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Passionate gamers leak classified military documents online — twice in 2 days

Passionate gamers leak classified military documents online — twice in 2 days

Classified information regarding the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet has been leaked to a gaming forum ...

Robert Dougherty and David Hollingworth Mon, 23 Jan 2023
US no-fly list revealed by Swiss security researcher — and one very lax airline

US no-fly list revealed by Swiss security researcher — and one very lax airline

A Swiss cyber security researcher with time on her hands and a healthy curiosity has managed to breach the not-so-secure ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 23 Jan 2023
Game developer Riot Games hacked, dev environment breached

Game developer Riot Games hacked, dev environment breached

While video games are hardly critical infrastructure, for millions of gamers around the world, they are an essential ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 23 Jan 2023
35k PayPal accounts compromised by credential stuffing attack

35k PayPal accounts compromised by credential stuffing attack

Online financial service PayPal has confirmed it was hit by a robust credential stuffing attack, which has led to the ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 20 Jan 2023
PODCAST: ‘Hacking for Russia’ — investigating Russia’s cyber campaign

PODCAST: ‘Hacking for Russia’ — investigating Russia’s cyber campaign

In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, Cyber Security Connect’s David Hollingworth and Liam Garman ...

Robyn Tongol Fri, 20 Jan 2023
T-Mobile announces data breach affecting 37m customers

T-Mobile announces data breach affecting 37m customers

Telco T-Mobile has revealed via a financial filing that a hacker has accessed the personal data of around 37 million ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 20 Jan 2023
Over 100 Mailchimp accounts compromised in social engineering hack

Over 100 Mailchimp accounts compromised in social engineering hack

It’s probably a truism that if you’ve been hacked before, you’ll be hacked again eventually, which is something that ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 19 Jan 2023
ACSC releases cyber security checklist to keep kids safe online

ACSC releases cyber security checklist to keep kids safe online

It seems a modern truism that every new generation will spend more of their lives online than the one before, whether ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 19 Jan 2023
US Office of Information Security details 2 ransomware threats facing US health system

US Office of Information Security details 2 ransomware threats facing US health system

As we’ve often reported, ransomware is a growing threat worldwide. The Office of Information Security in the United ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 18 Jan 2023
USMC stands up new Marine Corps Information Command

USMC stands up new Marine Corps Information Command

The United States Marine Corps announced overnight that it is standing up a new, entirely internal command focused on ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 18 Jan 2023
A ransomware attack has knocked a Norwegian company’s shipping servers offline

A ransomware attack has knocked a Norwegian company’s shipping servers offline

Norwegian company DNV has reported it has fallen victim to a ransomware attack and has taken its shipping servers ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 17 Jan 2023
Call centre-based crypto scammers taken down in Europe

Call centre-based crypto scammers taken down in Europe

Europol has assisted a raft of European countries in taking down an extensive crypto scam network.

David Hollingworth Tue, 17 Jan 2023
Small businesses advised to not use ‘TikTok’ generation for cyber security

Small businesses advised to not use ‘TikTok’ generation for cyber security

Small business owners are being warned not to make use of young Gen Z-er’s (those born from 1997 to 2010) to manage ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 17 Jan 2023