted – the OpenSSH way

Here's a way to keep secrets safe in memory, even in a world of hardware-level leakage due to tricks like Rambleed, Spectre and more.

WeTransfer sends user file links to wrong people

Popular file transfer service WeTransfer faces embarrassment this week after admitting that it had mailed file links to the wrong users.

Presidential text alerts are open to spoofing attacks, warn researchers

Researchers have shown that it’s technically possible for hackers to target the US Presidential text Alerts system to send fake messages.

Government agencies still send sensitive files via hackable .zips

Senator Ron Wyden has written to NIST asking for guidance and training for government staff in how to share files securely.