Google Pay accidentally handed out free money, bug now fixed
All good things must end, they say, including generous offers of “rewards” caused by a short-lived glitch in Google Pay. Days ago, several Google Pay…
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Sextortion “assistance” scammers con victims further
We take a look at an FBI warning regarding for-profit entities making money from people targeted by sextortion attacks. The FBI is warning of a…
Ransomware in France, April 2022–March 2023
In the last 12 months France was one of the most attacked countries in the world, and a favourite target of LockBit, the world’s most…
Ransomware review: April 2023
Cl0p was the most used ransomware in March 2023, dethroning the usual frontrunner LockBit, after breaching over 104 organizations with a zero-day vulnerability. This article…
Don’t plug your phone into a free charging station, warns FBI
The FBI warned consumers against using free public charging stations, stating that criminals have managed to hijack public chargers to infect devices with malware. In…
Ransomware in the UK, April 2022-March 2023
In the last 12 months, the UK has been second only to the USA in terms of ransomware attacks, and its education sector has been…
KFC, Pizza Hut owner employee data stolen in ransomware attack
Yum! Brands, owner of KFC, Pizza Hut, and other fast food chains, was breached in January. It recently found employee data has been compromised. Upon…
Update now! April’s Patch Tuesday includes a fix for one zero-day
One fixed vulnerability is being actively exploited by a ransomware gang and many others were fixed in this month’s Patch Tuesday updates. It’s Patch Tuesday…
Apple releases emergency updates for two known-to-be-exploited vulnerabilities
Apple has released iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, and macOS 13.3.1 for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, respectively, and our advice is to install them as…
How the cops buy a “God view” of your location data, with Bennett Cyphers: Lock and Code S04E09
The list of people and organizations that are hungry for your location data—collected so routinely and packaged so conveniently that it can easily reveal where…
Stop! Are you putting sensitive company data into ChatGPT?
Several companies have warned their staff about sharing confidential data with ChatGPT. Helping to reduce costs and enhance productivity are both things that your employer will…
IoT garage door exploit allows for remote opening attack
Multiple exploits are impacting a line of smart products for the home. A popular and reasonably cheap garage door controller is making waves in the…