All Google accounts could end up compromised by a clever replay attack on Gmail users that abuses Google infrastructure.
Month: April 2025
A week in security (April 12 – April 18)
A list of topics we covered in the week of April 12 to April 18 of 2025
Did DOGE “breach” Americans’ data? (Lock and Code S06E08)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Sydney Saubestre about DOGE and its access to Americans’ data.
Text scams grow to steal hundreds of millions of dollars
Text scams come in many forms and are an ever increasing threat doing an awful lot of financial, and other, damage
Apple patches security vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS. Update now!
Apple has released a security update for iOS and iPadOS to patch two zero-day vulnerabilities which are reported to already have been exploited…
Hi, robot: Half of all internet traffic now automated
Bots now account for half of all internet traffic, according to a new study that shows how non-human activity has grown online.
“I sent you an email from your email account,” sextortion scam claims
A new variant of the hello pervert emails claims that the target’s system is infected with njRAT and spoofs the victims email address
“Follow me” to this fake crypto exchange to claim $500
Follow me for lucky prizes scams are old fake crypto exchange scams in a new jacket and on a different platform
Hertz data breach caused by CL0P ransomware attack on vendor
Car rental giant Hertz data suffered a data breach caused by a CL0P ransomware attack on file sharing vendor Cleo
Meta slurps up EU user data for AI training
Meta users in Europe will have their public posts swept up and ingested for AI training, the company announced this week.