Collaborate Disseminate
One of the world’s leading wire and cable manufacturers, Leoni AG, has been swindled out of a jaw-dropping 40 million Euros (approximately US $44 million) after it was targeted by an email scammer.
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Yes, hackers did manage to steal millions of account credentials back in 2012.
Make sure you have protected your account, and enabled two-step verification.
Continue reading Millions of Dropbox users are being advised to change their passwords
Here are some of the security stories I didn’t write about…
Continue reading I went on holiday. Hackers didn’t.
If we can build better rules for acceptable passwords, we can do a better job of protecting users’ privacy and confidential company databases.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
Continue reading Practical steps for strengthening your company’s password rules
More than 800,000 usernames, email addresses, and birth dates are thought to have been stolen by hackers from online forums run by Epic Games.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
Continue reading Epic Games forums hacked again – over 800,000 gamers put at risk
More than 800,000 usernames, email addresses, and birth dates are thought to have been stolen by hackers from online forums run by Epic Games.
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No, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, isn’t dead.
But his Twitter *did* get hacked.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales didn’t die this weekend, despite what his hacked Twitter account said
Veteran anti-virus researcher Vesselin Bontchev has discovered that there are hundreds of samples of malware available for download from the WikiLeaks website.
The malware found by Bontchev is found in a large tranche of emails leaked from AKP, a Turki… Continue reading Now WikiLeaks is distributing malware
Veteran anti-virus researcher Vesselin Bontchev has discovered that there are hundreds of samples of malware available for download from the WikiLeaks website.
The malware found by Bontchev is found in a large tranche of emails leaked from AKP, a Turki… Continue reading Now WikiLeaks is distributing malware
City of London Police arrested a 32-year-old woman at Heathrow airport yesterday on “suspicion of conspiracy to defraud”.
According to police, the arrested woman is a current employee of Sage.
Sage made the headlines earlier this week after the online … Continue reading Following data breach, Sage employee arrested at Heathrow airport