Beyond the tick box: What to consider before agreeing to a privacy policy

The trade-off between using a free service and giving up our personal data becomes much less palatable when we think about the wider ramifications of the collection and use of our personal data

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Every breath you take, every move you make: Do fitness trackers pose privacy risks?

Should you beware of wearables? Here’s what you should know about the potential security and privacy risks of your smartwatch or fitness tracker.

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Watering hole deploys new macOS malware, DazzleSpy, in Asia

Hong Kong pro-democracy radio station website compromised to serve a Safari exploit that installed cyberespionage malware on site visitors’ Macs

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How I hacked my friend’s PayPal account

Somebody could easily take control of your PayPal account and steal money from you if you’re not careful – here’s how to stay safe from a simple but effective attack

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET research into Donot Team attacks – Common signs that your email has been hacked – Social media dos and don’ts in the workplace

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How to know if your email has been hacked

Think your email may have been hacked? Here are the signs to look for, how account takeover attacks commonly occur, and how to recover your account and avoid falling victim again

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Reducing Security Risks in Open Source Software at Scale: Scorecards Launches V4

Posted by Laurent Simon and Azeem Shaikh, Google Open Source Security Team (GOSST) 

Since our July announcement of Scorecards V2, the Scorecards project—an automated security tool to flag risky supply chain practices in open source projects—has grown steadily to over 40 unique contributors and 18 implemented security checks. Today we are proud to announce the V4 release of Scorecards, with larger scaling, a new security check, and a new Scorecards GitHub Action for easier security automation.

The Scorecards Action is released in partnership with GitHub and is available from GitHub’s Marketplace. The Action makes using Scorecards easier than ever: it runs automatically on repository changes to alert developers about risky supply-chain practices. Maintainers can view the alerts on GitHub’s code scanning dashboard, which is available for free to public repositories on GitHub.com and via GitHub Advanced Security for private repositories.

Additionally, we have scaled our weekly Scorecards scans to over one million GitHub repositories, and have partnered with the Open Source Insights website for easy user access to the data.

For more details about the release, including the new Dangerous-Workflow security check, visit the OpenSSF’s official blog post here.

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DoNot Go! Do not respawn!

ESET researchers take a deep look into recent attacks carried out by Donot Team throughout 2020 and 2021, targeting government and military entities in several South Asian countries

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Social media in the workplace: Cybersecurity dos and don’ts for employees

Do you often take to social media to broadcast details about your job, employer or coworkers? Think before you share – less may be more.

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

How malware exploits security flaws in kernel drivers – Watch out for cryptocurrency scams – Why loyalty accounts are a target for criminals

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