Can negotiating your firm’s ransomware payment actually be fun? Well, if it’s a game rather than the real thing then yes! The inventive bods at the Financial Times have created an imaginative ransomware negotiation simulator which lets you imagine you’re in the hot seat at a hacked company, trying to stop cybercriminals from releasing sensitive … Continue reading "How to have fun negotiating with a ransomware gang"
Author: Graham Cluley
Researchers reveal how your eyeglasses could be leaking secrets when you’re on video conferencing calls, we take a look at the recent data breaches involving Uber and Grand Theft Auto 6, and we cast an eye at what threats may be around the corner…
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by The Register’s Iain Thomson.
Plus – don’t miss our featured interview with Sal Aurigemma, the faculty director of the Master of Science in Cyber Security program at the University of Tulsa.
Bespectacled video conferencing participants have more to worry about than if their hair is uncombed or they have some spinach stuck between their teeth. According to newly-publicised research, they may also be unwittingly leaking sensitive information displayed on their computer screens.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned that fraudsters are sending out emails and SMS texts urging homeowners to sign up for a discount on their energy bills.
200,000 customers of Starbucks in Singapore have had their personal details put up for sale online, after a security incident at the coffee chain.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Uber has suffered a security breach which allowed a hacker to break into its network, and access the company's internal documents and systems.
How did they do it? By bombarding an employee with a spate of multi-factor authentication (MFA) push notifications.
Millions of dollars have been stolen from healthcare companies after fraudsters gained access to customer accounts and redirected payments.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Millions of dollars have been stolen from healthcare companies after fraudsters gained access to customer accounts and redirected payments. In a newly-published advisory directed at the healthcare payment industry, the FBI warns that cybercriminals are using a cocktail of publicly-available Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and social engineering techniques to impersonate victims and obtain access to […]… Read More
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How could your inkjet printer finally help you make some money, why is it so hard to share our health data even if we want to, and what result do you want to see from the Elon Musk vs Twitter bunfight? All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning … Continue reading "Smashing Security podcast #289: Printer peeves, health data hangups, and Twitter tussles – with Rory Cellan-Jones"
Windows users are once again being told to update their systems with the latest security patches from Microsoft, following the discovery of critical vulnerabilities - including ones which are already being exploited in the wild, or could be used to fuel a fast-spreading worm.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.