Collaborate Disseminate
After a brief discussion of the Log4Shell vulnerability panic, we discuss how Virgin Media has got itself into hot water, a fat-fingered fumble at the Bored Ape Yacht Club, and how to hack around your girlfriend’s facial recognition.
All this and mo… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #256: Virgin Media just won’t take no for an answer, NFT apes, and bad optics
If you lose someone’s data because of a configuration blunder that lets crooks in without any actual hacking… is that a “breach” or not? Continue reading It’s not a breach… it’s just that someone else has your data
On the same day yesterday, when the US-based telecom giant T-Mobile admitted a data breach, the UK-based telecommunication provider Virgin Media announced that it has also suffered a data leak incident exposing the personal information of roughly 900,0… Continue reading Virgin Media Data Leak Exposes Details of 900,000 Customers
One of the UK’s largest internet providers has admitted that it left a database containing the unencrypted details of more than 900,000 UK residents – including existing and potential customers – freely accessible to anybody on the in… Continue reading Virgin Media left 900,000 consumers’ details exposed in unsecured database
Virgin Media admitted it left an unsecured database online containing personal data for about 900,000 customers, including their phone numbers, names, and physical addresses. When people hear about data breaches, they usually imagine hackers gaining ac… Continue reading Virgin Media Admits Failing to Secure Online Database with Info on 900,000 Customers
We are seeing the Dridex Banking Trojans being delivered via malspam emails again today. They are using several different subjects and lures. Both download the same Dridex banking Trojan version The 2 that I have looked at so far are: Your Virgin Media bill is ready coming from Virgin Media <webteam@virginmedia.smebusinesslink.com> … Continue reading → Continue reading Dridex banking Trojan delivered via fake emails from eFax and Virgin Media
The next in the never ending series of Malware downloaders is an email with the subject of Your Virgin Media bill is ready pretending to come from Virgin Media <webteam@virginmediaconnections.com> which delivers Dridex banking trojan They use email addresses and subjects that will entice, scare or persuade the recipient to read the email … Continue reading → Continue reading Fake Your Virgin Media bill is ready malspam delivers Dridex banking Trojan
Virgin Media, a leading provider of internet, TV, and phone services in Britain, is urging customers to reset the passwords on their routers.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender BOX blog.
Continue reading 800,000 Virgin Media customer urged to change their router passwords
Which is the bigger router issue: a configuration backup flaw or weak credentials? Continue reading Virgin Super Hub 2 serious security bug – act now to close the hole