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Two friends have been jailed over their role in the 2015 hack of British telecoms firm TalkTalk. Connor Allsopp, 21, and 23-year-old Matthew Hanley, both of Tamworth, Staffordshire, were jailed yesterday at the Old Bailey in London, after admitting the… Continue reading Two friends jailed for TalkTalk hack plot
In the wake of the global political fallout over the Salisbury nerve agent attack, there are reports of a growing threat of Russian state or Russian state-affiliated hacking groups conducting cyber attack reprisals against UK organisations, g… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for March 2018
The concept of helping people via a support line has been poisoned by scammers using leaked customer data to target victims Continue reading ISP customer data breach could turn into supercharged tech support scams
Data stolen from an ISP after a breach has led to its customers being targeted by scammers – but blocking a widely used tool is not a way to improve security Continue reading Questions linger after ISP blocks TeamViewer over fraud fears
TeamViewer can be used for good. TeamViewer can be used for bad. UK ISP TalkTalk doesn’t want you to use it at all.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading TeamViewer stopped working? Let me guess, your ISP is TalkTalk…
Customers of the UK telecoms provider TalkTalk have found themselves targeted by scammers – and the advice applies to other firms too Continue reading Are you customer of a firm that’s been breached? Look out for more attacks
Kids – don’t hack into companies without their permission. They don’t like it, and neither do the cops.
Continue reading TalkTalk’s hacker (and blackmailer) pleads guilty
A D.C. think tank recommends regulations that mandate IoT security by design before attacks infiltrate critical infrastructure, financial and health care organizations. Continue reading New Call to Regulate IoT Security By Design
British broadband provider TalkTalk is being criticised for its poor handling of a security incident affecting its customers.
No surprise there then.
Continue reading When it comes to security, TalkTalk is all talk talk…
Your daily round-up of what else is in the news Continue reading News in brief: meals on robot wheels; Mirai blamed for new attacks; police bypass iPhone encryption