Smashing Security podcast #364: Bing pop-up wars, and the British Library ransomware scandal – Source: grahamcluley.com

Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley There’s a Bing ding dong, after Microsoft (over?) enthusiastically encourages Chrome users to stop using Google, and silence hits the British Library as it shares its story of a ransomware attack. All this and more is...

Gotta Hack ‘Em All: Pokémon passwords reset after attack – Source: www.bitdefender.com

Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley Are you using the same passwords in multiple places online? Well, stop.  Stop right now.  And make sure that you’ve told your friends and family to stop being reckless too. Because if you use the same login...

Fujitsu hack raises questions, after firm confirms customer data breach – Source: grahamcluley.com

Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Fujitsu has warned that cybercriminals may have stolen files with personal and customer data after it discovering malware on its computer systems. The firm at the center of the British Post Office scandal, said in a...

Scareware scam: Restoro and Reimage fined $26 million by FTC – Source: www.bitdefender.com

Source: www.bitdefender.com – Author: Graham Cluley Two firms have been fined $26 million by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for scaring consumers into believing their computers were infected by malware. The FTC claimed that Restoro Cyprus Limited and Reimage...

LockBit affiliate jailed for almost four years after guilty plea – Source: www.tripwire.com

Source: www.tripwire.com – Author: Graham Cluley An affiliate of the LockBit ransomware gang has been sentenced to almost four years in jail after earlier pleading guilty to charges of cyber extortion and weapons charges. 34-year-old Mikhail Vasiliev, who has dual...