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Officials at Bristol Airport in the UK declined to pay a ransom demand from extortionists who attacked its computer systems late last week, forcing them to resort to whiteboards and public address systems to communicate with travellers.
Continue reading Bristol Airport says it did not pay any ransom to recover from cyber attack
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A security researcher has revealed a method of crashing and restarting iPhones and iPads, with just a few lines of code that could be added to any webpage.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading How to crash and restart an iPhone with a CSS-based web attack
A security researcher has revealed a method of crashing and restarting iPhones and iPads, with just a few lines of code that could be added to any webpage. Sabri Haddouche tweeted a link to webpage containing his 15-line proof-of-concept attack, which … Continue reading How to crash and restart an iPhone with a CSS-based web attack
Often the biggest problem is not the threat of external hackers, but rather internal staff to whom you have granted access to sensitive data and who might be tempted to exploit it for financial gain.
Continue reading Amazon staff said to be taking bribes to leak data
A man wanted for his part in a lucrative criminal operation that spread scareware via the Minnesota Star Tribune website, who spent years on the run from the FBI, has finally been sent to prison.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Securit… Continue reading Prison for man who assisted scareware scheme that targeted newspaper website
A man wanted for his part in a lucrative criminal operation that spread scareware via the Minnesota Star Tribune website, who spent years on the run from the FBI, has finally been sent to prison.
The post Prison for man who assisted scareware scheme th… Continue reading Prison for man who assisted scareware scheme that targeted newspaper website
Malicious script is being blamed for the British Airways hack, Trend Micro’s apps are booted out of the Mac App Store for snaffling private data, and Paul Manafort’s daughter wants Twitter to remove a link.
All this and more is discussed in the latest … Continue reading Smashing Security #095: British Airways hack, Mac apps steal browser history, and one person has 285,000 texts leaked
The official UK TV licensing website was allowing license purchasers to submit their personal identifiable information and bank details in unsafe, unencrypted plaintext.
Continue reading TV License website said it was secure. It wasn’t
The official UK TV licensing website was allowing license purchasers to submit their personal identifiable information and bank details in unsafe, unencrypted plaintext.
Continue reading TV License website said it was secure. It wasn’t