Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, someone will try and stuff a scam down your chimney either way. The FBI is…
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Hive Social pulls the plug on itself after security flaws found
You may well have changed your social media site of choice recently, but that doesn’t mean the security implications of less…
Gas, a positive social network for teens (no, really)
A new social network is currently in the news, billed as a positive space for teens to enjoy themselves. I’m all…
Man scammed IRL for a phone he sold online
If you’re looking to sell an item which you’ve advertised online, be on your guard. Even when everything looks to be…
Insecure password leads to Mangatoon data exposure
The hugely popular Manga comics platform Mangatoon has fallen victim to a data breach. No fewer than 23 million user accounts…
iPhone app exposed other people’s call recordings
Video and audio are huge privacy concerns for people. If something goes wrong with tech it can have major ramifications. You’re…
End of line: supporting IoT in the home
Trouble is potentially brewing in Internet of Things (IoT) land, even if the consequences may still be a little way off….
There’s an app for that: web skimmers found on PaaS Heroku
Criminals love to abuse legitimate services—especially platform-as-a-service (Paas) cloud providers—as they are a popular and reliable hosting commodity used to support…
Apple pulls Facebook enterprise certificate
It’s been an astonishing few days for Facebook. They’ve seen both an app and their enterprise certificate removed and revoked with…
Twitter app spams Fappening bait and Amazon surveys
With news of another so-called Fappening (nude photos of celebrities distributed without permission) doing the rounds, it was inevitable that scammers would…