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FBI warns of fake CEO attacks taking place via video conferencing systems
The FBI has issued a warning that organisations should be on their guard against BEC (Business Email Compromise) attacks involving virtual meeting platforms. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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Stealing Bicycles by Swapping QR Codes
This is a clever hack against those bike-rental kiosks: They’re stealing Citi Bikes by switching the QR scan codes on two bicycles near each other at a docking station, then waiting for an unsuspecting cyclist to try to unlock a bike with his or her smartphone app. The app doesn’t work for the rider but…
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Sex attacker jailed after police track his hire bike
Officers based at London’s Charing Cross police station were able to identify a man who committed two sexual assaults, after they were able to track him via his hire bike. Read More
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Banking World Rocked After Leak Exposes 18,000 Credit Suisse Accounts
Bank hits back at reports alleging serious due diligence failings Read More
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Motorola case shows importance of detecting insider IP theft quickly
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on February 7, 2022, the unsealing of an indictment that charged Chinese telecommunications company Hytera Communications with conspiring with former Motorola Solutions employees to “steal digital mobile radio (DMR) technology from Motorola.” This announcement is just the latest piece in a multi-year saga involving the theft of Motorola’s intellectual…
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Russia “Pre-positioning” Cyber-Attacks for Potential Invasion
US and UK blame Kremlin for last week’s DDoS attacks Read More
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Digital Ad Fraud Set to Hit $68bn in 2022
Juniper Research warns of continued surge in losses this year Read More
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“Who dropped the DB?” Find out with Teleport Database Access
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Teleport. Thanks to the great team there for their support! You’re woken up at 3 am, only to discover your worst nightmare. The new intern just deleted the production database during routine maintenance by accident. You quickly restore from a backup. During the…
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Friday Squid Blogging: South American Squid Stocks Threatened by Chinese Fishing
There’s a lot of fishing going on: The number of Chinese-flagged vessels in the south Pacific has surged 13-fold from 54 active vessels in 2009 to 707 in 2020, according to the SPRFMO. Meanwhile, the size of China’s squid catch has grown from 70,000 tons in 2009 to 358,000. As usual, you can also use…
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Doxxing, The Internet, and How You Can Lock Down Your Data
Have you ever been online and replied to a comment or post? Maybe it was on Reddit or on an influencer’s Instagram. Did other people reply to you, and were any of them unexpectedly hostile? When you’re online, a little hostility is sadly par for the course, but most people brush it off and move…