Ten days after a suspected ransomware attack, residents of the English borough of Redcar and Cleveland must be starting to wonder when their Council’s IT systems will return.
Tag Archives: Security threats
Sensitive plastic surgery images exposed online
Researchers at VPN advisory company vpnMentor have found yet another online data exposure caused by a misconfigured cloud database.
Google pulls 500 malicious Chrome extensions after researcher tip-off
Google has abruptly pulled over 500 Chrome extensions from its Web Store that researchers discovered were stealing browsing data and executing click fraud and malvertising.
Cookie-nabbing app could have served users side helping of XSS
A popular GDPR compliance WordPress plugin vendor has patched a flaw that rendered both site visitors and admins vulnerable to XSS attacks.
Corp.com is up for sale – check your Active Directory settings!
An old, dormant domain is going on sale – and the results could be catastrophic for enterprises with common Active Directory misconfigurations.
Dell fixes privilege elevation bug in support software
Users of Dell SupportAssist should patch their software immediately to fix a software bug that could lead to arbitrary code execution.
FBI: Cybercrime tore a $3.5b hole in victims’ pockets last year
The FBI’s Internet Crime Report shows that business email comprise is the biggest money-maker for cybercriminals.
US charges four Chinese military members with Equifax hack
The indictment suggests the hack was part of a series of major data thefts organized by Chinese military and intelligence agencies.
Data about inmates and jail staff spilled by leaky prison app
A web-mapping project came across detainees’ prescriptions and other PII that could be used by identity thieves to victimize prisoners.
5 tips for you and your family on Safer Internet Day
Why not make Safer Internet Day the excuse you need to do all those cybersecurity tweaks you’ve been putting off?