FrowningSteve3 days agoDo Not Click If You See This Message On Your PC—It’s An AttackForbes - Zak DoffmanThere’s a new type of attack targeting Windows PCs. Such is its power and increasing popularity that a new report warns it’s even being picked up by nation state hackers in Russia, Iran and North Korea. But while those threat groups experiment with the technique, its main use is still with the …
FrowningSteve4 days agoGoogle Confirms Gmail Warning—3 Billion Users Must Now ActForbes - Zak DoffmanUpdate: Republished on April 20 with new 2FA attack on Google’s infrastructure.. Here we go again. Google has confirmed another attack on Gmail users that combines inherent vulnerabilities in the platform with devious social engineering. The net result is a flurry of headlines and viral social media …
FrowningSteveiOS 18.4.1—Apple Issues Update Now Warning To All iPhone UsersForbes - Kate O'FlahertyUpdate Apr. 17: This article, originally published on Apr. 16, has been updated to include details of the type of attacks used to target iPhone users, more expert analysis, and other updates issued alongside iOS 18.4.1. Apple has released iOS 18.4.1 and it comes with a warning to update your iPhone …
FrowningSteveNew Gmail And Microsoft 2FA Security WarningForbes - Davey WinderUpdate, April 15, 2025: This story, originally published April 13, has now been updated with details of how real-time email validation helps attackers, along with further information from Trustwave detailing how attackers obfuscate their 2FA bypass phishing threats. I’m sorry to have to tell you …
FrowningSteve'You can see the name, date and the balance': Scammers are selling Social Security accounts on the dark web, researcher says — here's what you can do to protect your benefit checksMoneywise - Danielle AntoszGeorgia State University professor David Maimon, head of the school's evidence-based cybersecurity research group, says he's found Social Security …
FrowningSteveSignalgate—NSA Says Change Smartphone Message SettingsForbes - Zak DoffmanUpdate: Republished on March 31 with a new report into the dangers of secure messaging in the workplace and a twist on WhatsApp versus Signal. The secure messaging apps on your phone are dangerous. Not because their own security measures are vulnerable to attack — although that does happen, but …
