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A notorious ransomware gang claims to have successfully compromised the infrastructure… of a company selling cyberinsurance.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Cybersecurity insurance firm Chubb investigates its own ransomware attack
A notorious ransomware gang claims to have successfully compromised the infrastructure… of a company selling cyberinsurance. The Maze ransomware group says it has encrypted data belonging to Chubb, which claims to be one of the world’s larg… Continue reading Cybersecurity insurance firm Chubb investigates its own ransomware attack
Past and present employees of General Electric (GE) are learning that their sensitive information has been exposed by a data breach at a third-party service provider.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading Third-party data breach exposes GE employees’ personal information
Blackmailers are threatening to infect your family with Coronavirus, trolls are making Zoom an unsafe place for those of a sensitive disposition, and what is the mysterious Dr Negrin audio message spreading on WhatsApp?
All this and much more is discus… Continue reading Smashing Security #171: WhatsApp hoaxes, Zoombombs, and 8-bit love
The public is being warned about fraudulent messages being shared on social media platforms that Netflix is offering free passes to its platform because of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Free Netflix pass because of Coronavirus? It’s a scam
Unpatched IoT gadgets, smartphones, tablets, laptops, Wi-Fi access points and routers with Broadcom chips are all at risk from the KrØØk vulnerability.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender BOX blog.
Continue reading Have you patched your IoT devices against the KrØØk Wi-Fi chip flaw?
The Israeli health ministry released a smartphone app which takes location data from users’ phones in an attempt to determine if they might have been exposed to the COVID-19 Coronavirus.
Should you be worried about your privacy? Perhaps not.
Continue reading The Shield: the open source Israeli Government app which warns of Coronavirus exposure
Friends don’t share virus hoaxes with their friends. They spend five minutes checking their facts before sharing poppycock on social media.
Continue reading The Dance of the Pope virus hoax
A massive database, containing more than five billion records derived from past security breaches between 2012 and 2019, has been left unprotected, without any password protection on the internet.
And who left it exposed? A security firm.
Continue reading Security firm leaves more than five billion records exposed on unsecured database
A couple of years ago it felt like you couldn’t turn your head in any direction without seeing another headline about cryptomining and – its more evil sibling – cryptojacking.
So, what happened?
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security… Continue reading Whatever happened to cryptojacking?