Gordon Ramsay’s father-in-law has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack a computer system relating to the celebrity chef’s business interests. Christopher Hutcheson, 68, and his sons Adam, 46, and Christopher,…
Month: April 2017
Microsoft patches serious Word bug 'targeted by scammers'
A bug in Word apparently targeted by scammers trying to steal banking logins will be patched, Microsoft has said. The previously undetected, or “zero-day”, vulnerability had been reported over the…
Wonga data breach: how to protect yourself
Wonga has confirmed a data breach where up to 250,000 accounts have been compromised. The incident is now being investigated by the police and has been reported to the Financial…
US trade lobbying group attacked by suspected Chinese hackers
The lobbying group has pledged to work on U.S.-China trade issues with President Trump By Grant Gross A group of what appears to be Chinese hackers infiltrated a U.S. trade-focused…
Apache Struts 2 exploit used to install ransomware on servers
Attackers exploit a Struts vulnerability patched in March to install the Cerber ransomware on Windows servers. By Lucian Constantin Attackers are exploiting a vulnerability patched last month in the Apache…
The threat of PBX/Dial-through fraud
Action Fraud is continuing to receive reports of businesses falling victim to “PBX Dial through fraud”. Find out what it is and how to protect against it. What is PBX…