QNAP warns of new DeadBolt ransomware attack locking up NAS devices

Owners of NAS drives manufactured by QNAP have been advised that the company is “thoroughly investigating” reports that a new variant of the DeadBolt ransomware is targeting devices, locking up data and demanding victims pay a fee to extortionists.

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Heineken giving away free beer for Father’s Day? It’s a WhatsApp scam

With Father’s Day falling this weekend in the United States and UK, more people might be more willing than normal to believe the latest scam to be spreading via WhatsApp is true. But I’m afraid it isn’t.

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Interpol arrests thousands of scammers in operation “First Light 2022”

Law enforcement agencies around the world appear to have scored a major victory in the fight against fraudsters, in an operation which has seized tens of millions of dollars and seen more than 2000 people arrested.

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Want to block two billion known breached passwords from being used at your company? It’s easy with Specops Password Policy tools

Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Specops. Thanks to the great team there for their support! With the help of live attack data, Specops Software’s Breached Password Protection can detect over 2 billion known breac… Continue reading Want to block two billion known breached passwords from being used at your company? It’s easy with Specops Password Policy tools

Smashing Security podcast #279: Encrypted notes, and a deadly case of AirTag spying

How did a saxophonist sneak sensitive information in and out of the Soviet Union? How might an Apple AirTag have led to murder? And isn’t the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain doing just great?

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DDoS-for-hire service which bombarded websites with attacks earns man two years in prison

The US authorities have sentenced a man to 24 months in a federal prison after he was found to have run a DDoS-for-hire service that knocked websites off the internet.

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