Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Elon Musk may have fired many of the staff in Twitter’s Trust & Safety division after purchasing the company in...
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Expel’s UK cybersecurity landscape report sheds light on the challenges facing organisations – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Expel. Thanks to the great team there for...
Atomic malware steals Mac passwords, crypto wallets, and more – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Hot on the heels of MacStealer and the development of a version of the notorious Lockbit ransomware for Macs comes...
Six years prison for ex-Ubiquiti staffer who stole data and attempted to extort millions of dollars – Source: www.bitdefender.com
Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley A former software engineer at Ubiquit Networks has been sent to prison for six years after stealing gigabytes of data...
Akira ransomware – what you need to know – Source: www.tripwire.com
Source: www.tripwire.com – Author: Graham Cluley What is Akira? Akira is a new family of ransomware, first used in cybercrime attacks in March 2023. Akira? Haven’t...
Smashing Security podcast #321: Eurovision, acts of war, and Twitter circles – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Twitter shares explicit photos without users’ permission, one US company can look forward to a $1.4 billion payout seven years...
Uber’s ex-CSO avoids prison after data breach cover up – Source: www.bitdefender.com
Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley After covering up a data breach that impacted the personal records of 57 million Uber passengers and drivers, the company’s...
WordPress plugin vulnerability puts two million websites at risk – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley A popular WordPress plugin could be putting around two million websites at risk of attack. Millions of WordPress-powered websites are...
PSA. Don’t share your password in your app’s release notes – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Excited to watch the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 at the cinema, or see what all the fuss is...
Patch now! The Mirai IoT botnet is exploiting TP-Link routers – Source: www.tripwire.com
Source: www.tripwire.com – Author: Graham Cluley Businesses should patch their TP-Link routers as soon as possible, after the revelation that a legendary IoT botnet is targeting...
Apple and Google join forces to combat AirTag stalking – Source: www.bitdefender.com
Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley Apple and Google have announced that they are teaming up in order to combat the safety risks associated with AirTags...
Smashing Security podcast #320: City Jerks, AI animals, and is the BBC hacking again? – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Two unsavoury websites suffer from a worrying leak, scientists are going animal crackers over AI, and the BBC is intercepting...
Fortify your Mac with Intego – the award-winning Mac antivirus – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Intego. Thanks to the great team there for...
Medusa ransomware gang leaks students’ psychological reports and abuse allegations – Source: www.bitdefender.com
Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley Students and teachers at the Minneapolis Public School (MPS) District, which suffered a huge ransomware attack at the end of...
Israel’s Prime Minister has his Facebook account hijacked, website knocked offline – Source: www.bitdefender.com
Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley Yesterday was the official Independence Day of Israel, and the event was “celebrated” in typical style by malicious hackers. In...
Charming Kitten targets critical infrastructure in US and elsewhere with BellaCiao malware – Source: www.tripwire.com
Source: www.tripwire.com – Author: Graham Cluley Iranian state-sponsored hacking group Charming Kitten has been named as the group responsible for a new wave of attacks targeting...
Smashing Security podcast #319: The CEO who also ran IT, Strava strife, and TikTok tall tales – Source: grahamcluley.com
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley A boss is bitten in the bottom after being struck by one of the worst crimes in Finnish history, Strava’s...
Pro-Russia hackers attack European air traffic control website, but don’t panic! Flights continue as normal – Source: www.bitdefender.com
Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley Eurocontrol, the European air traffic control agency, has revealed that it has been under cyber attack for the last week,...
US Facebook users can now claim their share of $725 million Cambridge Analytica settlement
Graham Cluley is an award-winning security blogger, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s. View all...
US charges three men with six million dollar business email compromise plot
Three Nigerian nationals face charges in a US federal court related to a business email compromise (BEC) scam that is said to have stolen more than...
LockBit ransomware for Mac – coming soon?
In the last couple of days it has become clear that the notorious LockBit ransomware gang has been exploring creating what could one day become a...
MacStealer – newly-discovered malware steals passwords and exfiltrates data from infected Macs
I’m still encountering people who, even after all these years, believe that their Apple Mac computers are somehow magically invulnerable to ever being infected by malware....
Ex-CEO of hacked therapy clinic sentenced for failing to protect patients’ session notes
Graham Cluley is an award-winning security blogger, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s. View all...
FTC accuses payments firm of knowingly assisting tech support scammers
Multinational payment processing firm Nexway has been rapped across the knuckles by the US authorities, who claim that the firm knowingly processed fraudulent credit card payments...
Take a tour of the Edgescan Cybersecurity Platform
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Edgescan. Thanks to the great team there for their support! Edgescan simplifies Vulnerability Management...
Smashing Security podcast #318: Tesla workers spy on drivers, and Operation Fox Hunt scams
Graham wonders what would happen if his bouncing buttocks were captured on camera by a Tesla employee, and we take a look at canny scams connected...
Army helicopter crash blamed on skipped software patch
Graham Cluley is an award-winning security blogger, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s. View all...
As Tax Day approaches, Microsoft warns accounting firms of targeted attacks
Accountants are being warned to be on their guard from malicious hackers, as cybercriminals exploit the rush to prepare tax returns for clients before the deadline...
Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira arrested at gunpoint
The US Department of Justice says a member of the US Air Force National Guard has been arrested in connection with a high profile leak of...
Smashing Security podcast #317: Another Uber SNAFU, an AI chatbot quiz, and is juice-jacking genuine?
Everyone’s talking juice-jacking – but has anyone ever been juice-jacked? Uber suffers yet another data breach, but it hasn’t been hacked. And Carole hosts the “AI-a-go-go...