Tuesday, 16 February 2016

Latest news from Naked Security (02/16/2016)

Hollywood hospital held to ransom by cybercrooks

Crooks are reportedly demanding 9,000 in Bitcoin - about $3.4 million - from Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center.

Ringo Starr's Twitter account hacked (peace and love)

Ringo Starr is the latest celebrity to have his Twitter account hacked. The hacker didn't show many signs of peace or love...

Voice-activated drone, baby monitor win Amazon's IoT contest

Top-rated projects combined cutting-edge technologies with sound sensors and Amazon's IoT platform (and hopefully no IoT security holes!).

Teacher's sex tape stolen from hacked Dropbox, posted on school site

After being told the video was on the school site, "I went to the bathroom and threw up," says Brian Cody Bray.

Are adblocker blockers really THAT bad? [Chet Chat Podcast 231]

Join our experts for the latest episode of our award-winning security podcast...