ProtonMail and StartMail blocked as Russia hunts for bomb threat spammers

Protonmail is the second encrypted email provider in the last week to find itself blocked from its Russian users, after authorities in the country said bomb threats had been spammed out claiming that bombs had been planted in public places. Telecoms wa… Continue reading ProtonMail and StartMail blocked as Russia hunts for bomb threat spammers→

The NHS has only suffered six ransomware attacks since the WannaCry worm, investigation reveals

An investigation claims that the UK’s National Health Service, which was hit hard by the notorious WannaCry worm in 2017, has seen a marked fall in ransomware attacks since.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
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The NHS has suffered only six ransomware attacks since the WannaCry worm, investigation reveals

An investigation claims that the UK’s National Health Service, which was hit hard by the notorious WannaCry worm in 2017, has seen a marked fall in ransomware attacks since. A report published by Comparitech, based upon Freedom of Information req… Continue reading The NHS has suffered only six ransomware attacks since the WannaCry worm, investigation reveals→

Smashing Security #163: Russian heists and Ring wrongs

Should possessing malware be illegal in itself? How did a Russian cryptocurrency exchange millionaire lose his fortune? And what on earth are Amazon Ring doorbell cams up to now?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-wi… Continue reading Smashing Security #163: Russian heists and Ring wrongs→

Teleworking threats in the security spotlight in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics

The Japanese government hopes to to avert the travel chaos during the Olympics by getting more than 600,000 staff to work from home for at least two weeks from July 24 2020.
But what about the security of those teleworkers?
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Windows 7 definitely won’t ever receive any more bug fixes (errm… apart from this one for its wallpaper)

We definitely definitely absolutely won’t ever ever be releasing any more updates for Windows 7, said Microsoft earlier this month.
Now there’s an update on its way to fix a cosmetic bug in how Windows 7 displays users’ desktop wallpa… Continue reading Windows 7 definitely won’t ever receive any more bug fixes (errm… apart from this one for its wallpaper)→