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I must admit I was delighted to receive an email today from UK high street pharmacy Boots telling me I should enable two-factor authentication on my account. Boots customers would have benefited from two-factor authentication a couple of years ago, whe… Continue reading Boots lets down its customers, by only offering SMS-based 2FA
LastPass, the popular password manager trusted by millions of people around the world, has announced that it suffered a security breach two weeks ago that saw hackers break into its systems and steal information.
Read more in my article on the Tripw… Continue reading LastPass hackers steal source code, no evidence of users’ passwords compromised
Malicious hackers are demanding $10 million from a French hospital they hit with ransomware last weekend.
The Hospital Center Sud Francilien (CHSF) in Corbeil-Essonnes, south-east of Paris, was struck late on Saturday night, causing major disruption… Continue reading Hackers demand $10 million from Paris hospital after ransomware attack
Zoom users on macOS are being told once again to update their copy of the video-conferencing software after a security hole was found that could be exploited by hackers.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Mac users urged to update Zoom, after security patch released for previously-flawed security patch
Ransomware is to blame for the closure of all 175 7-Eleven stores in Denmark on Monday.
The retailer closed all of its stores in Denmark after its cash registers and payment systems were brought down in the attack.
Read more in my article on the … Continue reading Ransomware attack blamed for closure of all 7-Eleven stores in Denmark
Scammers are stealing money from children, with the alluring but bogus promise that China’s tough restrictions on online gaming can be subverted.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Chinese criminals scam kids desperate to play games for more than three hours a week
This week Microsoft finally released a patch for a zero-day security flaw being exploited by hackers, that the company had claimed since 2019 was not actually a vulnerability.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Years after claiming DogWalk wasn’t a vulnerability, Microsoft confirms flaw is being exploited and issues patch
Did Russian security Kaspersky really choose to send an email to its customers addressing them as “dear and lovely”? Had Kaspersky suffered a data breach? Had a hacker found a way to send messages to Kaspersky’s customer base? Continue reading Kaspersky blames “misconfiguration” after customers receive “dear and lovely” email
Pornhub has a problem, the UK’s Co-op supermarket is accused of big brother tactics, and we take a look at how a security researcher is revealing the true identify of hackers.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Sm… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #286: Hackers doxxed, Pornhub probs, and Co-op security measures
The official Instagram account of cricketing legend and former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was hacked yesterday in order to promote a cryptocurrency scam.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Imran Khan’s Instagram account hacked to promote phoney Elon Musk $100 million crypto giveaway