Last night, Yahoo announced that yet another data breach has happened involving more than one billion of its user accounts. As breaches seem to be happening more and more these days we can be forgiven for allowing data breach news to fall on deaf ears but we need to get this in perspective … This … More Yahoo data breach: What you can do
Every day we seem to hear about new data breaches. Every day users are warned that their personal information may have been exposed, that they should reset their passwords, and tighten their security measures to prevent hackers from exploiting their details. Today the concern is related to one of the world’s biggest video platforms. Dailymotion, … More Dailymotion hacked, millions of user accounts exposed
The big security story of recent days is the Eir modem hack. In late November up to 400,000 Eir users were affected as the service was hit with suspected DDoS attack, but now Eir is concerned about the safety of some 130,000 of its broadband customers’ routers, because some 2000 may have been compromised by … More Eir, routers, hacking and botnets
Around 26,500 National Lottery players in the UK have had their online accounts accessed by cybercriminals, operator Camelot has revealed. The operator was first alerted to a security incident on November 28th, during routine online security monitoring. Camelot believes that its own systems were not compromised, stating that it is of the opinion that usernames … More 26,500 National Lottery accounts accessed by cybercriminals
ESET Ireland has spotted a Thanksgiving scam targeting Irish mailboxes, although I guess no one told the scammers we don’t do Thanksgiving in Ireland. The email claims the receiver has a Thanksgiving card waiting for them, and appears to come from someone that calls themselves bananaking: If one clicks the “View Card” button, which they … More Thanksgiving scam in Irish mailboxes
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