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Hijacked Nest cam broadcasts bogus warning about incoming missiles

A hacked Nest camera broadcast the fake warning about incoming North Korean missiles, sending a family into “five minutes of sheer terror.”

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Rogue websites can turn vulnerable browser extensions into back doors

A researcher has found that websites can use some extensions to bypass security policies, execute code, and even install other extensions.

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Bicycle-riding hitman convicted with Garmin GPS watch location data

Location data extracted from the athletic hitman's Garmin GPS watch and TomTom sat nav led to his conviction in two gangland murders.

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WhatsApp fights the spread of deadly fake news with recipient limit

WhatsApp has capped the number of people you can forward messages to, after India was seized by rumour-inspired mob lynchings.

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Is the Ten Year Challenge a Facebook scam???

Get a grip.

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Twitter bug exposed some Android private tweets to public view

The latest privacy glitch, which went unnoticed for over four years, may trigger yet another EU privacy probe.

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Attackers used a LinkedIn job ad and Skype call to breach bank’s defences

A Chilean Senator has taken to Twitter with alarming news – the company running the country’s ATM network suffered a serious cyberattack.

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State agency exposes 3TB of data, including FBI info and remote logins

Oklahoma’s Department of Securities (ODS) exposed 3TB of files in plain text containing sensitive data on the public internet this month.

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Tim Cook demands a way for users to delete their personal data

The Apple CEO wants the FTC to set up a data-broker clearinghouse so people can see the data that companies have collected on them.

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Monday review – the hot 23 stories of the week

From WhatsApps that aren't meant for you to the highly promising USB-C authentication, and everything in between. It's weekly roundup time.

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Serious Security: What 2000 years of cryptography can teach us

Here's a fascinating history of cryptography that has plenty to teach you - and you don't need a degree in mathematics to follow along!

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Vast data-berg washes up 1.16 billion pwned records

Have I Been Pwned? (HIBP) has revealed a huge cache of breached email addresses and passwords, which it has named Collection #1.

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Google cracks down on access to your Android phone and SMS data

Android apps that want access to your call and SMS data now have to pass muster with Google's team of reviewers.

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Did you know you can see the ad boxes Facebook sorts us into?

...or that they can edit the (often inaccurate) pigeon-holes Facebook likes to put us in, a study found.

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Ep. 015 – USB anti-hacking, bypassing 2FA and government insecurity [PODCAST]

Here's the latest Naked Security podcast - enjoy!

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YouTube bans dangerous and harmful pranks and challenges

The platform can't keep us from driving while blindfolded, but at least it can remove videos that glorify our more brainless moments.

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Apple Pattern of Life Lazy Output’er (APOLLO) Updates & 40 New Modules (Location, Chat, Calls, Apple Pay Transactions, Wallet Passes, Safari & Health Workouts)

I started filling in the gaps to missing APOLLO modules. While doing this I realized there was some capability that was missing with the current script that had to be updated. As far as script updates go the following was done:Support for multiple d…

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Microsoft font gives away forgery in bankruptcy case

In a case that could be straight out of a legal TV drama, a computing font has cost a couple two houses in a Canadian bankruptcy case.

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Email crooks swindle woman out of $150K from home sale

She sent her bank account details three times, she said. Unfortunately, they wound up in crooks' hands, and her money wound up in their pockets.

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Microsoft font gives away forgery in bankruptcy case

In a case that could be straight out of a legal TV drama, a computing font has cost a couple two houses in a Canadian bankruptcy case.

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Change your password! VoIP provider leaves huge database exposed online

A researcher has discovered an exposed database containing gigabytes of call logs, SMS data, and internal system credentials belonging to US Voice-over-IP (VoIP) service provider VOIPo.com.

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