Twitter Accounts Hacked for Bitcoin by a Fake Elon Musk. Bitcoin remains a lucrative cryptocurrency and hackers are keen to cash in on it. And they’ve now scammed $180k in one day through hacking Twitter accounts. With around 336 million active users, Twitter...
385,000 Online Transactions Hacked at British Airways. British Airways recently had 385,000 online transactions hacked due to a code weakness on their payment processing pages. And customers were not happy. Reputation is important for any organization, so...
GandCrab Ransomware Continues to Cause Huge Problems. Defeating a particular strand of ransomware doesn’t mean it’s dead and buried; you only have to take a look at GandCrab to see how it can evolve. GandCrab first emerged online at the start of 2018 and began...
Why are Cloud Networks at Risk of Being Hacked in 2018? Cloud networks are the most important newcomers to storage and networking in a long, long time, but why are cloud networks at risk of being hacked in 2018? With cloud network revenue set to hit $228...
30 Million Users Do Not Like Facebook Being Hacked. Facebook has started to reveal more details regarding the hack they experienced in September 2018 which has put 30 million users’ data at risk. One of the most popular websites on the planet, Facebook has...
Scottish Brewery Hit by the Dharma Ransomware. Ransomware continues to cause chaos for organizations with the latest story to hit the news concerning a Scottish brewery infected by the Dharma ransomware. While it has been reported that ransomware attacks have...
How Do You Reduce the Risk of Phishing Attacks? Thanks to the power of social engineering, phishing remains a powerful method of hacking organizations. Reducing this risk, therefore, is crucial. Phishing has been active since the early days of the internet and,...
The Basics of How Phishing Works. You’ve read the headlines and you may even have been a victim of phishing, but what is it and how does it work? Phishing is a highly dangerous form of hacking which can compromise sensitive data and cause significant disruption...
High Profile Organizations that Have Been Phished. Phishing is now so prevalent and sophisticated that even the biggest organizations on the planet are likely to be duped by phishing scams. Immunity from such attacks is a difficult privilege to secure, so any...
4 Ways to Tell If You’re Being Phished. Phishing is big business for hackers and you can rest assured that it’s a niche they’re keen to exploit, but how do you know when you’re being phished? Kaspersky Lab reported around 246 million phishing attempts being...