If you follow news about online threats, you already know that cyber crooks create malicious software for MacOS and iOS in the same way as for other operating systems. Although the number of Internet-based infections targeted towards Windows and Android is higher, Apple users should not feel completely safe either. Knowing this, can help you make sure that you keep…
Cybersecurity news headlines for 1-15 June, 2019
In this edition of cybersecurity news headlines, we have three stories to report on. Privacy enthusiasts rejoice as Apple introduces its new “Sign in with Apple” feature; dating app Tinder may be forced to share user data with Russian law enforcement and intelligence agencies; the notorious GandCrab ransomware stops operations.…
Cybersecurity news headlines for May 15-31, 2019
To continue our May edition of cybersecurity news headlines, we discuss Google’s habit of tracking your purchases and how the company kept unhashed passwords of G Suite users for 14 years, as well as a serious security breach in drive-thru restaurant Checkers.…
Cybersecurity news headlines May 1-15, 2019
In our first May edition of cybersecurity news headlines, there are three stories to report on. We discuss President Putin signing a law to disconnect Russia from the rest of the web; a Twitter bug exposing iOS users’ locations; and a WhatsApp vulnerability that allows attackers to infect devices with spyware by simply calling them.…
Cybersecurity news headlines for 15-30 April, 2019
To continue our April edition of cybersecurity news headlines, we have 3 stories to report on. We talk about Facebook, its data harvesting practises and inability to secure user data, as well as report on MalwareTech pleading guilty to two charges to conspiring to create and distribute the banking trojan Kronos.…
What are sextortion scam emails
Once in a while there is a surge of the so called sextortion scam emails (also known as porn blackmail scam emails) that want your Bitcoin. The emails are written in bad English, claim to have a video of you watching adult content, threaten to send the video to all your contacts, and demand Bitcoin in…
Cybersecurity news headlines for 1-15 April, 2019
The first half of April has been rather quiet, but we do have three stories to report on in this edition of cybersecurity news headlines. We report on Julian Assange being arrested after almost seven years in Ecuador’s embassy, and 540 million Facebook records being publicly accessible on Amazon servers. We also discuss the…
Cybersecurity news headlines for 15-31 March, 2019
In this edition of cybersecurity news headlines, we report on four major stories. Social media Facebook made headlines once again, and this time for storing hundreds of millions of plaintext passwords. Toyota announced a security breach that potentially exposed the personal information of around 3.1 million customers. $19 million worth of cryptocurrency was stolen…