The security of information, whether personal data or company data, is the responsibility of the directors of a company. Such responsibility may be devolved but all roads are always directed…
Month: January 2016
Fraudsters Automate Russian Dating Scams
The romance scam package is designed for fraudsters who prey on lonely men via dating Web sites and small spam campaigns. By Brian Krebs Virtually every aspect of cybercrime has been…
Half of UK financial institutions vulnerable to well-known crypto flaws
We cant name names, say consultancy, suffice to say theyre at risk. John Leyden Fifty per cent of UK high street financial institutions utilise weak SSL certificates on their secure…
Easy-to-use ransomware code discovered
Cyber-thieves have turned to web programming languages to create a cheap ransomware service. On infected machines, ransomware encrypts data and frees it only when victims pay for it to be…
Cyber security guidelines for ships launched today
Shipping industry is now taking cyber threat seriously. BIMCO, together with other leading shipping organisations, has today launched a set of guidelines to help the global shipping industry prevent major…
Happy 2016, and here's the year's first ransomware story
JavaScript-ed nasty only spotted on Windows, so far. Richard Chirgwin A security researcher reckons he’s spotted the first example of JavaScript-based ransomware-as-a-service, dubbing it Ransom32. Emsisoft’s Fabian Wosar writes here…