Threats

We investigate intercepting smartwatch motion-sensor data to monitor people and steal information.

How to avoid getting phished or otherwise duped on the eve of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

How scammers are exploiting the GDPR fuss to extract personal data.

Jeff and Dave discuss a fake Fortnite app, China visiting the dark side of the moon, Facebook breakup, Teensafe, and more.

Here’s how scammers try to phish for verification codes — and what may happen if you send them one.

Here’s how scammers try to phish for verification codes — and what may happen if you send them one.

Originally targeting users from Japan, Korea, and China, Roaming Mantis is quickly spreading worldwide, infecting smartphones through hacked wi-fi routers.

In this week’s podcast, Jeff and Dave riff on the Chili’s data breach, Facebook’s internal reviews, police falling victim to ransomware, and more.

Do you follow the news? The news may also be following you. ZooPark spyware targets those partial to politics.

This new version of SynAck ransomware uses sophisticated evasion techniques.

Plan a great vacation — and don’t take a phisher’s bait.

Jeff and Ahmed discuss privacy online, the latest on Cambridge Analytica, and more.

Jeff and Dave discuss a Facebook dating app, Twitter selling data to Cambridge Analytica, and more.

Fake airline giveaways won’t win you a ticket, but they might steal your data.

On this episode of the podcast, Jeff and David discuss personal data being sold on Facebook, cops trying to unlock an iPhone with a dead man’s finger, bad passwords, and more.

On this podcast, special guest David Emm joins David to talk data privacy, AI, and smart homes

Tinkering with smart car firmware

Even very popular apps display ads using third-party code, which can transmit personal data unencrypted.

On this week’s podcast, Jeff and David discuss Facebook fallout, Amazon’s “voice-sniffing” patent, and a paid version of Google.

Malefactors are massively exploiting a vulnerability in Cisco switches, taking down entire segments of the Web.

Jeff and Dave discuss the latest changes at Facebook, a data breach at Panera Bread, the fallout from the ransomware in Atlanta, and more.