Collaborate Disseminate
A police car’s digital in-car video system uncovered that two Los Angeles officers ignored calls to provide assistance at a department store robbery because they were too enthralled in catching Pokémon. Continue reading Cops ignored call to nearby robbery, preferring to hunt Pokémon
If you are worried about the financial hit of paying a ransom to cybercriminals, wait until you find out the true cost of a ransomware attack.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading Ransomware costs show prevention is better than the cure
Elon Musk’s takeover of the company might bring a swathe of changes to Twitter, including the introduction of end-to-end encryption for direct messages (DMs).
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Elon Musk says Twitter DMs should be end-to-end encrypted
Members of The Bored Ape Yacht Club get that sinking feeling, a face unwittingly launches hundreds of romance scams, and is an as-yet unseen Kim Kardashian sex tape a load of old Roblox?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of t… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #272: Going ape over the Kardashians, and the face of romance scams
The United States has made it $10 million harder to keep your mouth shut, if you happen to have any information about the Russian military hackers who masterminded the notorious NotPetya cyber attack.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security … Continue reading US offers $10 million reward for information about Russian military hackers implicated in NotPetya attack
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 from our own honeypots, Specops Software’s Breached Password Protection can now detect over … Continue reading Block over two billion known breached passwords from your AD with Specops Password Policy tools
Costa Rica’s outgoing president, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, has said that a ransomware attack on the government’s computer systems was an attempt to destabilise the country as it transitions to a new administration.
Read more in my article on the Hot … Continue reading Ransomware attack attempted to destabilise Costa Rica, says outgoing president
Someone isn’t happy that Ukraine’s post office has issued stamps mocking the sunken Russian navy flagship. Continue reading Ukraine’s postal service prints stamp mocking sunken Russian ship, and gets hit by DDoS attack
Researchers have spotted that the TOR address used by the notorious REvil ransomware gang is now redirecting to a new website, with information about seemingly new attacks.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading REvil reborn? Notorious gang’s dark web site redirects to new ransomware operation
Security researchers at Kaspersky have released a free decryption tool that promises to recover files for organisations hit by the Yanlouwang ransomware, meaning they don’t have to pay the ransom. Continue reading Free Yanlouwang decryptor released, after flaw found in ransomware code