Clipboard-injecting malware disguises itself as Tor browser, steals cryptocurrency
Malware, disguised as copies of Tor, has stolen approximately US $400,000 worth of cryptocurrency from almost 16,000 users worldwide.
US sends million-dollar scammer to prison for four years
31-year-old Solomon Ekunke Okpe, of Lagos, was a member of a gang that devised and executed a variety of scams – including business email compromise (BEC), romance scams, working-from-home scams,…
Smashing Security podcast #315: Crypto hacker hijinks, government spyware, and Utah social media shocker
A cryptocurrency hack leads us down a mazze of twisty little passages, Joe Biden’s commercial spyware bill, and Utah gets tough on social media sites. All this and much much…
UK police reveal they are running fake DDoS-for-hire sites to collect details on cybercriminals
There’s bad news if you’re someone who is keen to launch a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack to boot a website off the internet, but don’t have the know-how to do…
Can zero trust be saved?
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Kolide. Thanks to the great team there for their support! Right now, “Zero Trust” is in serious danger…
Danger USB! Journalists sent exploding flash drives
If you were sent a USB stick anonymously through the post, would you plug it into your computer? Perhaps you’ll think twice when you hear what happened to these Ecuadorian…
Europe’s transport sector terrorised by ransomware, data theft, and denial-of-service attacks
A new report from ENISA, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, looking at cyberattacks targeting the European transport network over a period of almost two years, has identified that ransomware…
Fake GPT Chrome extension steals Facebook session cookies, breaks into accounts
The world has gone ChatGPT bonkers. Which makes it an effective lure for cybercriminals who may want to break into accounts…
Smashing Security podcast #314: Photo cropping bombshell, TikTok debates, and real estate scams
It could be a case of aCropalypse now for Google Pixel users, there’s a warning for house buyers, and just why is TikTok being singled out for privacy concerns? All…
The hidden danger to zero trust: Excessive cloud permissions
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Sysdig. Thanks to the great team there for their support! What is one of the leading causes of…