May 15, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches, Malware and Exploits
The Swift global financial messaging network, which is used by banks to move billions of dollars daily has reported that another malicious attack on a bank has attempted to make us of their messaging system to potentially steal millions. The announcement by Swift...
May 12, 2016 | Browser Security, Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits
By Graham Cluley If you’re running Adobe Flash on your Windows, Mac, Linux or Chrome OS computer you’re potentially at risk. Adobe has issued a security advisory, warning of an as-yet unpatched critical security hole in its popular Flash player software that is...
May 12, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches, Malware and Exploits
Wendy’s restaurants has released information about the investigation a breach in at least 300 of their 5,500 restaurants. Wendy’s said today that an investigation into a credit card breach at the nationwide fast-food chain uncovered malicious software on...
May 10, 2016 | Data Breaches, General Security, Sophos
In the Sophos Blog – Naked Security – it has been reported that Google employee data was breached by being inadvertently emailed to the wrong client by a benefits company. Did you know that a UTM can detect data-loss? Someone working at the third-party...
May 9, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, General Security, Malware and Exploits
FBI: No, do not pay ransomware extortionists By Graham Cluley The roll call of organizations hit by ransomware attacks is depressingly long – hospitals, government departments, school districts, banks, businesses small and large… even law enforcement agencies haven’t...
May 9, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches
Reported late last week was an article that exposed a data-loss (breach) where Cyber Criminals stole W-2s from the Credit Bureau Equifax. We will be referring to this as the ‘Equifax Breach’ here on out. So far, the only place we have been able to find...