Collaborate Disseminate
The Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange has had its website seized by the authorities, after its Russian founder was charged with processing more than US $700m worth of “dirty money” on behalf of criminals. Continue reading Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange shut down by authorities, accused of cybercriminal links
Carole’s in her sick bed, which leaves Graham in charge of the good ship “Smashing Security” as it navigates the choppy seas of credential stuffing and avoids the swirling waters of apps being sloppy with sensitive information.
Find out more in this… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #305: Norton unlocked, and police leaks
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at SecurEnvoy. Thanks to the great team there for their support! We are often approached by organisations that depend on on-premise applications and data storage, who are looking for a mul… Continue reading Does your MFA solution secure access to your on-premise apps as well as those in the cloud?
If you use Norton lifeLock as your password manager, your account may have been compromised.
Learn more now. Continue reading Ugh! Norton LifeLock password manager accounts accessed by hackers
A security breach may have cost current Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen an esports championship victory yesterday, and he’s not happy.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Hackers disrupt 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual esports event
European law enforcement agencies have dealt a blow to scammers running call centres across the continent that stole millions of Euros from cryptocurrency investors.
Crime-fighting authorities teamed up to tackle organised criminal groups who trick… Continue reading Call centres behind fake cryptocurrency scams shut down across Europe
It’s time for you and your colleagues to become more skeptical about what you read.
That’s a takeaway from a series of experiments undertaken using GPT-3 AI text-generating interfaces to create malicious messages designed to spear-phish, scam, harra… Continue reading Researchers warn AI-generated phishing attacks are becoming more convincing
Someone called OxShagger thinks he has come up with the perfect Valentine’s surprise for Oxford students, but is the way he has gone about “bookworms with benefits” really a good idea? Robot security guards are trundling the streets of – you guessed it… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #304: Oxford’s dating disaster, cheap security robots, and faking a suicide
Three weeks after The Guardian newspaper was hit by a ransomware attack, it warns staff members that their personal data was accessed. Continue reading Post-ransomware attack, The Guardian warns staff their personal data was accessed
The experts at security firm Bitdefender have released a universal decryptor for victims of the MegaCortex family of ransomware, which is estimated to have caused more than 1800 infections – mostly of businesses. Continue reading Free decryptor for victims of MegaCortex ransomware released