Security News

GOPwned: Republicans fall victim to email hack
2018-12-04 23:44

NRCC says it was hit in run-up to 2018 elections The National Republican Congressional Committee, the Republican Party's campaigning arm, has confirmed it has fallen victim to a major compromise...

Sharp rise in email and social media hacking in the UK
2018-12-03 11:17

Police forces across the UK are coming under increasing pressure to launch criminal investigations into incidents of social media and computer hacking, according to a new report from the...

3 ways for your business to spot a spear phishing email during the holidays
2018-11-27 16:26

Cyberattacks on organizations are predicted to skyrocket during the online holiday shopping season. Here is how to identify possible threats.

LinkedIn used 18M non-member emails to target Facebook ads. Were you a victim?
2018-11-26 13:30

A Data Protection Commissioner investigation found that LinkedIn violated data protection policies shortly before onset of GDPR.

Attackers Are Landing Email Inboxes Without the Need to Phish
2018-11-23 15:53

We’ve all heard the proverb: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Well now, threat actors don’t even have to exert the effort to phish...

Amazon Snafu Exposed Customers' Names and Email Addresses
2018-11-23 09:48

Scant Detail on Incident and Unusual Email Notification Raises EyebrowsAmazon has blamed a technical error for its inadvertent exposure of some customers' names and email addresses online. The...

Amazon Exposes Customer Names, Email Addresses
2018-11-21 15:40

Amazon informed some customers this week that their name and email address were exposed due to a “technical error,” but the company provided very few other details. read more

Technical foul: Amazon suffers data breach days before Black Friday, emails world+dog
2018-11-21 12:40

$1tn biz doesn't answer very basic questions - like how or why it happened Amazon has suffered a data breach just days before Black Friday – and the company was tight-lipped about whether it had...

When selling security awareness training by email, probably a good shout not to hit 'reply all'
2018-11-21 09:54

The irony meter is quivering Oh the irony. A channel account rep trying to drum up business for security awareness training scored an own goal this week when he pressed the send to all option on...

Report Shows Increase in Email Attacks Using .com File Extensions
2018-11-15 15:04

Leesburg, VA-based anti-phishing firm Cofense (formerly PhishMe) has discovered an uptick in the use of .com file extensions in phishing emails.  read more