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Thursday 1 October 2020
Gardaí today warned of a significant increase this year in cases of invoice redirect fraud and what is know as ‘CEO fraud’.
The DPC said that it had been informed by WhatsApp about a “serious vulnerability” on its platform.
The attack appears to have originated outside the US.
The hospital suffered a Windows Ransomware attack on Wednesday.
“The attack was widespread and cost billions, and North Korea is directly responsible.”
There have been calls for the Garda cyber crime unit to be beefed up.
The Department of Communications described the global cyber attack as “unprecedented”.
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The NHS in the UK was attacked by hackers yesterday leading to fears the Irish system could be targeted.
The situation is being monitored currently by the NCSC.
“An Garda Síochána can re-confirm that no data was compromised, and that Pulse and the Garda website were not affected.”
However, it is believed that data, the Pulse system nor the Garda Síochána website were not affected.
Scientists at the University of Florida developed software that can stop ransomware before it does any serious damage.
The malware is disguised as an application called EasyDoc Converter and gives an attacker complete access.
HummingBad was used to download fraudulent apps and tap on ads to generate revenue.
Thousands of cameras and internet-connected devices were used to overwhelm banking sites and government institutions with fake traffic.
If you shared ones linked to private files, then you could have a problem.
As it could lead you to malware sites.
The vast majority of users are safe but it’s not good news for the platform.
The malware is sent via SMS and gives attackers admin rights to your phone, accessing all your information.
When malware was just designed not to take your data, but simply crash your computer.
The emails aim to trick people into downloading malware onto their computers.
The ad software used by these apps was able to gather personal information without anyone, even the app developers themselves, knowing.
A security bug in the service could put more than 200 million users at risk.
It leaves your device vulnerable to malware as more than 225,000 users found out recently.
An attack by Russian hackers has seen 1.2 billion passwords stolen.
Those who bought BlackShades could use it to secretly take control of a user’s webcam or computer, and hold them to ransom.
The BSI uncovered the security breach after it ran an analysis of botnets, which can be used to carry out attacks.
The virus locks a users computer until a ransom of nearly €650 has been paid.
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The social networking giant said it found no evidence any user data was compromised.
Major security breaches at large international businesses such as Sony, LinkedIn, Global Payments and RSA are a warning to Irish businesses, says a leading security specialist.
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Millions of computers around the world were infected with DNSCHanger malware last year, and the FBI has been giving them a safety net… until now.
Investigation into theft of credit card and bank account info led to arrests and searches in a dozen countries yesterday.
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Phil Hogan told the public not to worry about security on the household charge website – but his own site is so dangerous that most browsers won’t even open it.
Seven men have been charged over a malware scam that infected four million computers worldwide.
TODAY IS THE first day of the government’s new Stay and Spend Scheme, aimed at encouraging people to spend in hospitality sectors in the coming months.
These sectors have been hit severely by Covid-19, and the scheme will see taxpayers able to avail of up to €125 back in tax credits from spending at pubs, restaurants, hotels, B&Bs and related businesses until the scheme ends on 30 April 2021.
However, to avail of the scheme you must have an income tax or USC liability against which the tax credit can be set. This means that the likes of some pensioners and the unemployed are not eligible.
And the scheme will only apply to businesses that have registered for the scheme (a full list is here).
So, today we’re asking you: Will you make use of the Stay and Spend Scheme?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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