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Keeper Connection Manager : Privileged access to remote infrastructure with zero-trust and zero-knowledge security

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Graham Cluley

Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Keeper Security. Thanks to the great team there for their support! IT and DevOps teams were presented with new challenges with the mass-migration to home working, and found themselves f… Continue reading Keeper Connection Manager : Privileged access to remote infrastructure with zero-trust and zero-knowledge security→

Disneyland social media accounts hacked, offensive messages posted

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Graham Cluley

Even the Magic Kingdom isn’t immune from hackers.

Late last week, millions of followers of Disneyland’s Facebook and Instagram accounts were greeted by a series of offensive messages posted by a hacker.

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Microsoft rolls back plan to block macros by default

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Graham Cluley

Things haven’t gone as smoothly as Microsoft (and, indeed, the rest of us) might have hoped… Continue reading Microsoft rolls back plan to block macros by default→

Lockdown Mode: Apple to protect users from targeted spyware attacks

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Graham Cluley

Apple has previewed a new feature which aims to harden high-risk users from the serious threat of being spied upon by enemy states and intelligence agencies.

Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading Lockdown Mode: Apple to protect users from targeted spyware attacks→

Smashing Security podcast #282: Raising money through ransomware, China’s mega-leak, and hackers for hire

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Graham Cluley

A hacked university might have made a profit after paying a cryptocurrency ransom, China suffers possibly the biggest data breach in history, and Reuters investigates digital mercenaries. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #282: Raising money through ransomware, China’s mega-leak, and hackers for hire→

Comprehensive risk-based API protection with AppTrana

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Graham Cluley

Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Indusface. Thanks to the great team there for their support! It is hard to imagine an application without APIs (Application Programming Interface). For the past few years, APIs have bec… Continue reading Comprehensive risk-based API protection with AppTrana→

Official British Army Twitter and YouTube accounts hijacked by NFT scammers

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Graham Cluley

Hundreds of thousands of people who follow the official social media accounts of the British Army may have been surprised to see that it had been hijacked by hackers on Sunday.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Official British Army Twitter and YouTube accounts hijacked by NFT scammers→

FTC warns LGBTQ+ community of extortion scams targeting them on dating apps

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Graham Cluley

Members of the LGBTQ+ community have been warned to be on their guard against extortionists who may attempt to prey on them via online dating apps such as Grindr and Feeld.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading FTC warns LGBTQ+ community of extortion scams targeting them on dating apps→

AMD held to ransom by gang that claims 450GB of data has been stolen

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Graham Cluley

Semiconductor giant AMD says that it is investigating what claims to be a major data breach of its network, that saw a group of online criminals steal 450GB of data from its systems.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading AMD held to ransom by gang that claims 450GB of data has been stolen→

Black Basta ransomware – what you need to know

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Graham Cluley

Although only active for the past couple of months, the Black Basta ransomware is thought to have already hit almost 50 organisations.

Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading Black Basta ransomware – what you need to know→