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Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Orca Security. Thanks to the great team there for their support! You’re probably familiar with the shared responsibility model. The basic idea is that public cloud providers such as Ama… Continue reading Orca Security public cloud security report reveals how most large cloud breaches happen
Penile penal problems, identifying rioters in Washington DC, and can a sticker protect you from radiation?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Grah… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #210: DC rioters ID’d, Energydots, and ransomware gets you in a pickle
Microsoft has patched a security vulnerability that was – ironically – exploiting usage of the company’s own Windows security product, Microsoft Defender Antivirus. Continue reading Microsoft patches anti-virus bug that allowed boobytrapped files to run malicious code when scanned
IoT device vendor Ubiquiti has told customers that they should change their passwords after a security breach left user details exposed.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Ubiquiti users told to change their passwords following security breach
The CEO of FireEye, the cybersecurity company hacked by a state-sponsored attack, received a postcard at his home mocking any claims that Russia might have been responsible. Continue reading Russia-linked postcard was “sent to FireEye’s CEO after cybersecurity firm uncovered hack”
The biographies of outgoing US President Donald Trump and his Vice President Mike Pence were mysteriously changed on the official US State Department website at some point on Monday.
Visitors to www.state.gov were unable to view facts about the coun… Continue reading Donald Trump’s presidency ended today, claims altered US State Department website
In their attempt to extort as much money as quickly as possible out of companies, ransomware gang know some effective techniques to get the full attention of a firm’s management team.
And one of them is to specifically target the sensitive informati… Continue reading Ransomware gangs scavenge for sensitive data by targeting top executives
In their attempt to extort as much money as quickly as possible out of companies, ransomware gangs know some effective techniques to get the full attention of a firm’s management team. And one of them is to specifically target the sensitive information… Continue reading Ransomware Gangs Scavenge for Sensitive Data by Targeting Top Executives
The cybercrime gang behind the PYSA ransomware has released files which they claim to have stolen from the London borough council of Hackney during an attack last year. Continue reading Data stolen from Hackney Council posted on dark web by ransomware gang
Have you been emailed a file claiming to be video evidence of a Donald Trump sex scandal? Don’t click!