Know who your Friends are: Staying safe on social sites
Making a mistake on Facebook or other social sites can cost a great deal - either in terms of accidental “oversharing", or allowing a cybercriminal access to your computer.
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Gaming giant Ubisoft falls victim to breach – user emails and passwords at risk
Game publisher Ubisoft has fallen victim to a website hack, which exposed data including email addresses, user names and encrypted passwords.
Phishing “test” finds half of employees will take bait, says Atlantic Media CTO
Atlantic Media CTO Tom Cochran emailed employees a fake phishing email supposedly from “Google Apps”, and found that 58% clicked the link.
Natural gas plants in U.S. face wave of brute force cyber attacks
Cybercriminals have targeted U.S. energy companies with a wave of brute force cyber attacks, according to the Industrial Control Systems Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT).
Business secrets being stolen on “industrial scale” says UK spy agency chief
Every month, around 70 sophisticated cyber espionage campaigns target government or industry networks, Sir Iain Lobban, head of Britain's GCHQ spy agency said.
Instagram hit by fruity spam attack
Instagram users were bombarded with pictures of fruit over the weekend in a spam attack that swept the photo-sharing network.
FTC issues record $7.5m fine for calls to U.S. veterans on Do Not Call Registry
A telemarketing company has been hit with a $7.5m fine for repeatedly contacting people on the Do Not Call Registry - the largest civil penalty ever issued in a Do Not Call case.
Man of Steel movie streams used as bait for Slideshare spam pages
Hit movies such as Man of Steel and World War Z have been used as bait to lure victims to spam pages on sharing site Slideshare, according to a report in The Register this week.
Carberp source code leak “could lead to new wave of attacks”
The source code for banking malware Carberp has been released online - raising the possibility a new wave of attacks using variants of the sophisticated Trojan.
Google identifies 10,000 phishing and malware sites every day
Google’s Safe Browsing program is now flagging 10,000 suspect websites per day, the search giant announced in a blog post
Security never takes a holiday: 5 tips for cybersecurity on vacation
More people will be enjoying more digital devices on holiday trips this year than ever before, so we’ve rounded up the top tips for protecting your technology on the road, so you can enjoy a safer, less stressful vacation.
Blizzard issues World of Warcraft security alert over auction house scams
Blizzard, makers of the hit online game World of Warcraft, issued a security alert today after a spate of unauthorized logins and player reports of "money laundering" scams.
Facebook privacy row as hacker uses Graph Search to list thousands of phone numbers
A hacker has used Facebook’s Graph Search to find and list telephone numbers for thousands of Facebook users without their knowledge.
Fake BBM app fools 100,000 Android users by targeting rumored release date
Cybercriminals cashed in on an internet rumor to fool 100,000 Android users into downloading a fake BlackBerry Messenger app for Android.
Facebook security breach exposed personal data for six million users
Facebook has admitted to a security breach which exposed details such as emails and phone numbers for six million site users.
“I can make money from it, so why not”: The criminals who hack webcams to spy on young girls
An investigation by a British talk radio station has shone light on the hackers who spy on young girls via webcams on compromised PCs.
Many companies “not prepared” for data breaches, says consulting firm
Many companies are unprepared for data breaches and hacking incidents - and the percentage of companies without any form of crisis response plan has actually grown in the past year, says consulting firm Protiviti.
Yahoo defends plan to recycle user IDs amid identity theft fears
Yahoo defended its plan to recycle inactive user IDs this week, saying that it had put in place safeguards to prevent the recycled usernames being used for identity theft.
Quantum Dawn 2 cyber war game to test defenses of U.S. banks
A simulated cyber attack with the Hollywood-esque title Quantum Dawn 2 will bombard the defenses of American banks on June 28 - in an exercise designed to test how Wall Street would endure a sustained hi-tech assault.
Britain launches £4m campaign to protect against small business cyber crime
The British government has launched the first stage of a £4 million ($6.1 million) campaign to educate consumers and small businesses about the dangers of cyber crime.