Finnish therapy clinic’s CEO fired after despicable data breach and blackmail threats
A Finnish psychotherapy clinic has dismissed its CEO in the wake of a disastrous data breach which has seen patients’…
Amazon fires employee for leaking customer data
Multiple Amazon customers have turned to social media to describe how they have received a notification from the online retail…
Sopra Steria confirms it has been hit by new strain of Ryuk ransomware, will take weeks to return to normal operations
Sopra Steria confirms it has been hit by a new strain of the Ryuk ransomware, and that it will take…
Fake Instagram follower services slapped with lawsuit
Facebook has filed federal lawsuits against four individuals who it claims have been selling fake Instagram followers. Read more in…
Donald Trump’s Twitter password is “maga2020!”, and there’s no 2FA, claims hacker
According to Dutch ethical hacker Victor Gevers, as recently as last week the US President’s @realDonaldTrump account was protected by…
Fort Bragg fails to keep a firm grip on its Twitter account, as it blames hacker for saucy tweets
The Twitter account of the Fort Bragg US military base was deleted last night, after what it claimed was a…
Sopra Steria hit by cyber attack. IT services group suspected of falling victim to ransomware
European IT services group Sopra Steria has been hit by a cyber attack. Which would be unfortunate for any business…
Over one million WordPress sites receive forced update to security plugin after severe vulnerability discovered
Loginizer, a popular plugin for protecting WordPress blogs from brute force attacks, has been found to contain its own severe…
Smashing Security podcast #201: Robin Hood, Flippy, and the web ad bubble
The Darkside ransomware gang thinks it’s a modern-day Robin Hood when it donates extorted Bitcoins to charity, the micro-targeted ad…
The Recorded Future Express browser extension – elite security intelligence for zero cost
Many thanks to the fab folks at Recorded Future, who are sponsoring my writing this week. Recorded Future empowers your…