Collaborate Disseminate
A 40-year-old Russian man has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison by a US court, for his involvement in the Trickbot gang that deployed ransomware and stole money and sensitive information from businesses around the world.
Read mo… Continue reading Trickbot malware developer jailed for five years
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Cynet. Thanks to the team there for their support. As Cynet’s COO, my team and I get to work closely with risk management executives at small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) around t… Continue reading Top 3 Cybersecurity Trends for SME Business Leaders
In a newly published report, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned that malicious attackers are already taking advantage of artificial intelligence and that the volume and impact of threats – including ransomware – will increase in … Continue reading AI is already being used by ransomware gangs, warns NCSC
This week the podcast is more lavatorial than usual, as we explore how privacy may have gone to sh*t on Google Maps, our guest drives hands-free on Britain’s motorways (and is defamed by AI), and ransomware attacks an airplane-leasing firm.
The US Securities & Exchange Comission (SEC) has confirmed that hackers managed to seize control of a phone number associated with its Twitter account, and used it to post an unauthorised message.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security… Continue reading SEC Twitter hack blamed on SIM swap attack
US federal agencies have teamed up to release a cybersecurity best practice guidance for the water and wastewater sector (WWS).
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading With hackers poisoning water systems, US agencies issue incident response guide to boost cybersecurity
Bought some Timberland shoes? Wear a North Face jacket? You, and millions of purchasers of other popular high-street brands, could have had their data stolen by the ALPHV ransomware group.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading 35.5 million customers of major apparel brands have their data breached after ransomware attack
Has the British Prime Minister been caught secretly profiting from a cryptocurrency app? Were 23andMe right to blame their users after a data breach? And Indian men have hard feelings after falling for a money-for-sex scam.
All this and much much mo… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #355: Fishy Rishi, 23andMe, and the labour of love
Hundreds of pet owners across the UK have reported that they have received blackmail threats from scammers who claim to have found their lost pooches and missing moggies.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Heartless scammers prey on hundreds of lost pet owners, demanding ransoms or else…
A WordPress plugin used on over 300,000 websites has been found to contain vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to seize control.
Security researchers at Wordfence found two critical flaws in the POST SMTP Mailer plugin.
Read more in my artic… Continue reading Critical flaw found in WordPress plugin used on over 300,000 websites