If you force all of your users to register to use the device or features, they have purchased and as part of that compulsory registration you collect sensitive and personally identifiable information – then make sure your cyber security is up to the job of protecting this information. Samsung is …
NHS cyber-attack issue still continuing two months later…
Although the attack on NHS systems, back in August was contained, the systems hit are still not fully funstional: Oxford Health: Cyber attack continues to hit NHS trust’s services – BBC News The NHS 111 non-emergency/first call service was infected by ransomware and severely disrupted and the disruption is still …
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Do not be deceived by fake Zoom sites
Before downloading any Zoom apps, make sure you are on a legitimate site. Threat actors have created fake malicious sites, that do not provide Zoom apps but instead download Vidar Stealer, information stealing malware. Fake sites fool Zoom users into downloading deadly code • The Register This malware will exfiltrate …
More privacy issues for Twitter
Following the revelations by Peiter Zatko, the former head of security at Twitter: Is Twitter a decade behind in its security practices? – Smart Thinking Solutions It now emerges that one of the essential steps in a Twitter password reset – logging out of any and all devices already logged …
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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