Ransomware attack causes supermarket cheese shortage in the Netherlands
Shoppers at Dutch supermarkets may have noticed that some cheeses were in short supply last week, and it was cybercriminals…
A helpful reminder about just how much Facebook stalks you on the internet
Many Facebook users think they only have to worry about the data that they personally share about themselves on Facebook,…
Upstox warns of serious data breach, resets passwords
Indian stock trading firm Upstox has revealed to users that it has suffered a serious security breach that may have…
Smashing Security podcast #222: Facebook, deepfakes, and April Fools scandals – with Nina Schick
Deepfake expert Nina Schick joins us as we discuss synthetic media, Facebook’s latest data fiasco, and some less-than-brilliant April Fool’s…
Facebook isn’t sorry for letting someone steal personal details of half a billion users
Would it have been so hard for Facebook to apologise for allowing 533 million personal records – including users’ phone…
Check you own the website before you send out the press release
Cybersecurity can be hard. Even for the professionals. Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
How Deliveroo scared customers into believing they had been scammed
Food-delivery company Delveroo thought it would be fun to play an April Fool’s trick on its customers in France. Unfortunately,…
Federal agencies given five days to find hacked Exchange servers
CISA, the US Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has told federal agencies that they have until…
Smashing Security podcast #221: God bless his hairy palms
FatFace stumps up $2 million to its ransomware extortionists, an IT administrator is caught with his pants down, Mobikwik blames…
US nuclear command agency’s gibberish tweet was sent by a child
When an unintelligible tweet was made by the US Strategic Command’s Twitter account, it’s understandable that some folks might imagine…