The FBI has warned users of Microsoft Office 365 and Google G Suite hosted email about Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams.
Tag Archives: Security threats
Ex-Inspector General indicted for stealing data on 250k govt colleagues
Crime doesn’t pay, even if you have the audacity to try to sell your employer its own, free software and personal data on your own colleagues.
One billion Android smartphones racking up security flaws
How long do Android devices continue to receive security updates after they’re purchased? The answer is: barely two years.
Microsoft: Turn off Memory Integrity if it’s causing problems
Microsoft has finally clarified how users can fix a Windows security measure that has been causing hardware problems: turn it off.
Now you need a notarized document to get a .gov domain
The US government is tightening its rules around the registration of government web domains to stop fraudsters impersonating government sites.
99% of compromised Microsoft enterprise accounts lack MFA
Cybercriminals compromise over a million Microsoft enterprise accounts each month as too few customers use multi-factor authentication.
Researcher finds 670 Microsoft subdomains vulnerable to takeover
Researchers have found it’s still child’s play to hijack subdomains from companies such as Microsoft to use in phishing and malware attacks.
Chrome extension cons cryptocurrency users out of hardware wallet key
Ledger has warned users about a rogue Chrome extension that duped users into giving up the keys to their hardware crypto wallets.
Cathay Pacific fined over crooks slurping its database for over 4 years
The ICO found a “catalog of errors,” including backups without passwords, unpatched servers, no-longer-supported OSes and feeble anti-virus.
Boots yanks loyalty card payouts after 150K accounts get stuffed
The UK pharmacy chain says it wasn’t hacked, its systems are fine. It’s all the password reusers mucking things up again!