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Business Email Compromise – fighting back with machine learning
by Paul Ducklin If you’re interested in artificial intelligence (AI) and how it can be used in cybersecurity… …here’s a DEF CON presentation you’ll like, coming up this weekend! DEF CON is perhaps the ultimate “come one/come...
Porn blast disrupts bail hearing of alleged Twitter hacker
by Paul Ducklin One of the alleged Twitter hackers faced a bail hearing in a Florida court yesterday. ICYMI, the Twitter hack we’re referring to involved the takeover of 45 prominent Twitter accounts, including those of Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Apple Computer,...
You asked for them: AuthPoint Hardware Tokens
We are excited to share the news that our MFA solution portfolio continues to expand and now partners can offer AuthPoint Hardware Tokens to interested customers! Hardware tokens can be used by businesses as an alternative to the mobile token to...
GandCrab ransomware hacker arrested in Belarus
Suspect is alleged to have extorted more than 1000 people, mostly in India, US, Ukraine, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Russia.
Twitter hack – three suspects charged in the US
by Paul Ducklin The US Department of Justice just issued a press release entitled simply, “Three Individuals Charged for Alleged Roles in Twitter Hack.” In some ways, the Twitter hack referred to, which happened just two weeks ago on 2020-07-15, was tiny....
Travel company CWT avoids ransomware derailment by paying $4.5m blackmail demand
by Paul Ducklin According to reports, Minnesota-based business travel company CWT is the latest victim of the latest trend in ransomware. In fact, we’re probably at the point where we need to stop calling them just “ransomware” attacks, because...
Servers at risk from “BootHole” bug – what you need to know
by Paul Ducklin Another month, another BWAIN! That’s our tongue-in-cheek name for a cybersecurity vulnerability that not only gets assigned an identifier like CVE-2020-10713, but also aquires an impressive name plus a jaunty logo (and even, in one intriguing...
US tax service says, “2FA is a must!”
by Paul Ducklin The Beatles famously sang about The Taxman back in 1966, when Britain had much higher taxes on the rich than it does now: Let me tell you how it will be There's one for you, nineteen for me 'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman Should five per...
