By Phil Muncaster The University of East Anglia has suffered its second serious data leak this year after personal details of a member of staff were sent to 300 postgraduate…
Day: November 10, 2017
Europol Boss Warns of 4000 Ransomware Attacks Per Day
Europol boss Rob Wainright has warned that ransomware attacks now number as many as 4000 per day, with cybercrime operations large and sophisticated enough to threaten critical infrastructure. Speaking at…
Phishing helps hackers hijack Google accounts
Cyber-thieves grab almost 250,000 valid log-in names and passwords for Google accounts every week, suggests research. The study by Google and UC Berkeley looked at the ways email and other…
Court rules social engineering attacks not covered under cyber policy
by Lyle Adriano In Brick Warehouse LP v. Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench has found that a social engineering attack did not fall within…