Collaborate Disseminate
The International Olympic Committee and FC Barcelona are the latest victims of a spree of Twitter account hijacks orchestrated by the notorious OurMine gang. But rather than abuse their access to the high profile accounts (@Olympics has six million fol… Continue reading Twitter accounts of The Olympics and FC Barcelona hijacked by OurMine hacking group
As if Puerto Rico wasn’t having a hard enough time as it attempts to recover from recession, the damage caused by devastating hurricanes in recent years, and a damaging earthquake last month, it now finds itself being exploited by cybercriminals.
Read … Continue reading Puerto Rico government falls for $2.6 million email scam
As if Puerto Rico wasn’t having a hard enough time as it attempts to recover from a recession, the damage caused by devastating hurricanes in recent years, and a damaging earthquake last month, it now finds itself being exploited by cybercriminal… Continue reading Puerto Rico government falls for $2.6 million email scam
Some US users of the Tutanota have been unable to access the secure email service while out and about on their smartphones since the end of January.
The common demoninator? They all use AT&T for their internet access.
Continue reading Secure email service Tutanota is being blocked by AT&T in parts of the United States
Wi-Fi hopping malware, the return of Ashley Madison extortion scams, and should social media be doing anything about cheapfakes?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by c… Continue reading Smashing Security #165: Cheapfakes, deepfakes, and Ashley Madison
If a Google Nest account is compromised by a malicious hacker that’s not bad news for the legitimate owner of the account, it’s also bad news for Google.
So that’s why they’re trying to do something about it…
Read more in … Continue reading 2FA is being pushed out to all Google Nest users to better protect their accounts
It’s one of the largest Patch Tuesday updates ever issued by Microsoft, and includes fixes for 12 security vulnerabilities that have been given the highest severity rating of “critical.”
The clock is ticking. IT teams should waste no… Continue reading Patch now! Microsoft releases fixes for 99 security flaws, some being actively exploited by hackers
China has denied that it was behind the hack of Equifax in 2017, which saw the personal data of hundreds of millions of individuals stolen – including the names, birth dates and social security numbers for nearly half of all American citizens.
Re… Continue reading China denies it was behind the Equifax hack, as four men charged for data breach
A Chinese spokesperson has strongly denied that his government was behind the hack of Equifax in 2017, which saw the personal data of hundreds of millions of individuals stolen – including the names, birth dates and social security numbers for ne… Continue reading China denies it was behind the Equifax hack, as four men charged for data breach
A completely-avoidable data leak has exposed prescription records, mugshots, and other sensitive information related to an unknown number of prison inmates.
Continue reading Prison inmates’ sensitive data left exposed on leaky cloud bucket