Collaborate Disseminate
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
A couple of weeks ago the guys from Tripwire were kind enough to invite me onto their new podcast, “Talking Cybersecurity”, and now the episode is out!
Take a listen.
Continue reading Graham Cluley on Tripwire’s Talking Cybersecurity Podcast
The Dashlane Password Manager browser extension was suddenly removed from the Chrome web store this weekend.
Continue reading Dashlane password manager’s Chrome extension has disappeared
Once again we’re reminded that cold-hearted scammers and fraudsters don’t have any qualms about exploiting human misery, and are prepared to do anything if it might net them a rich reward.
Continue reading Coronavirus phishing attack disguises as a message from the Center for Disease Control
If you want to find out how different consumer anti-virus products performed in the tests, and whether yours won the prestigious Product of the Year Award – only given to solutions which demonstrate excellence in all categories – check out the report r… Continue reading Home anti-virus products put to the test by AV-Comparatives – which received the highest score?
Facebook’s official Twitter account started posting message from the OurMine hacking gang just before midnight UK time on Friday.
Continue reading Facebook’s Twitter account is hijacked by notorious OurMine hacking group
Maastricht University has admitted paying a 30 bitcoin ransom to hackers who compromised its network in the immediate run-up to Christmas 2019, and infected it with the Clop ransomware.
Continue reading Dutch university paid $220,000 ransom to hackers after Christmas attack
Apple has been hit with a 25 million Euro fine (US $27.5 million) after it added battery management features to iOS that slowed down the performance of older iPhones.
Continue reading Apple fined €25 million for deliberately slowing down old iPhones
Hackers could exploit a flaw on unpatched Android 8.0 and 9.0 phones to run malicious code such as a worm, with no user interaction required.
Continue reading Android users at risk from Bluetooth hijack attack, and are warned of “short distance worm” threat