December 15, 2017

To avoid phishing hooks don’t swim with the shoal

A study found that national culture is the strongest predictor of an individual's ability to spot deceitful emails.

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September 12, 2017

Beware the Kedi RAT pretending to be a Citrix file that Gmails home

The Kedi Remote Access Trojan has some sneaky tricks up its sleeve - don't get caught out by it

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April 11, 2017

Unsecured database exposed diabetics’ sensitive data

Close to a million records belonging to senior citizens in the US were exposed - and since deleted - but included details such as health insurance providers and medical issues

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March 16, 2017

News in brief: Yahoo ‘was spear-phished’; McDonald’s Twitter hijacked; Samsung moots face recognition for payments

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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February 14, 2017

Ransomware attackers shift focus and resources to high-value sectors

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the cyber-crooks are going after the sectors most likely to pay up: healthcare, government, critical infrastructure and small businesses

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June 16, 2016

Russian snoops ‘stole Democrats’ dossier on Donald Trump’

Beyond the opposition data about Trump, intruders could read all email and chat traffic.

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March 24, 2016

FBI adds two Syrian Electronic Army hackers to Cyber Most Wanted list

"The Pro" and "The Shadow" may have been stealthy spearphishers, but they left a clear digital trail on Facebook and Gmail.

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March 09, 2016

More companies snared by same type of phishing attack that hit Snapchat

If you haven't filed your taxes yet, you really should go ahead and do it before a cybercriminal does it for you.

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February 29, 2016

Snapchat snared by phishers impersonating CEO, employee data swiped

Snapchat said that it is "impossibly sorry" for the breach, which exposed an unknown number of past and present workers to identity theft.

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