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Critical security holes keep being found in Adobe Flash Player. Have you updated yours yet?
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Continue reading Adobe Flash Player users should update their software NOW
Another hoax warning spreads quickly on Facebook. Will people ever learn?
Continue reading Jayden K Smith’s Facebook friendship request – not a hacker, it’s a hoax
The WWE has just been caught with its spandex leotard down…
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Continue reading Three million wrestling fans at risk after WWE leaves database unprotected
“We’re sorry”, says the AA as it finally coughs up to data breach which exposed partial credit card information.
Continue reading AA apologises, and confirms customers’ partial credit card data *was* exposed
The household goods manufacturer of such famous products as Nurofen painkillers, Durex condoms, Dettol, and Harpic, has warned that it was hit hard by the June 27th global malware outbreak which struck power plants, airports, and government agencies in… Continue reading Last month’s malware outbreak cost this household company £100 million
Reckitt Benckiser, the household goods manufacturer of such famous products as Nurofen painkillers, Durex condoms, Dettol, and Harpic, has warned that it was hit hard by the June 27th global malware outbreak which struck power plants, airports, and government agencies in Ukraine before spreading to other multinational firms. In a sales warning for investors Reckitt […]… Read More
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The iPhone 8 is on its way and may use 3D facial recognition rather than a fingerprint sensor to lock out intruders, and the UK’s Automobile Association claims it hasn’t leaked any credit card data, so why is it getting so upset about security research… Continue reading Smashing Security #032: The iPhone 8, a data breach at the AA, and a mystery no show
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Continue reading Major cryptocurrency exchange hacked – customers’ Bitcoin and Ethereum accounts plundered
The way the AA has handled this incident appears to have been at best shambolic, and at worst downright deceitful.
Continue reading Yes – despite what it says – AA customer credit card data was exposed
Passwords are supposed to be secret. However nicely someone asks you, don’t tell them your password.
Continue reading Now criminals are ringing up British MPs to ask them their passwords