Posts Tagged ‘passwords’
Brute force attack on the Scottish Parliament
The BBC is reporting that the Scottish Parliament was targeted in a ‘brute force’ cyber attack The Scottish Parliament Chief executive Sir Paul Grice said the attack from “external sources”, was similar to that which affected Westminster in June. He confirmed the attack in a message to MSPs and staff with parliamentary email addresses, urging…
Read MorePasswords continue to be weakest link in cyber security
Computer Weekly is reporting that one of the biggest problems continues to be compromised passwords according to Darren Martyn, a security researcher who breaks into organisations as part of enterprise network security assessments. …The easiest way into any organisation, he says, is to search for people’s usernames and passwords online from previous breaches and trying…
Read MoreChildren’s messages in CloudPets data breach
The BBC is reporting that a lack of cyber security on Cloudpets database could leave children’s messages vulnerable to hackers. The open database contains links to more than 2 million voice messages recorded on cuddly toys. Cybersecurity researcher Troy Hunt has revealed in his blog that the messages recorded via a phone app and the toy…
Read MoreKFC breach – Colonel Club members should change password
The Sun is reporting that KFC has warned more than 1.2million loyalty club members their personal data may have been breached after the website was hacked. “…An email from the chicken company said: “Our monitoring systems have found a small number of Colonel’s Club accounts may have been compromised as a result of our website…
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