Category: insider threat
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Your staff are your biggest security risk: AI is making it worse
Your staff are your biggest security risk: AI is making it worse A new report claims that the cost of insider security incidents has surged 20% in two years, reaching an average of US $19.5 million per organization annually, with no sign that the alarming figure is flattening. Read more in my article on the…
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Coinbase insider who sold customer data to criminals arrested in India
Coinbase insider who sold customer data to criminals arrested in India Police in India have arrested a former Coinbase customer service agent who is believed to have been bribed by cybercriminal gangs to access sensitive customer information. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Graham Cluley Go to grahamcluley
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Smashing Security podcast #445: The hack that brought back the zombie apocalypse
Smashing Security podcast #445: The hack that brought back the zombie apocalypse America’s airwaves are haunted by zombies again, as we dig into a decade of broadcasters leaving their hardware open to attack, giving hackers the chance to hijack TV shows, blast out fake emergency alerts, and even replace religious sermons with explicit furry podcasts.…
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From mischief to malware: ICO warns schools about student hackers
From mischief to malware: ICO warns schools about student hackers Recent research released by the ICO say that school pupils should be considered as an “insider threat” by schools. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog. Graham Cluley Go to grahamcluley
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Employee arrested after Brazil’s central bank service provider hacked for US $140 million
Employee arrested after Brazil’s central bank service provider hacked for US $140 million This month could barely have started any worse for some financial institutions in Brazil. Approximately US $140 million was stolen from the reserve accounts of six financial institutions after a cyber attack hit a service provider. Read more in my article on…
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South African man imprisoned after ransom demand against his former employer
South African man imprisoned after ransom demand against his former employer Lucky Erasmus and a company insider installed software without authorisation on Ecentric’s systems which granted them remote access, enabling them to steal sensitive data and make unauthorised changes to senior managers’ passwords. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Graham…
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Man found guilty of planting infinite loop logic bomb on ex-employer’s system
Man found guilty of planting infinite loop logic bomb on ex-employer’s system Davis Lu had planted malicious Java code onto his employer’s network that would cause “infinite loops” that would ultimate result in the server crashing or hanging. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Graham Cluley Go to grahamcluley
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Ex-worker arrested after ‘shutdown’ of British Museum computer systems
Ex-worker arrested after ‘shutdown’ of British Museum computer systems London’s world-famous British Museum was forced to partially close its doors at the end of last week, following a serious security breach involving a former IT contractor. Police were called to the museum on Friday after a recently dismissed worker allegedly trespassed onto the museum site…