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When Berkeley High School in California held its first ever elections for student government last month, things went about as well you probably expected…
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Microsoft says that it had identified that one of its support agents had had their username and password stolen, which allowed hackers to access information stored within users’ email accounts.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Over the weekend Microsoft confirmed that a “limited” number of Outlook.com webmail accounts had been compromised, allowing hackers to access users’ email addresses, folder names, subject lines, and the names of other email addresses … Continue reading Hackers could read users’ Outlook, Hotmail, and MSN email via compromised Microsoft support account
A US court has convicted two Romanian hackers belonging to the Bayrob malware gang after they infected over 400,000 computers around the world, and stole millions of dollars.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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A US court has convicted two Romanian hackers belonging to the Bayrob malware gang after they infected over 400,000 computers around the world, and stole millions of dollars. Bogdan Nicolescu (aka “Masterfraud”) and Radu Miclaus (aka “… Continue reading Bayrob malware gang convicted of infecting over 400,000 computers worldwide, stealing millions through online auction fraud
How did a cybercrime gang steal a billion dollars from banks and financial instituions.
Come to the talk I’m giving in London, and find out.
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A British man has been jailed for over six years after exploiting ad networks on pornographic websites to spread malware onto innocent users’ computers.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
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A British man has been jailed for over six years after exploiting ad networks on pornographic websites to spread malware onto innocent users’ computers.
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With Graham incapacitated, we drag an episode out from the archives. In this special “splinter” episode of the “Smashing Security” podcast from September 2017 we tackle the tricky subject of backups – when did you last backup your data? how and what sh… Continue reading Smashing Security #123: Backups – a necessary evil?
As hacker claims the entire process can be completed in just three minutes, you would be wise to remember that fingerprints are not the same as passwords.
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