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Supermarket chain Spar has had more than 300 of its convenience stores in the UK affected by a ransomware attack, which has forced some to close their doors or only accept cash payments. Continue reading Ransomware hits Spar supermarkets and petrol stations
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data watchdog, has fined the Government £500,000 after the addresses of over 1,000 New Years Honours recipients were mistakenly published online. The data breach occurred at 10:30pm on F… Continue reading UK Government fined £500,000 after revealing home addresses in New Year honours data breach
A former employee of Ubiquiti Networks has been arrested and charged in connection with a hack that stole gigabytes of data and attempted to extort US $2 million from the firm.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Man charged with Ubiquiti data breach and extortion was employee assigned to investigate hack
Finland’s National Cyber Security Centre has issued a warning about malicious SMS messages that have been spammed out to mobile users, directing iPhone owners to phishing sites and Android users to download malware.
Read more in my article on the Tr… Continue reading FluBot malware warning after 70,000 attacks launched over SMS
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at 1Password. Thanks to the great team there for their support! 1Password 8 for Windows is the most modern, productive, and secure version of 1Password yet, helping you manage, access, and… Continue reading 1Password 8 for Windows – improved productivity, and enhanced security & privacy
Cryptocurrency traders suffer a hamster-related loss, beware of charity scammers this holiday season, and do you have the patience to sit through Peter Jackson’s eight-hour Beatles documentary?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest editi… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #254: A dead hamster, a brass pen, and The Beatles
The Prime Minister of Australia has said his government will introduce legislation which will compel social media companies to “unmask anonymous online trolls,” and allow victims to launch defamation proceedings.
Read more in my article on the Hot f… Continue reading Social media firms will be forced to unmask online trolls, says Australia
Police in Tarragona, Spain, have arrested a man and a woman after they allegedly infected computers at high-street stores with malware with the intention of mining cryptocurrency on them.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Couple arrested for secretly installing cryptomining software on department store PCs
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