Collaborate Disseminate
A ransomware gang that has been increasingly disproportionately targeting the education sector is the subject of a joint warning issued by the FBI, CISA, and MS-ISAC.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading Warning issued about Vice Society ransomware gang after attacks on schools
Students learn a valuable lesson when it comes to AI detecting guns on campus, SIM swappers are surprisingly stupid, and romance scammers get scammed by someone (or some thing?) calling themselves Chiquita Banana.
All this and much more is discussed… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #288: Chiquita banana, dumb criminals, and detecting ring binders
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), which owns brands such as InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, and many others, has had its IT systems breached by malicious hackers
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Massive hotel group IHG struck by cyberattack which disrupts booking systems
Owners of QNAP NAS drives have been advised to “take immediate action” in the wake of a new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks. Continue reading QNAP tells NAS users to “take immediate action” after new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks
Amid a wave of hacks which has cost investors billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency, the FBI is calling on decentralised finance (DeFi) platforms to improve their security.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading FBI issues warning after crypto-crooks steal $1.3 billion in just three months
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Teleport. Thanks to the great team there for their support! Kubernetes is an amazing platform for managing containers at scale. However, a recent study found that over 900,000 Kubernete… Continue reading Over 900K Kubernetes clusters are misconfigured! Is your cluster a target?
We’re back from our summer break as we ask how did a cryptomining campaign stay unspotted for years, quiz special guest and infosec rockstar Mikko Hyppönen about his book, and ponder what spiders teach us about misinformation.
All this and much more… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #287: Lost in translation, spiders, and slapping tortillas
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