Notices by Graham Cluley (gcluley@mastodon.green)

"I'm a trainee solicitor who almost fell for gift card ruse when a scammer impersonated my boss on email"

(Contains "Cluley's tips" - better than PG)

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/beatthescammers/article-14153789/Im-trainee-solicitor-fell-gift-card-ruse-scammer-impersonated-boss-email.html

Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) in Merseyside, hit by ransomware on 25 November, says it is continuing to struggle... with A&E patients told to expect longer waiting times.

There's a special space in hell for hackers who hit hospitals.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3vrk2e0xvwo

A hacker calling themselves "nears" claims to have compromised the systems of multiple healthcare facilities across France, having gained access to the medical records of over 1.5 million people.

Read more on the Tripwire blog: https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/750000-patients-medical-records-exposed-after-data-breach-french-hospital https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/750000-patients-medical-records-exposed-after-data-breach-french-hospital

Switzerland warns that malicious QR codes are being sent out via snail mail. 🐌

The letters claim to be promoting a new weather app from MeteoSwiss - but actually point to a malicious app that steals login credentials.

https://therecord.media/malware-delivered-by-mail-swiss-cyber-agency

Google Gemini to college student:

"This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you are not needed. You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe. Please die. Please."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-ai-chatbot-threatening-message-human-please-die/

Someone asked Grok, Twitter's built-in AI, who was the person most responsible for spreading misinformation on the platform...

Fraudsters Exploit US General Election Fever, FBI Warns.

Read more in my article on the Tripwire blog: https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/fraudsters-exploit-us-general-election-fever-fbi-warns

#cybersecurity #scam #politics #election

Watch out! CISA warns it is being impersonated by scammers.

Read more in my article on the Tripwire blog: https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/watch-out-cisa-warns-it-being-impersonated-scammers

#cybersecurity #scam #impersonationscam #cisa

Nissan has disclosed that a ransomware attack resulted in the exposure of the social security numbers of 53,000 employees.

Read more in my article on the Bitdefender blog: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/nissan-reveals-ransomware-attack-exposed-53-000-workers-social-security-numbers/

#cybersecurity #databreach #ransomware

Kicking up a stink about Amazon's failure to deliver a £700 iPhone to me (and then refusing to refund/replace) has - I'm delighted to say - resulted in the money being returned to me today. 🥳

What I've learnt:

★ Exploiting social media and video to complain can get the attention of AmazonUK's PR team

If you want to know something more about what Alan Solomon was like, check out this fabulous thread on Mastodon by @bontchev (himself a legendary figure from the early days of anti-virus).

https://infosec.exchange/@bontchev/111930043516093845

Umm… so this Tesla “recall” actually involves an over-the-air update rather than an actual physical recall of cars. 🙄

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67693935

Finally! Facebook and Messenger are getting default end-to-end encryption. And not everyone is happy...

Read more in my article on the Bitdefender blog:

https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/finally-facebook-and-messenger-are-getting-default-end-to-end-encryption-and-not-everyone-is-happy/

#cybersecurity #facebook #meta #encryption #privacy

Microsoft Outlook is blocking all emails from tutanota.com as spam. @Tutanota is understandably not happy at "radio silence" from Microsoft's support team.

https://tuta.com/blog/outlook-falsely-marks-tutanota-emails-as-junk

Turing test.

I'm thinking of blocking access to content on my site to anyone not running an ad blocker.

Thoughts?

In summary:

42% (65.3 million) of Elon's followers have no followers.

41% (62.5 million) have no tweets.

Over 25% (38.9 million) created their accounts on or after the date Musk acquired Twitter.

https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-twitter-follower-data

That LastPass breach that was announced just before Christmas was pretty bad, eh?

Hold my beer... There's more.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/24/goto-customer-backups-stolen-lastpass/

If you’ve recently left #Twitter
for Mastodon... welcome!

Here are some things you should know about security and privacy on Mastodon.

https://grahamcluley.com/mastodon-what-you-need-to-know-for-your-security-and-privacy/

(Please boost/reshare if you think a #TwitterRefugee would benefit from this. Thanks!)

So many people grumbling about Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter.

If nothing else, it appears he's well on the way to making it an ad-free social network.