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Canadian online pharmacy PlanetDrugsDirect.com has contacted customers warning them that their data might have been exposed in what they euphemistically describe as a “data security incident”. In an email seen by Bleeping Computer, the webs… Continue reading PlanetDrugsDirect reveals security breach, warns customers their data may have been exposed
The man who hacked the UK National Lottery didn’t end up a winner, Japanese Love hotel booking tool suffers a data breach, and just what is 23andMe planning to do with your DNA?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the awa… Continue reading Smashing Security #161: Love, lucky dips, and 23andMe
The developer of a smartphone app has carelessly left a database accessible to anybody with an internet connection, leaving exposed a database of millions of records containing baby videos and photos, as well as the email addresses of users.
Read more … Continue reading Peekaboo Moments app left baby videos, photos, and 800,000 users’ email addresses exposed on the internet
You may have been expecting to reveal a lot by signing up as an adult webcam model, but I doubt this is quite what you had in mind.
Continue reading PussyCash adult webcam data breach exposes highly sensitive data of models
The developer of a smartphone app has carelessly left a database accessible to anybody with an internet connection, leaving exposed a database of millions of records containing baby videos and photos, as well as the email addresses of users. Informatio… Continue reading Peekaboo Moments app left baby videos, photos, and 800,000 users’ email addresses exposed on the internet
Members of the public who have found themselves out-of-pocket or inconvenienced by the ongoing problems at Travelex after it suffered a ransomware attack on New Year’s Eve, are being warned to watch out for email and phone scammers taking advantage of … Continue reading Travelex warns customers of phone scam threat in wake of ransomware attack
Hundreds of millions of Windows 10 users are having an important patch rolled out to their computers today after Microsoft was warned by the NSA of a serious security hole in the operating system.
Continue reading Critical Windows 10 security fix pushed out after NSA warns Microsoft of spying vulnerability
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at LastPass. Thanks to the great team there for their support! LastPass has analyzed over 47,000 businesses to bring you insights into security behavior worldwide. The report helps you exp… Continue reading LastPass releases its 3rd Annual Global Password Security report
The extremely popular Boing Boing blog was hacked by an unknown party who planted malicious code into the site’s WordPress theme.
If you fear your computer may have been compromised you may be wise to run an up-to-date anti-virus program.
Continue reading Boing Boing bounces back after hack attempted to infect users with fake Adobe Flash update
At 11am PST (7pm UK), Microsoft will release its last ever Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 7. After today, Microsoft says it won’t release any more security patches for the ageing operating system.
Continue reading 27% of Windows users are still running Windows 7. They need to stop now