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UK-based software developer & award-winning security blogger, blogging about all things #InfoSec, #AppSec & #CyberSecurity related and striving towards a safer internet for all!

Month: June 2016

Written by isecguy15 June 20166 August 2021

The growing trend of Facebook “Life Event” scams

Over the past month or so, I’ve noticed a growing trend of the use of “Life Events” on Facebook to promote fake competitions. The latest one doing the rounds claims to offer you the chance to win an all-expenses paid Disney cruise… let’s look at this in a little more detail, and I’ll point out […]

Written by isecguy13 June 20166 August 2021

It’s Official! The Best New Security Blog is… the one you’re reading now!

Last week, on June 8, the fifth annual European Security Blogger Awards were announced at the Infosecurity Europe conference in London. Nominated and voted for by the public, with votes added by judges including Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame member Jack Daniel, journalists Matthew Schwartz and John Leyden and others, the awards were presented at […]

Written by isecguy7 June 201614 August 2021

LinkedIn users locked out and unable to reset passwords due to “known issue”

A couple of weeks ago account information, including emails and passwords, of approximately 167 million LinkedIn users went up for sale on the dark web. The data for sale dated back to a LinkedIn hack occurring back in 2012 for which LinkedIn never revealed the extent of at the time, but it was believed that […]

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