IoT Device Attacks, FCC Fines Mobile Carriers, Let’s Encrypt Certificate Bug

In episode 111 for March 9th 2020: A new report shows that attacks on Internet of Things devices are on the rise, the FCC fines major mobile carriers for selling users’ location ...
T-Mobile Suffers a Data Breach, Again

T-Mobile Suffers a Data Breach, Again

T-Mobile has begun notifying customers of a security breach that might affect an undetermined number of them, possibly revealing their names and addresses, phone numbers, account numbers, rate plans and features, and ...
T-Mobile Says Security Incident Might Have Exposed Customers’ Data

T-Mobile Says Security Incident Might Have Exposed Customers’ Data

Mobile telecommunications company T-Mobile disclosed a data security incident that might have exposed the account information of some of its customers. T-Mobile’s Cybersecurity team learned of the incident when it discovered an ...

Cyber Security Roundup for November 2019

In recent years political motivated cyber-attacks during elections has become an expected norm, so it was no real surprise when the Labour Party reported it was hit with two DDoS cyber-attacks in ...
T-Mobile Says Security Incident Might Have Affected Some Customer Data

T-Mobile Says Security Incident Might Have Affected Some Customer Data

Wireless network operator T-Mobile revealed that a security incident might have exposed the personal information of some of its customers. In a statement posted on its website, T-Mobile said that its security ...
Learning from the Big Data Breaches of 2018

Learning from the Big Data Breaches of 2018

Guest article by Cybersecurity ProfessionalsWhat can we learn from the major data breaches of 2018?2018 was a major year for cybersecurity. With the introduction of GDPR, the public’s awareness of their cyber ...
Thousand Talents Program

Huawei Indicted, China Claims Foul

There’s no doubt Huawei is in crisis management mode, as the company continues to get pummeled by the United States and others. In January, we have seen two of Huawei’s subsidiaries charged ...
Security Boulevard

US Government Shutdown, Privacy at CES 2019, Mobile Location Data Controversy – WB51

Watch this episode on our YouTube Channel! This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for January 14th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: The US government shutdown and ...
Bug Bounty Hunter Ran ISP Doxing Service

Bug Bounty Hunter Ran ISP Doxing Service

A Connecticut man who's earned "bug bounty" rewards and public recognition from top telecom companies for finding and reporting security holes in their Web sites secretly operated a service that leveraged these ...
Busting SIM Swappers and SIM Swap Myths

Busting SIM Swappers and SIM Swap Myths

KrebsOnSecurity recently had a chance to interview members of the REACT Task Force, a team of law enforcement officers and prosecutors based in Santa Clara, Calif. that has been tracking down individuals ...