Collaborate Disseminate
Smishing is nothing new. But that doesn’t mean that the criminals hell bent on stealing Apple ID password are resting on their laurels.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
Continue reading Apple ID smishing evolves to lure more victims
How *did* scammers know that a brand new TalkTalk customer was experiencing a technical problem?
Or did they just get lucky?
Continue reading Brand new TalkTalk customer is targeted by phone scammer
Yahoo has admitted that some of its staff knew back in 2014 that its systems had been breached by hackers.
Continue reading Some Yahoo staff knew in 2014 that it had been hacked
One of the golden rules of computer security for the last twenty-or-so years has been to be extremely cautious of unsolicited emails. Yet, the same old tricks are still being used to successfully spread ransomware.
Read more in my article on the Hot f… Continue reading Locky ransomware disguises itself as account suspensions and suspicious movements
In late September, when Apple released iOS 10, it also took a dramatic step back in at least one aspect of iPhone and iPad security.
Now it’s trying to make things 1000 times better.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading iOS 10.2 will make your local iPhone backup much much harder to crack
This Patch Tuesday update includes a fix for the vulnerability that Google engineers controversially chose to make public last week.
Continue reading Microsoft has patched the zero-day security hole disclosed by Google
The Dirty COW vulnerability has not been fixed in the latest Android security update.
Continue reading Android’s security update for November 2016 – good news and bad moos
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at VASCO Data Security. Thanks to the great team there for their support!
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Continue reading VASCO white paper: Why RASP technology is critical for modern app security
An incorrect setting could make the difference between your website being insecure, or wide open for hackers to steal massive amounts of your users’ personal data.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Applied for a job at Cisco? Your personal data and passwords could have been stolen
Here’s a wake-up call for anyone who hasn’t heard that technology can do things a heck of a lot quicker than humans shuffling paper.
Continue reading Need to review 650,000 emails in eight days? Easy with a computer