08 Feb

Suspect in Finnish psychotherapy center blackmail hack arrested

French police have arrested a 25-year-old Finnish man accused of hacking a psychotherapy clinic, stealing more than 22,000 patients’ therapy notes, demanding ransom payments from

Author rabih
07 Feb

Safer Internet Day: Through a Parent’s Eyes

“Together for a better internet.” That’s the rallying cry of this year’s Safer Internet Day, and it’s one we’re happy to hear. Particularly from a

Author rabih
07 Feb

Into the void: Your tech and security in digital darkness

No internet, perfect security? Two ESET researchers perform a thought experiment where they consider the implications of being plunged into digital darkness. Not every computer

Author rabih
07 Feb

Eurocops shut down Exclu encrypted messaging app, arrest dozens

An encrypted messaging service that has been on law enforcement’s radar since a 2019 raid on an old NATO bunker has been shut down after

Author rabih
06 Feb

Embarrassment as US cyber ambassador’s Twitter account is hacked

A top US cyber diplomat said his Twitter account was compromised over the weekend. Nate Fick, the inaugural US ambassador at large for Cyberspace and

Author rabih
06 Feb

Here’s a list of proxy IPs to help block KillNet’s DDoS bots

A free tool aims is helping organizations defend against KillNet distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) bots and comes as the US government issued a warning that the Russian

Author rabih
06 Feb

Super Scams – Beat the Online Scammers Who Want to Sack Your Super Bowl

Crooks will aways try to cash in on a good thing, and football is no exception. Online scammers are ramping up for the big game

Author rabih
06 Feb

Keeping unstructured data safe and sound

Webinar There was a time when data was stored in cardboard files inside metal filing cabinets. The drawers were locked with a little key in

Author rabih
06 Feb

Trust, not tech, is holding back a safer internet

Opinion The tech sector is failing at cybersecurity. Global spending on the stuff is at $190 billion a year, a quarter of the US defense

Author rabih
06 Feb

School laptop auction devolves into extortion allegation

When a Texas school district sold some old laptops at auction last year, it probably didn’t expect to end up in a public legal fight

Author rabih
06 Feb

Ransomware scum launch wave of attacks on critical, but old, VMWare ESXi vuln

France’s Computer Emergency Response Team has issued a Bulletin D’Alerte regarding a campaign to infect VMware’s ESXI hypervisor with ransomware. We get a little language

Author rabih
05 Feb

Have we learnt nothing from SolarWinds supply chain attacks? Not yet it appears

The hack of SolarWinds’ software more than two years ago pushed the threat of software supply chain attacks to the front of security conversations, but

Author rabih
04 Feb

Iran crew stole Charlie Hebdo database, says Microsoft

Microsoft believes the gang who boasted it had stolen and leaked more than 200,000 Charlie Hebdo subscribers’ personal information is none other than a Tehran-backed

Author rabih
04 Feb

HeadCrab bots pinch 1,000+ Redis servers to mine coins

A sneaky botnet dubbed HeadCrab that uses bespoke malware to mine for Monero has infected at least 1,200 Redis servers in the last 18 months.

Author rabih
03 Feb

Fast-evolving Prilex POS malware can block contactless payments

The reasons businesses and consumers like contactless payment transactions – high security and speed – are what make those systems bad for cybercriminals. If miscreants

Author rabih
03 Feb

Guy accused of wrecking crypto exchange now hauled into court

The man accused of bringing down decentralized crypto exchange Mango Markets through market manipulation has made his first appearance in court in connection with the

Author rabih
03 Feb

Another RAC staffer nabbed for storing, sharing car crash data

A former employee of RAC, one of Britain’s major roadside recovery service operators, has pleaded guilty to data theft after he stored traffic accident information

Author rabih
03 Feb

Another RAC staffer nabbed for storing and sharing road accident data

A former employee of RAC, one of Britain’s major roadside recovery service operators, has pleaded guilty to data theft after he stored traffic accident information

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