How to remove yourself from the internet and from people search sites
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Incogni. Thanks to the great team there for their support! Cybercrimes happen much more often than you might…
Ex-Ubiquiti worker pleads guilty to data theft, extortion, and smear plot
A former software engineer at Ubiquiti Networks has pleaded guilty to stealing gigabytes of data from the firm, attempting to extort millions of dollars, and damaging the company’s reputation in…
Hackers hit Vesuvius, UK engineering company shuts down affected systems
Vesuvius, the London Stock Exchange-listed molten metal flow engineering company, says it has shut down some of its IT systems after being hit by a cyber attack.
Smashing Security podcast #307: ChatGPT and the Minister for Foreign Affairs
Could a senior Latvian politician really be responsible for scamming hundreds of “mothers-of-two” in the UK? (Probably not, despite Graham’s theories…) And should we be getting worried about the AI…
Take a tour of the Edgescan Cybersecurity Platform
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Edgescan. Thanks to the great team there for their support! Edgescan simplifies Vulnerability Management (VM) by delivering a…
Planet Ice hacked! 240,000 skating fans’ details stolen
Planet Ice, which operates 14 ice rinks up and down the UK, has revealed that criminal hackers managed to break into its systems and steal the personal details of over…
Latvia says Russian hackers tried to phish its Ministry of Defence
The Kremlin-backed Gamaredon hacking group is being blamed for an attempted phishing attack against the Latvian Ministry of Defence. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
If a locked filing cabinet is stolen along with its key, can you still say it’s locked? GoTo thinks you can
GoTo says that hackers stole its customers’ “encrypted backups.” But they also say the hackers stole the decryption keys. To say the backups were encrypted is a bit like trying…
Hackers steal 10 million customer details from JD Sports
If you’ve purchased trainers from sports fashion retailer JD Sports in the past, your personal details could now be in the hands of hackers. Read more in my article on…
Hive ransomware leak site and decryption keys seized in police sting
Websites used by the Hive ransomware-as-a-service gang to extort ransoms and leak data stolen from corporate victims have been seized in a joint operation involving police around the world.