A self-proclaimed cryptocurrency millionaire has been charged with multiple felonies for his alleged role in a scam that purported to sell a high-powered cryptomining machine called the "Bitex Blockbuster" that did not actually exist.

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Kaspersky experts have detected a malicious mass-mailing campaign using the Agent Tesla trojan.

This week, in one of the biggest leaks in videogame history, a GTAForums user by the name of “teapotuberhacker” posted 90 videos from a test build of Grand Theft Auto 6. Gameplay scenes include a waffle shop robbery, some Vice City locations, ...

Go to any children’s performance, birthday party, or even just a day at the beach and you’ll see a sea of cellphones snapping pics. And who can blame those snap-happy parents? Children, like pets, are perpetually adorable to the humans who lov...

You may think that when you delete your files and move them into the trash, they’re gone forever. Well, this isn’t the case. In reality,…
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Episode 268 includes chess shocks, GTA6 breach, antivax carrots and IHG wiper attack!

The Financial Times has created an imaginative ransomware negotiation simulator which lets you imagine you’re in the hot seat at a hacked company, trying to stop cybercriminals from releasing sensitive data they have stolen from your systems.

Researchers reveal how your eyeglasses could be leaking secrets when you’re on video conferencing calls, we take a look at the recent data breaches involving Uber and Grand Theft Auto 6, and we cast an eye at what threats may be around the corner…

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A slew of apps containing the Harly Trojan subscriber have been found on Google Play, adding up to more than 4.8 million downloads. We explain why these apps are dangerous.

As part of the Global Transparency Initiative update, Kaspersky is opening two more Transparency Centers and unveiling the new Transparency Center format.

Bespectacled video conferencing participants have more to worry about than if their hair is uncombed or they have some spinach stuck between their teeth. According to newly-publicised research, they may also be unwittingly leaking sensitive informatio...

The US and UK governments are offering cash prizes to inventors who can show how AI handles sensitive personal data responsibly.
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The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned that fraudsters are sending out emails and SMS texts urging homeowners to sign up for a discount on their energy bills.

Kaspersky presents the new edition of Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Optimum.

Last week, an 18-year old hacker used social engineering techniques to compromise Uber’s network. He compromised an employee’s Slack login and then used it to send a message to Uber employees announcing that it had suffered a data breach. Uber...

You’re on the move and you notice that you have no bars on your phone. You do a quick skim of your Wi-Fi choices and hook into whichever one seems open, free, and not shady. Voila — you now have internet access! But whether you're at a cafe, a...

Deepfake videos are flooding social networks and pose a potential danger to users. Here is how to spot deepfake videos.
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Last week, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center issued a public warning claiming that they have “identified an increasing number of vulnerabilities posed by unpatched medical devices.” They stated that these devices, such as insulin pumps...

Episode 267 of the Transatlantic Cable includes Meta engineers unsure where data goes, Lazarus, bank thieves in gyms and more!

Cassie,* a Vermont mother of four, woke up to a shock yesterday morning. When she went to check the Seesaw app — which she uses to communicate with her kids’ schools — she found that an obscene photo had been sent to her youngest’s teacher at ...

A string of recent articles has identified ransomware as the world’s greatest cybersecurity threat, especially with groups like Black Basta offering ransomware as a service. As of late June, Black Basta alone had struck nearly 50 victims with ...

Chris Hartman, senior director of fuels, forecourt, advertising, and construction at convenience store chain Rutter’s believes that autonomous stores may be the next big thing in retail tech. Autonomous stores function without a human cashier ...

200,000 customers of Starbucks in Singapore have had their personal details put up for sale online, after a security incident at the coffee chain.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Uber has suffered a security breach which allowed a hacker to break into its network, and access the company's internal documents and systems.

How did they do it? By bombarding an employee with a spate of multi-factor authentication (MFA) push noti...

Millions of dollars have been stolen from healthcare companies after fraudsters gained access to customer accounts and redirected payments.

Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

Let’s be real: you’ve sexted. Your boo has sexted. Your mom has probably sexted! What’s more they have probably all sent a nude to someone. Pretty much everyone is doing it. Before the pandemic, Americans were sending 1.8 million nudes per day...

How could your inkjet printer finally help you make some money, why is it so hard to share our health data even if we want to, and what result do you want to see from the Elon Musk vs Twitter bunfight?

All this and much more is discussed in the late...

Microsoft patched 64 vulnerabilities in a number of products and components (from Windows and Office to Defender and Azure). One is already being exploited ITW.

Windows users are once again being told to update their systems with the latest security patches from Microsoft, following the discovery of critical vulnerabilities - including ones which are already being exploited in the wild, or could be used to fue...

For the second time this year, Samsung users have had their data stolen. How does it affect them, and what compensation can they get?
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On my sixth birthday, my father gifted me a globe of the world. It is the best birthday present I have ever received. You see, I grew up in a cramped apartment in Baku, Azerbaijan. But even in our small corner of this world on the edge of the ...

…but probably not the one they thought they were targeting
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We explain why browser extensions can be dangerous, as exemplified by the most common families of malicious extensions.

Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Teleport. Thanks to the great team there for their support! Kubernetes is an amazing platform for managing containers at scale. However, a recent study found that over 900,000 Kubernete...

American schools are usual targets for hackers, who take advantage of their old infrastructure and lack of funding for cybersecurity.
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Owners of QNAP NAS drives have been advised to "take immediate action" in the wake of a new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks.

Artificial Intelligence is being used in the fight against online child exploitation
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Students are back to school in America and Canada. Here is how to keep them safe from online threats.
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Amid a wave of hacks which has cost investors billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency, the FBI is calling on decentralised finance (DeFi) platforms to improve their security.

Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

We’re back from our summer break as we ask how did a cryptomining campaign stay unspotted for years, quiz special guest and infosec rockstar Mikko Hyppönen about his book, and ponder what spiders teach us about misinformation.

All this and much more...