Two brothers arrested for Bitfinex hack and multi-year cryptocurrency phishing campaign

Computer crime authorities in Israel have arrested two brothers in connection with a phishing campaign that spread over multiple years and the 2016 hack of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange. 21-year-old Assaf Gigi and his older brother Eli, both fro… Continue reading Two brothers arrested for Bitfinex hack and multi-year cryptocurrency phishing campaign

Millions of Dell PCs vulnerable to attack, due to a flaw in bundled system-health software

Millions of Dell PCs and laptops running Windows are vulnerable to attack via a high severity security hole, that could be exploited by malicious hackers to seize control of devices.
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Millions of Dell PCs vulnerable to attack, due to a flaw in bundled system-health software

Millions of Dell PCs and laptops running Windows are vulnerable to attack via a high severity security hole, that could be exploited by malicious hackers to hijack control over devices. In a support advisory published on its website, Dell reveals that … Continue reading Millions of Dell PCs vulnerable to attack, due to a flaw in bundled system-health software

Smashing Security #133: Cookie cock-ups, Hong Kong protests, and smart TV virus scans

We head to Hong Kong to look at how technology has helped anti-government protesters (and how China has tried to disrupt it), Samsung is skittish over whether to tell TV owners to virus-scan their devices, and you won’t believe whose website is n… Continue reading Smashing Security #133: Cookie cock-ups, Hong Kong protests, and smart TV virus scans

645,000 people warned their personal health data at risk after phishing attack

The Oregon Department of Human Services has started notifying more than 600,000 people that their personal details have been put at risk after staff were tricked into granting hackers access to millions of emails.
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