Social engineering warning as ‘whaling’ attacks continue. Orlando Scott-Cowley Mimecast today released results of a survey* of IT experts at organizations in the US, UK, South Africa and Australia. The…
Day: December 23, 2015
Hello Kitty security leak 'corrected'
A security loophole on the Hello Kitty website that exposed millions of people’s personal data has been “corrected” says the brand’s owner. Earlier this week a computer security researcher revealed…
Man pleads guilty to financial news hack
US prosecutors have secured their first conviction in a case involving hack attacks on three of the major financial news release publishers. Alexander Garkusha pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit…
How to have yourself a merry cyber-safe Christmas
Staying cyber secure over ChristmasÂ… By Prof Alan Woodward, Department of Computing, University of Surrey In 2000, Scott Culp wrote a terrific essay on computer security. It was entitled the…