A US $10 million reward is being offered to anyone who has information about four members of an Iranian hacking group.
The US government's Rewards for Justice initiative is making the reward available for information about four men believed to be members of Shahid Hemmat, a hacking gang backed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber-Electronic Command (IRGC-CEC).
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Author: Graham Cluley
Historically, Mac users haven't had to worry about malware as much as their Windows-using cousins.
But that doesn't mean that Mac users should be complacent. And the recent discovery of a new malware strain emphasises that the threat - even if much smaller than on Windows - remains real.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Historically, Mac users haven't had to worry about malware as much as their Windows-using cousins. Although malware targeting Apple devices actually predates viruses written for PCs, and there have been some families of malware that have presented a significant threat for both operating systems (for instance, the Word macro viruses that hit computers hard from 1995 onwards), it is generally the case that you're simply a lot less likely to encounter malware on your Mac than you are on your Windows PC. But that doesn't mean that Mac users should be complacent. And the recent discovery of a new...
The SolarWinds have returned to haunt four cybersecurity companies who tried to hide their breaches and ended up with their trousers around their ankles, and North Korea succeeds in getting one of its IT workers hired... but what's their plan?
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.
Security researchers have uncovered a new flaw in some AI chatbots that could have allowed hackers to steal personal information from users.
The flaw, which has been named "Imprompter", which uses a clever trick to hide malicious instructions within seemingly-random text.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
In episode 21 of "The AI Fix"", Mark and Graham comfort themselves with a limbless AI pet as they learn about a terrifying robot dog with a flamethrower, fission-powered data centres, AI suicide pods, and a multi-limbed robot with a passion for classical music.
Graham finds out what happens if you sellotape an Alexa to a Chihuahua, and Mark asks AI Trump and AI Harris how many Rs there are in "strawberry".
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of “The AI Fix” podcast by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.
No-one would be bold enough to say that the ransomware problem is receding, but a newly-published report by Microsoft does deliver a slither of encouraging news amongst the gloom.
And boy do we need some good news - amid reports that 389 US-based healthcare institutions were hit by ransomware last year - more than one every single day.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
No-one would be bold enough to say that the ransomware problem is receding, but a newly-published report by Microsoft does deliver a slither of encouraging news amongst the gloom. And boy do we need some good news - amid reports that 389 US-based healthcare institutions were hit by ransomware last year - more than one every single day. The 114-page Microsoft Digital Defense Report (MMDR) looks at multiple aspects of the cybersecurity landscape, including AI security, denial-of-service attacks, phishing, social engineering, and nation-state threats. But for me one of the most positive findings...
WordPress's emperor, Matt Mullenweg, demands a hefty tribute from WP Engine, and a battle erupts, leaving millions of websites hanging in the balance. Meanwhile, the Internet Archive, a digital library preserving our online history, is under siege from hackers.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.
In what appears to be one of the biggest leaks in Pokémon history, troves of information related to multiple incarnations of the video game has leaked online - creating ripples of excitement and concern throughout the fanbase.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.