Collaborate Disseminate
A Ukrainian video game developer has revealed that a hacker has leaked development material stolen from the company’s systems, and is threatening to release tens of gigabytes more if their unorthodox ransom demands are not met. Continue reading STALKER 2 hacker demands Ukrainian game developer reinstates Russian language support, or else…
The latest annual FBI report on the state of cybercrime has shown a massive increase in the amount of money stolen through investment scams.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading FBI reveals that more money is lost to investment fraud than ransomware and business email compromise combined
The boss of WhatsApp, the most popular messaging platform in the UK, says that it will not remove end-to-end encryption from the app to comply with requirements set out in the UK government’s online safety bill.
Learn more in my article on the Hot f… Continue reading WhatsApp and UK government on collision course, as app vows not to remove end-to-end encryption
Torrents on The Pirate Bay which claim to contain Final Cut Pro are instead being used to distribute cryptojacking malware to Macs. Continue reading Pirated copies of Final Cut Pro infect Macs with cryptojacking malware
The US Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) has issued new requirements for airport and aircraft operators who, they say, are facing a “persistent cybersecurity threat.”
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading TSA tells US aviation industry to boost its cybersecurity
Scammers get pwned by a Canadian granny! Don’t be seduced in a bar by an iPhone thief! And will the US Marshals be able to track down the villains who stole their data?
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #312: Rule 34, Twitter scams, and Facebook fails
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Sysdig. Thanks to the great team there for their support! This move to the cloud has made it easier to scale up applications when they need to grow. However, there is a corollary to thi… Continue reading Study reveals companies are wasting millions on unused Kubernetes resources
A notorious ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack against Vesuvius, the London Stock Exchange-listed molten metal flow engineering company. Continue reading Vice Society publishes data stolen during Vesuvius ransomware attack
Willie Sutton, the criminal who became legendary for stealing from banks during a forty year career, was once asked, “Why do you keep robbing banks?”
His answer? “Because that’s where the money is.”
However, today there’s a better target for robb… Continue reading Trezor crypto wallets under attack in SMS phishing campaign
British high street giant WH Smith has revealed that it has suffered a “cybersecurity incident,” which has seen hackers gain unauthorised access to its systems, and steal data including information related to current and former employees. Continue reading WH Smith investigates hacking attack after employee data stolen