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Online training site Skillbox says that it has come up with an imaginative way to reach out to potential clients, and invite them to change their careers from being accountants and become graphical designers instead.
The Russian firm’s idea? To send a… Continue reading Online training site says it is spamming insecure printers with adverts
Federal agencies and companies are required by law to disclose breaches, but Congress is under no such obligation – meaning that the public may have no idea that their political representatives have been hit.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire St… Continue reading US Senators say it shouldn’t be a secret when they’ve been hacked
Federal agencies and companies are required by law to disclose breaches, but Congress is under no such obligation – meaning that the public may have no idea that their political representatives have been hit.
It’s time this changed.
The post US Senato… Continue reading US Senators say it shouldn’t be a secret when they’ve been hacked
A $150 million mansion is hijacked online, Brits will soon have to scan their passport to watch internet porn, and are organisations right to pay up when hit by ransomware?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning … Continue reading Smashing Security #119: Hijacked homes, porn passports, and ransomware regret
A series of cartoons are aiming to educate children as young as four about how to stay safe online.
Continue reading Online safety cartoons for young kids
The WickedGen website bragged that it had over 120,000 users and almost one million sets of account details, offering monthly and yearly membership plans for those who wanted “access to thousands of premium accounts across a huge range of services.”
Re… Continue reading Man arrested for selling one million Netflix, Spotify, Hulu passwords
Police in Australia have arrested a man who allegedly made AU $300,000 (US $211,000) running a website which sold the account passwords of popular online subscription services including Netflix, Spotify, Hulu, PSN, and Origin. The 21-year-old man was a… Continue reading Man arrested for selling one million Netflix, Spotify, Hulu passwords
The FBI suspects that the hackers used a technique known as “password spraying”.
Continue reading Citrix hackers may have stolen six terabytes worth of files
Facebook is taking a stand against a pair of Ukrainian app developers who it claims scraped personal information from users’ profiles.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Facebook sues quiz app developers who allegedly stole users’ private data through browser plugins
Facebook, seemingly perpetually fighting allegations that it doesn’t take enough care of the privacy and security of its billions of users, is taking a stand against a pair of Ukrainian app developers who it claims scraped personal information fr… Continue reading Facebook sues quiz app developers who allegedly stole users’ private data through browser plugins