Collaborate Disseminate
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
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
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
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
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Popular NFT marketplace OpenSea has warned users that they might be targeted with phishing attacks following a data breach that exposed the email addresses of its users and newsletter subscribers. Continue reading NFT marketplace OpenSea warns of data breach that could lead to phishing attacks
A new version of the LockBit ransomware offers a bug bounty, women uninstall period-tracking apps in fear of how their data might be used against them, and Microsoft’s facial recognition tech no longer wants to know how you’re feeling.
All this and … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #281: Debug ransomware and win $1,000,000, period-tracking apps, and AI gets emotional
The FBI has warned that, in an attempt to gain access to sensitive data at organisations, crooks are using deepfake video when applying for remote working-at-home jobs. Continue reading Deepfaking crooks seek remote-working jobs to gain access to sensitive data
Carnival Cruises, the world’s largest travel leisure firm which operates over 100 ships for millions of vacationing customers, has been fined a total of $6.25 million following a series of security mishaps.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Sec… Continue reading Carnival Cruises bruised by $6.25 million fine after series of cyberattacks
A Japanese worker, after a drunken night out, lost a flash drive containing the personal information of every single one of his city’s residents.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Drunk worker loses USB stick containing details of every resident of his city