Over 55,000 Snapchat users were hacked as part of a complex phishing scam, first flagged by a British government official in July last year. KLKViral, a website believed to originate from a…
Hackerbay is Harnessing the Dark Arts – And It’s Winning
If you press the buzzer at Hackerbay’s Berlin office, no-one comes to the door. Instead, its team have built a custom door-answering machine, with cantilevered arm and camera, that can check you…
IT Failure Grounds All British Airways Flights from Two Major London Airports
A massive IT system failure has led to all British Airways (BA) flights from London’s two biggest airports being canceled. The shutdown “is causing very severe disruption to our flight operations worldwide,”…
Holiday Inn Suffers Card Payment Hack
The company behind the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza hotel brands has admitted a security breach at almost 1,200 of its locations. The InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), based in the UK, announced…
Bitdefender Aims to Bridge the Connected Home Security Gap
By Anam Alpenia According to security provider Bitdefender, just two out of 10 users who technically live in a connected home are actually aware of it. That, and a proliferation of connected…