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A 28-year-old maj has pleaded guilty to charges that he illegally hacked the network of his former company, telecoms firm Motorola, after he successfully tricked current staff into handing over their login credentials.
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Don’t minimise your Teams Meeting video call too hastily, you might reveal your dirty secrets! Would you be prepared to pay for Facebook and Instagram? And who is being faked to promote cryptocurrency scams?
All this and much more is discussed in th… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #350: Think before you shrink! And our guest is faked
Multi-player online role-playing videogame “Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore” has suffered a ransomware attack which saw the deletion of every player’s account and the loss of all characters.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore hacked! 17,000 game accounts “lost”
Who gets to decide who should be CEO of OpenAI? ChatGPT or the board? Plus a ransomware gang goes a step further than most, reporting one of its own data breaches to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
All this and more is discussed in the … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #349: Ransomware gang reports its own crime, and what happened at OpenAI?
Photos of naked patients and medical records have been posted online by extortionists who hacked a Las Vegas plastic surgery, driving victims to file a lawsuit claiming not enough care was taken to protect their private information.
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As businesses navigate the complexities of modern-day cybersecurity initiatives, data loss prevention (DLP) software is the frontline defense against potential data breaches and exfiltration. DLP solutions allow organizations to detect, react to and prevent data leakage or misuse of sensitive information that can lead to catastrophic consequences. However, while DLP solutions play a critical role […]
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A ransomware attack impacting five hospitals in southwestern Ontario, Canada, has seen hackers gain access to a database containing 5.6 million patient visits, and the social insurance numbers of over 1400 employees.
Read more in my article on the H… Continue reading Cancer treatments cancelled after Canadian hospitals hit by ransomware attack
The personal information of more than 815 million people in India has reportedly been leaked online.
According to local media reports, hackers have offered for sale the personally identifiable information (PII) – including that found on Aadhaar iden… Continue reading India’s biggest data breach? Hacking gang claims to have stolen 815 million people’s personal information
South Korea and the United States’s FBI are warning organisations that they might have inadvertently recruited a North Korean spy to work in their IT department. Continue reading Have you accidentally hired a North Korean IT worker who’s spying on your company?