15 Sep

Google throws California $93M to make location tracking lawsuit disappear

Google has been hit with another lawsuit alleging it deceived users about its collection, storage, and use of their location data, this time from the

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15 Sep

Greater Manchester Police ransomware attack another classic demo of supply chain challenges

The UK’s Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has admitted that crooks have got their mitts on some of its data after a third-party supplier responsible for

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15 Sep

US-Canada water org confirms ‘cybersecurity incident’ after ransomware crew threatens leak

The International Joint Commission, a body that manages water rights along the US-Canada border, has confirmed its IT security was targeted, after a ransomware gang

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14 Sep

Caesars says cyber-crooks stole customer data as MGM casino outage drags on

Casino giant Caesars Entertainment has confirmed miscreants stole a database containing customer info, including driver license and social security numbers for a “significant number” of

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14 Sep

Rollbar might be good at tracking bugs, uninvited guests not so much

Cloud-based bug tracking and monitoring platform Rollbar has warned users that attackers have rifled through their data. Troy Hunt, creator of the Have I Been

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14 Sep

Ballistic Bobcat’s Sponsor backdoor – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video Ballistic Bobcat is a suspected Iran-aligned cyberespionage group that targets organizations in various industry verticals, as well as human rights activists and journalists, mainly

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14 Sep

RUOK Day – How to Get Help Online When You’re Not Feeling OK

I’m such a fan of RUOK? Day. Started in 2009, it’s an Australian non-profit suicide prevention that is all about having conversations with others to

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13 Sep

Chrome, Firefox and more caught with their WebP down, offer hasty patch-up

Updated Google and Mozilla have rushed out a fix for a vulnerability within their browsers – Chrome and Firefox, respectively – noting an exploit already

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13 Sep

Watchdog urges change of HART: Late, expensive US biometric ID under fire

Twice delayed and over budget, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been told by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that it needs to

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13 Sep

Uncle Sam warns deepfakes are coming for your brand and bank account

Deepfakes are coming for your brand, bank accounts, and corporate IP, according to a warning from US law enforcement and cyber agencies. In a report

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13 Sep

Airbus suffers data leak turbulence to cybercrooks’ delight

Aerospace giant Airbus has fallen victim to a data breach, thanks in part to the inattention of a third party. Israel-based cybercrime intelligence company Hudson

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13 Sep

Cookie Theft: How to Keep Cybercriminals Out of Your Accounts

Chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, snickerdoodle: Cybercriminals have a sweet tooth just like you. But their favorite type of cookie is of the browser variety. Browser

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13 Sep

Used cars? Try used car accounts: 15,000 up for grabs online at just $2 a pop

Researchers have found almost 15,000 automotive accounts for sale online and pointed at a credential-stuffing attack that targeted car makers. The team at Kasada did

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13 Sep

How to snoop on passwords with this one weird trick (involving public Wi-Fi signals)

Some smart cookies at institutions in China and Singapore have devised a technique for reading keystrokes and pilfering passwords or passcodes from Wi-Fi-connected mobile devices

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13 Sep

Capita class action: 2,000 folks affected by data theft sign up

The number of claimants signing up to a Class Action against Capita over the infamous March cyber security break-in and subsequent data exposure keeps going

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13 Sep

Read it right! How to spot scams on Reddit

As the world’s 18th most visited website and 7th most frequented social network, it’s no surprise that Reddit also holds great allure for cybercriminals. Besides an

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13 Sep

Ransomware attack hits Sri Lanka government, causing data loss

Sri Lanka’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) is currently investigating a ransomware attack on the government’s cloud infrastructure that affected around 5,000 email accounts, it

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12 Sep

China caught – again – with its malware in another nation’s power grid

Espionage-ware thought to have been developed by China has once again been spotted within the power grid of a neighboring nation. According to Symantec’s Threat

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