The headline equally applies to the abuse of LinkedIn Smart Links: LinkedIn Smart Links abused in evasive email phishing attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) This is a feature in the LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Enterprise versions and allows packages of documents to be sent out and the metrics for the documents can be …
Omphaloskepsis?
This is what cyber security can become. Not sure what it means? It means navel gazing – thinking about one thing to the exclusion of the wider picture. So what am I talking about? You have been sold anti-virus and a firewall, you’ve set the updates to automatic and have …
American Airlines data breach due to employee email accounts being compromised
American Airlines had to write to customers to explain that personal data had been stolen through a cyber-attack – although they did state in the letter that there was no evidence of that personal data having been misused! I would like to see their evidence of that, because I think …
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Uber suffers a substantial cyber security breach – actions you should take – UPDATED
This post was first published on 16 September 2022 Details and facts are not confirmed yet but Uber has been the victim of a cyber attack: Uber cloud systems seemingly hijacked in ‘security incident’ • The Register Leaked images seem to show the hackers have gained administrator access to Uber’s …
Do not use the password Qwerty1234 – the hackers know that one!
It is being reported that the hack on the Holiday Inn was done for fun and that the hackers, from Vietnam, used the password Qwerty1234 to gain access. IHG hack: ‘Vindictive’ couple deleted hotel chain data for fun – BBC News If you want your people to have a better …
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