Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley Data and software services firm Blackbaud’s cybersecurity was criticised as “lax” and “shoddy” by the United States Federal Trade Commission...
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China is hacking Wi-Fi routers for attack on US electrical grid and water supplies, FBI warns – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Got two-and-a-half hours to spare? Maybe instead of settling down to watch “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”, you...
Smashing Security podcast #357: Interview with an iPhone thief, anti-AI, and have we gone too far? – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley The iPhone security setting that you should enable right now, the worrying way that AI is predicting what criminals look...
Canada’s ‘most prolific hacker’ jailed for two years – Source: www.bitdefender.com
Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison after admitting his part in a series of ransomware...
Be the Royal Family’s Cybersecurity Manager, and get a cut-price honey dipper! – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Fancy a high-profile cybersecurity job? Here’s one for you. Role: Cyber Security Manager. Location: Buckingham Palace. Yes, the Royal Household...
Trickbot malware developer jailed for five years – Source: www.bitdefender.com
Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley A 40-year-old Russian man has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison by a US court, for...
Top 3 Cybersecurity Trends for SME Business Leaders – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Cynet. Thanks to the team there for their...
AI is already being used by ransomware gangs, warns NCSC – Source: www.tripwire.com
Source: www.tripwire.com – Author: Graham Cluley In a newly published report, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned that malicious attackers are already taking...
Smashing Security podcast #356: Big dumpers, AI defamation, and the slug that slurped – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley This week the podcast is more lavatorial than usual, as we explore how privacy may have gone to sh*t on...
SEC Twitter hack blamed on SIM swap attack – Source: www.bitdefender.com
Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley The US Securities & Exchange Comission (SEC) has confirmed that hackers managed to seize control of a phone number associated...
With hackers poisoning water systems, US agencies issue incident response guide to boost cybersecurity – Source: www.tripwire.com
Source: www.tripwire.com – Author: Graham Cluley US federal agencies have teamed up to release a cybersecurity best practice guidance for the water and wastewater sector (WWS)....
35.5 million customers of major apparel brands have their data breached after ransomware attack – Source: www.bitdefender.com
Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley Bought some Timberland shoes? Wear a North Face jacket? You, and millions of purchasers of other popular high-street brands, could...
Smashing Security podcast #355: Fishy Rishi, 23andMe, and the labour of love – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Has the British Prime Minister been caught secretly profiting from a cryptocurrency app? Were 23andMe right to blame their users...
Heartless scammers prey on hundreds of lost pet owners, demanding ransoms or else… – Source: www.bitdefender.com
Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley Hundreds of pet owners across the UK have reported that they have received blackmail threats from scammers who claim to...
Critical flaw found in WordPress plugin used on over 300,000 websites – Source: www.tripwire.com
Source: www.tripwire.com – Author: Graham Cluley A WordPress plugin used on over 300,000 websites has been found to contain vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to seize...
Security firm Mandiant says it didn’t have 2FA enabled on its hacked Twitter account – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Anyone who works in computer security knows that they should have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled on their accounts. 2FA provides...
Twitter says it’s not its fault the SEC’s account got hacked – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley The safety team at Twitter (I refuse to call the site X because that’s the completely daft kind of name...
Smashing Security podcast #354: Chuck Norris and the fake CEO, artificial KYC, and an Airbnb scam – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Chuck Norris gives a helping hand to a mysterious cryptocurrency CEO who may have separated investors from over a billion...
SEC’s Twitter account hacked to say Bitcoin ETFs approved. Politicians and lawyers demand investigation into security breach – Source: www.bitdefender.com
Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley The official Twitter account of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was hacked yesterday, with scammers posting an unauthorised...
Jeffrey Epstein email scams rear their ugly head – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley The security boffins at Bitdefender have detected what they describe as a “resurgence” in email scams related to notorious sex...
Believing they would be paid a fortune for having sex with women, hundreds of Indian men scammed out of cash – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Geeta Pandey at BBC News reports: In early December Mangesh Kumar (name changed) was scrolling on Facebook when he came...
Midwives clinic takes nine months to deliver news of data breach – Source: www.bitdefender.com
Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley CBC News in Canada is reporting that clients of a pregnancy care clinic in Ontario have had their personal information...
Sexual assault in the metaverse investigated by British police – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley The Daily Mail reports on what may be the first time UK police have investigated a sexual assault in cyberspace:...
CertiK Twitter account hijacked by cryptocurrency scammer posing as Forbes journalist – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Web3 security outfit CertiK has fallen foul of scammers, who managed to hijack its Twitter account to share a malicious...
Cybersecurity firm Mandiant has its Twitter account hacked to promote cryptocurrency scam – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Google-owned cybersecurity company Mandiant has found itself in the awkward position of having to wrestle back control of its Twitter...
Hackers hijack Beirut airport departure and arrival boards – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley On Sunday evening electronic departure boards at Beirut’s airport were hijacked by hackers who used them to display anti-Iranian and...
Stuxnet: The malware that cost a billion dollars to develop? – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley A report from the Netherlands claims that a Dutch man played a key role in the notorious Stuxnet worm attack...
Cryptocurrency wallet CEO loses $125,000 in wallet-draining scam – Source: www.tripwire.com
Source: www.tripwire.com – Author: Graham Cluley Anyone can get scammed. If you think you’re somehow immune to being scammed, then, in my opinion, you’re a prime...
Courts service “PWNED” in Australia, as hackers steal sensitive recordings of hearings – Source: www.bitdefender.com
Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley Hackers are believed to have successfully accessed several weeks’ worth of sensitive video and audio recordings of court hearings, including...
Smashing Security podcast #353: Phone hacking, Piers Morgan, and Carole’s Christmas cockup – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Piers Morgan is less than happy after a judgement that there is “no doubt” he knew phone hacking was going...