A college has vowed to investigate after the personal details of hundreds of its applicants were emailed to a single parent by mistake. In August last year, the parent of a City College Norwich student was in an email exchange with one of the college’s customer service team when she received an unanticipated attachment. An email was sent to her containing a spreadsheet titled “P2E links for scheduled applicants”. Presuming it was related to the matter she was pursuing with the college, she opened the attachment expecting to see...
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If regulators have their way, data transfers from Facebook and Instagram between Europe and the United States could stop this summer. (WhatsApp, another Meta service, will not be affected by the decision as it has a different data controller within Meta.) This could force Meta, Facebook’s parent company, to undergo some radical changes with the way it handles data from Europe, such as setting up local data centers. Otherwise, it will have no choice but to pull out of Europe. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPD) sent a draft of its...
Threat actors compromised the Twitter and YouTube accounts of the British Army to promote online crypto scams. The Twitter and YouTube accounts of the British Army were used to promote NFT and other crypto scams. The YouTube account was used to transmit an older Elon Musk clip that attempts to trick users into visiting cryptocurrency scam sites. The attackers hijacked the verified Twitter account of the British Army, changed the profile images, and renamed it to ‘pssssd.’ At this time it is not clear how the attackers compromised the accounts simultaneously...
Though the information age has revolutionized the way we work, it has also directly resulted in businesses becoming susceptible to cyber attacks. In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we work, even more, resulting in many of us working from home full-time. With such an unexpected and colossal shift, cyber crime skyrocketed. Working from home may be beneficial for some businesses, but most homes have weaker security measures, leaving data ripe for targeting. It is essential that companies provide their employees with information or training on...
Blockchain company Harmony has offered a $1 million bounty to hackers who stole $100 million worth of Ethereum tokens. It also says it won’t push for criminal charges if the funds are returned. The Horizon bridge is a cross-chain protocol connecting the Ethereum, Binance and Harmony blockchains. It allows the transfers of cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and non-fungible tokens between the Harmony blockchain and the other networks, DataBreachToday.co.uk Reports The company has attempted to contact the hackers via a transaction to their Ethereum wallet address, Harmony tells Information Security Media Group. At the...
Blockchain company Harmony said $100 million in cryptocurrency was stolen from the platform on Thursday evening. The company said the FBI is now investigating the theft alongside several cybersecurity firms. A cross-chain bridge – also known as a blockchain bridge – allows people to transfer tokens, assets, smart contract instructions and data between blockchains. They have become a ripe target for hackers in recent months and exploits in bridges have led to millions of dollars in losses. Harmony – which helps people send cryptocurrency, stablecoins and NFTs between different blockchains like Ethereum and...
Facebook users have been warned over a reported cyber-attack which has put five million accounts at risk. Nick Ascoli of PIXM, an anti-phishing browser extension, has issued the warning after millions of accounts were reportedly “stolen and breached”. The attack warning relates to a scam which sees mock Facebook pages sent out via Messenger in an effort to dupe unsuspecting victims into sharing their personal details. Five Million Facebook accounts at risk Nick Ascoli warned: “Once the adversary has compromised the account of a Facebook user, they log in...
Delivery company Yodel has found itself the latest victim of a cyber “incident” that has disrupted services. Rooted firmly to the bottom of the table of best and worst courier firms by consumer campaigner Which? Yodel has gained popularity and, perhaps, a bit of notoriety in recent years as consumers turned to courier companies rather than venture into physical stores. Exactly when security problems began is difficult to ascertain, since Yodel’s social media voicebox is crammed full of disgruntled customers wondering where their products are (indeed, this writer had the joy...
Privacy campaign group warns against government’s proposals to move to an ‘opt-out’ model Proposals to scrap pop-up cookie consent boxes on websites will make it easier to spy on web users, a privacy campaign group has warned. Cookie banners are a common feature for web users, who are asked to give their consent for websites as well as marketing and advertising businesses to gather information about their browsing activity. Ministers announced proposals on Friday to move to an “opt-out” model for cookie consent. “In the future, the government intends to move...
What are the important trends regarding business risk and all things cybersecurity? Here are my top takeaways from the Gartner conference I attended this week. While many of my security industry colleagues headed west to the RSA Conference in San Francisco this past week, I headed east (from Michigan) to the 2022 Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit. While RSA attracted over 26,000 attendees, including more than 600 speakers, 400 exhibitors and over 400 members of the media, the Gartner conference chair told me that about 4,200 people attended the event...
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