Collaborate Disseminate
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has been fined £200,000 for revealing identities of abuse victims in a mass email.
Continue reading £200,000 fine for exposing possible child abuse victims in classic Cc/Bcc email blunder
Tesla chief Elon Musk retracts his unfounded allegations against man who helped boys escape from a Thai cave, but scammers are given another opportunity to strike.
Continue reading Elon Musk retracts vile Twitter accusation against cave rescuer
The FBI is warning businesses of the serious dangers posed by business email compromise (BEC) scams, saying that losses globally have risen by 136% since December 2016.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
Continue reading Business email compromise scams have netted $12.5 billion, says FBI
The FBI is once again warning businesses of the serious dangers posed by business email compromise (BEC) scams, saying that losses globally have risen by 136% since December 2016.
The post Business Email Compromise Scams Have Netted $12.5 Billion,… Continue reading Business Email Compromise Scams Have Netted $12.5 Billion, Says FBI
Popstar Selena Gomez’s alleged hacker has been charged.
Are your secret password reset questions easy to answer with public information?
Continue reading 21-year-old woman charged with hacking Selena Gomez
A researcher has discovered that it’s easier than ever before to hack at least one brand of internet-enabled DVR, as an IoT search engine has cached their passwords within search results.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender BOX blog.
Continue reading IoT search engine exposes passwords of over 30,000 vulnerable DVRs
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‘Time capsule’ app Timehop has revealed that it made a boo-boo when it initially shared details over the weekend of a data breach involving millions of users’ names, email addresses, and phone numbers.
Continue reading Timehop data breach is worse than they initially said
Data breaches are getting more expensive.
That’s one of the findings of a new global study by the Ponemon Institute that examines the financial impact of a corporate data breach.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading Average cost of a data breach exceeds $3.8 million, claims report
Data breaches are getting more expensive. That’s one of the findings of a new global study by the Ponemon Institute that examines the financial impact of a corporate data breach. So what is the actual cost of a data breach? Well, obviously it var… Continue reading Average cost of a data breach exceeds $3.8 million, claims report