Collaborate Disseminate
This weekend a number of state government websites in Ohio were defaced by a pro-ISIS group calling itself Team System DZ. Affected sites displayed anti-Trump messages, and played the Islamic call to prayer through visiting computers’ speakers.
Continue reading Pro-ISIS hackers deface Ohio government websites
The British Houses of Parliament have been targeted by hackers who attempted to break into email accounts of MPs and their staff.
Here are simple steps that everyone – not just the UK’s top politicians – should take to better defend their systems.
Continue reading Hackers attempt to break into UK MPs’ email accounts, as Houses of Parliament targeted by cyber attack
Virgin Media, a leading provider of internet, TV, and phone services in Britain, is urging customers to reset the passwords on their routers.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender BOX blog.
Continue reading 800,000 Virgin Media customer urged to change their router passwords
Until advertising networks manage to clean up their act, and stop distributing ads that are put our privacy and security at risk, I can’t advocate anyone going on the internet without an ad blocker.
Continue reading If these universities had run an ad blocker they might have been saved from ransomware attack
Australian drivers whose traffic offences were caught on malware-infected speed cameras may be off the hook after all.
Continue reading Police cancel 590 speeding fines after WannaCry hits traffic cameras
55 traffic and speed cameras in the state of Victoria, Australia, have been accidentally infected with the WannaCry ransomware.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading WannaCry ransomware infects Australian traffic cameras, human error blamed
55 traffic and speed cameras in the state of Victoria, Australia, have been accidentally infected with the WannaCry ransomware.
The post WannaCry Ransomware Infects Australian Traffic Cameras, Human Error Blamed appeared first on The State of Security.
Continue reading WannaCry Ransomware Infects Australian Traffic Cameras, Human Error Blamed
Podcast hosts Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault are joined by special guest Kevin Gorsline to discuss the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and what it means for your business even if you’re not based in Europe.
Continue reading Smashing Security #030: GDPR – The good and the bad
An online gang calling itself CyberTeam has claimed that it orchestrated an attack which saw Skype users in multiple countries around the globe unable to use the service for some hours earlier this week.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security … Continue reading Criminal gang says that they shut down Skype, says Steam is next
Some data breaches simply rely upon a pitiful lack of security that can only be described as imbecilic.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
Continue reading Many companies have been ‘hacked’, but please don’t make it THIS easy