Hacker who breached Verkada charged with stealing data from over 100 companies

The hacker who claimed responsibility for breaching the live video streams of 150,000 CCTV cameras at police departments, hospitals, and well-known businesses has been charged by the US Department of Justice with hacking more than 100 companies.

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64 times worse than ransomware? FBI statistics underline the horrific cost of business email compromise

The FBI is reminding organisations of the serious threat posed by business email compromise (BEC) scams, declaring that it caused over $1.8 billion worth of losses to businesses last year.

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64 times worse than ransomware? FBI statistics underline the horrific cost of business email compromise

The FBI is reminding organisations of the serious threat posed by business email compromise (BEC) scams, declaring that it caused over $1.8 billion worth of losses to businesses last year. The newly-published annual cybercrime report from the FBI’s Int… Continue reading 64 times worse than ransomware? FBI statistics underline the horrific cost of business email compromise→

Smashing Security podcast #219: Cheerleaders, dating apps, and crisis PR

How are cheerleaders being creeped out by deepfakes? What might Tinder tell potential dates about your murky past? And how should companies respond to the press when a security breach occurs?

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Smashing Security podcast #219: Cheerleaders, dating apps, and crisis PR

How are cheerleaders being creeped out by deepfakes? What might Tinder tell potential dates about your murky past? And how should companies respond to the press when a security breach occurs?

All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #219: Cheerleaders, dating apps, and crisis PR→

Celebrity Twitter hacker agrees to three year prison sentence

A teenager who hacked into the Twitter accounts of the rich and famous in an attempt to trick millions of their followers into a cryptocurrency scam will spend three years in prison as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.

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Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Recorded Future. Thanks to the great team there for their support! Recorded Future are experts at providing deep, detailed insight into emerging threats by automatically collecting, ana… Continue reading Recorded Future’s free Cyber Daily brings the latest trending threat insights to your inbox→