Toyota Australia driven offline by cyber attack, as heart hospital hit by ransomware

Car maker Toyota admitted earlier today that it had suffered what appears to have been a malware attack at its facilities in Melbourne, Australia, which knocked out its website and other communications.
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139 US bars, restaurants and coffeeshops infected by credit-card stealing malware

North Country Business Products (NCBP), a provider of point-of-sales systems, has revealed that 139 of its clients have been hit by a malware infection that stole the payment card details of consumers.
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139 US bars, restaurants and coffeeshops infected by credit-card stealing malware

North Country Business Products (NCBP), a provider of point-of-sales systems, has revealed that 139 of their clients have been hit by a malware infection that stole the payment card details of consumers. Retailers at dozens of locations across the Unit… Continue reading 139 US bars, restaurants and coffeeshops infected by credit-card stealing malware→

Smashing Security #116: Stalking debtors, Facebook farce, and a cyber insurance snag

How would *you* track someone who owed you money? What was the colossal flaw Facebook left on its website for anyone to exploit and hijack accounts? And what excuse are insurance companies giving for not paying victims of the NotPetya malware millions … Continue reading Smashing Security #116: Stalking debtors, Facebook farce, and a cyber insurance snag→

Google in hot water after not revealing it had hidden a secret microphone in home alarm product

As if some folks weren’t concerned enough about the infiltration of potentially privacy-busting devices into the home, Google has admitted it did not disclose that it hid a secret microphone inside its Nest Secure product.
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Google in hot water after not revealing it had hidden a secret microphone in home alarm product

As if some folks weren’t concerned enough about the infiltration of potentially privacy-busting devices into the home, Google has admitted it did not disclose that it hid a secret microphone inside one of its products. Owners of the Nest Secure w… Continue reading Google in hot water after not revealing it had hidden a secret microphone in home alarm product→

The man suing Apple over two-factor authentication has ‘previous’

Many have been baffled by Jay Brodsky’s legal action against Apple, including his claim that it takes between two and five minutes for him to pass the 2FA security check.
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450,000 usernames and passwords stolen from Coinmama cryptocurrency broker

Coinmama, a site that is supposed to “make it fast, safe and fun” to buy Bitcoins and Etherium with a credit card, has suffered a data breach that has resulted in almost half a million customers having their personal details breached.
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