Collaborate Disseminate
Bank of America has a message for its customers: please, for the love of God, stop handing your banking passwords to your AI assistant. And if your robot does something daft with your money? That’s your problem, not theirs.
Meanwhile, a company that p… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #491: How AI agents are spooking the banks
The US Department of Homeland Security has had the details of more than 41,000 staff, including ICE and CBP agents, published online. Not ideal for an organisation with “Security” in its name.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Hackers leak personnel data of 41,000+ Homeland Security staff, including ICE and border agents
Ambulances were diverted, surgeries cancelled, and medical students sent home from classes after a ransomware group attacked the University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center (HSC) this week.
Read more in my article on the Fortra blog. Continue reading BYOD cyberattack diverts ambulances and cancels classes at University of New Mexico health center
Dutch spies, Russian hackers and Jared Kushner’s iPhone. It sounds like the ingredients for a thriller, but according to claims in a new book the US President’s son-in-law may have been hacked twice. Is any of it true, and what does it tell us about th… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #490: How Jared Kushner’s iPhone was allegedly hacked twice
A Ukrainian man who carried out ransomware attacks for both the Nefilim and Hive gangs, including attacks on law firms and a healthcare provider during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been sentenced to 70 months in a US prison.
Read more in my article on t… Continue reading Hive ransomware affiliate jailed, years after FBI infiltrated the gang’s systems
The AfD has confirmed that hackers breached its hosting provider. A leak site now claims to offer 421,179 of the party’s internal emails, and shows AI-written summaries rather than the emails themselves.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security… Continue reading Hacker leaks 281 GB of data from Germany’s far-right AfD party
Imagine buying a brand new hardware wallet for your cryptocurrency with the shrink-wrap still on… what could possibly be hiding inside? We break out a Geiger counter and a cat to find out.
Meanwhile, malicious ads are targeting journalists with zero… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #489: How a brand new crypto wallet came with a spy inside
A 28-year-old Russian man has been arrested by German police, suspected of being a key member of the Qilin ransomware gang. Detectives have linked the man to the attack against blood-testing firm Synnovis, that disrupted London hospitals, and resulted … Continue reading Police arrest Qilin ransomware suspect on holiday, as links made to Synnovis hack that contributed to patient’s death
There must have been red faces in the social media department of Ireland’s police headquarters after two of its accounts were hijacked this week.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Irish police force has its Twitter hacked in cryptocurrency scam
Krybit is a fast-growing ransomware gang that was hacked by a rival, hit back, and is still extorting victims. Find out how it works, who it has targeted, and what organisations can do to protect themselves.
Read more in my article on the Fortra blog. Continue reading Krybit ransomware: what you need to know