Over the last few days, scammers have been sending out phishing mails that disguise bogus URLs with something called Slinks—shortened Linkedin…
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Twitter and two-factor authentication: What’s changing?
Twitter is making some dramatic shake ups to its currently available security settings. From March 19, users of Twitter won’t be able…
Mortal Kombat ransomware forms tag team with crypto-stealing malware
An “unidentified actor” is making use of these two malicious files to cause combo-laden mayhem on desktops around the world, according…
$800,000 recovered from Business Email Compromise attack
We continue to see the damaging repercussions of business email compromise (BEC) impacting organisations across the US and elsewhere. The Houston…
Beware fake Facebook emails saying “your page has been disabled”
Facebook users need to be on their guard for bogus emails claiming to be from Facebook, that tell users their account…
Reddit breached, here’s what you need to know
On Thursday, February 9, 2023, Reddit reported that it had experienced a security incident as a result of an employee being…
Riot Games refuses to pay ransom to avoid League of Legends leak
After confirming threat actors were able to steal some of its code, Riot Games has also revealed that it received a ransom email…
Hive! Hive! Hive! Ransomware site submerged by FBI
On January 26, 2023, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) released details about a disruption campaign against the Hive ransomware…
Google sponsored ads lead to rogue imitation sites
There’s a big push in rogue advert land at the moment, with multiple forms of bogus websites being used as bait…
Open redirect on government website sends users to adult content
Fake websites and open redirects have conspired to make things awkward for a UKGOV website. The site in question, riverconditions(dot)environment-agency(dot)gov(dot)uk, was…