Collaborate Disseminate
The RansomEXX ransomware gang has seen fit to publish on the dark web 12GB of data stolen from SAMH, including unredacted photographs of individuals’ driving licences, passports, personal information such as volunteers’ home addresses and phone numbers… Continue reading Scottish mental health charity “devastated” by heartless RansomEXX ransomware attack
International credit bureau TransUnion says that hackers managed to breach a server operated by its South African division, and gained access to the personal information of individuals.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Hackers demand $15 million ransom from TransUnion after cracking “password” password
With just a few weeks until the April 15 deadline for US individuals and businesses to file their tax returns, scammers are as busy as ever.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading As tax deadlines approach, Emotet malware disguises itself in an IRS email
A video clip shared on social media yesterday showed what appeared – to anyone who wasn’t paying proper attention at least – to be Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calling on his country’s citizens and army to lay down their weapons and surrender… Continue reading Deepfake President Zelensky calls on Ukraine to surrender, as TV station hacked
Germany tells consumers to stop using Kaspersky anti-virus products, OSINT reveals a secret government department (with help from an Apple AirTag), and the UK says it’s taking a hard line on dick pics.
All this and much more is discussed in the late… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #266: Dick pics, secret spies, and Kaspersky
The alleged ringleader of an international scam operation has been arrested by Nigerian authorities in Lagos, after being wanted by the FBI since 2016.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Police arrest scammer on FBI’s “Most Wanted” list in relation to $100 million fraud
Last month, the LAPSUS$ hacking group stole up to one terabyte of internal data, including hashed passwords, from graphics card maker NVIDIA.
Of course, you would hope that any sensible NVIDIA employee would have chosen a sensible hard-to-crack pa… Continue reading NVIDIA staff shouldn’t have chosen passwords like these…
Many of us might need a helping hand to defeat our video game rivals, but you could end up shooting yourself in the foot. Continue reading Valorant aimbot hack lures the unwary into malware infection
Video game company Ubisoft, maker of hit titles like Assassin’s Creed and Just Dance says that it has “experienced a cyber security incident” – and as a consequence is changing its employees’ passwords.
Continue reading Ubisoft changes employee passwords after “cyber security incident”
The FBI has warned that the Ragnar Locker gang has infected at least 52 critical infrastructure organisations across America with its ransomware.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading Ragnar Locker ransomware – what you need to know