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A British hospital is grappling with a major cyberattack that has crippled its IT systems and disrupted patient care.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading UK hospital, hit by cyberattack, resorts to paper and postpones procedures
What makes Mimic particularly unusual is that it exploits the API of a legitimate Windows file search tool (“Everything” by Voidtools) to quickly locate files for encryption.
Find out more about the threat in my article on the Tripwire State of Secu… Continue reading Mimic ransomware: what you need to know
A Kansas City man is accused of hacking into local businesses, not to steal money, but to… get a cheaper gym membership? A DNA-testing firm has vanished, leaving customers in the dark about what’s happened to their sensitive genetic data. And Austral… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #395: Gym hacking, disappearing DNA, and a social lockout
In episode 26 of The AI Fix, an AI does surgery on pork chops, holographic Jesus wants your consent to use cookies, Mark opens the pod bay doors, our hosts discover OpenAI’s couch potato health coach, and Graham finds a robot made of drain pipes.
Gr… Continue reading The AI Fix #26: Would AI kill sentient robots, and is water wet?
A security researcher has blamed misconfigured implementations of Microsoft Power Pages for a slew of data breaches from web portals – including the leak of 1.1 million NHS employee records.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Data leaks from websites built on Microsoft Power Pages, including 1.1 million NHS records
Flipaclip, an animation creation app that is particularly popular with youngsters, has exposed the details of over 890,000 users.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading FlipaClip animation app data breach exposes details of almost 900,000 users
A hacker calling themselves “nears” claims to have compromised the systems of multiple healthcare facilities across France, claiming to have gained access to the records of over 1.5 million people.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of … Continue reading 750,000 patients’ medical records exposed after data breach at French hospital
In our latest episode we discuss how a woman hid under the bed after scammers told her she was under “digital arrest”, how hackers are hijacking YouTube channels through malicious sponsorship deals, and how one phone company is turning the tables on fr… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #394: Digital arrest scams and stream-jacking
In episode 25 of The AI Fix, humanity creates a satellite called Skynet and then loses it, Graham folds proteins in the comfort of his living room, a Florida man gets a robot dog, Grok rats on its own boss, and a podcast host discovers Brazil nuts.
… Continue reading The AI Fix #25: Beware of the superintelligence, and a spam-eating AI super gran
Cybercriminals have adopted a novel trick for infecting devices with malware: sending out physical letters that contain malicious QR codes.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Malware delivered via malicious QR codes sent in the post