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A computer security engineer has been charged in connection with a multi-million dollar hack of a cryptocurrency exchange.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Cybersecurity pro charged with $9 million cryptocurrency exchange hack
A British IT worker who exploited a ransomware attack against the company he worked for, in an attempt to extort money from them for himself, has been sentenced to jail for three years and seven months. Continue reading Rogue IT security worker who impersonated ransomware gang is sentenced to jail
There’s good news for any business that has fallen victim to the Akira ransomware.
Security researchers have developed a free decryption tool for files that have been encrypted since the Akira ransomware first emerged in March 2023.
Read more in … Continue reading Free Akira ransomware decryptor released for victims who wish to recover their data without paying extortionists
Just how much do porn websites know about your sexual peccadillos? How are Barbie dolls involved in identity scams? And would you trust a completely free telly?
Oh, and Graham has some opinions to share about “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”…. Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #329: Pornhub, Barbie dolls, and can you trust a free TV?
Staff at Dublin Airport have been warned that their personal data has fallen into the hands of hackers, following a data breach at a third-party service provider.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Dublin Airport staff pay details stolen by hackers after MOVEit attack at third-party provider Aon
Suncor, one of the largest energy companies in North America, has suffered a cyber attack that left Canadian motorists unable to make gas station purchases with payment cards, and even disabled car washes.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Secu… Continue reading Over 1500 gas stations disrupted in Canada, after energy giant hacked
UPS delivers some smishing advice (but have they kept something under wraps?), we ask ChatGPT to take a long hard look at itself, and we debate what the penalty should be for taking national secrets home with you.
All this and much much more is disc… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #328: UPS smishing, ChatGPT 101, and storing secret files
Back in 2020, law enforcement agents across Europe had a major breakthrough in their fight against organised crime. They managed to crack into EncroChat – a secure encrypted messaging service which ran on modified Android phones, that promised “worry-… Continue reading Busted ‘secure’ EncroChat messaging service leads to over 6,500 arrests by police
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Infoblox. Thanks to the great team there for their support! At Infoblox, we know that the most important thing to prevent potential attacks against DNS is to understand it and get the r… Continue reading DNS can speed up response to threats and make security operations more productive
The city of Fort Worth in Texas announced on Saturday that it had suffered a security breach that saw hackers claim to have gained unauthorised access to data.
But it doesn’t appear, for now at least, that the hackers are attempting to extort a rans… Continue reading Political hackers strike City of Fort Worth, in protest at anti-trans legislation