While very different, there is a lot of common ground between the Formula 1’s International Automobile Federation (FIA) and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR).  However, today we won’t be discussing similarities in team structures and driver development; instead, we’ll focus on the fact that both organizations experienced cybersecurity incidents earlier this...Read More

A recent IBM report, which looked at data breaches experienced by about 600 organisations worldwide found that the average cost was $4.4m (or £3.3m). But JLR is far from an outlier when it comes to high-profile cyber attacks on an even greater scale. Those at Marks & Spencer and the Co-op supermarket chain this year...Read More

Government ID photos of about 70,000 global users of Discord, a popular messaging and chat platform among video gamers, may have been exposed after hackers compromised a company contracted to carry out age verification checks. Some users’ names, email addresses and other contact details, IP addresses and messages with Discord’s customer service agents may also...Read More

Seventy-thousand. That’s the number of users who may have had their government-issued IDs stolen as part of a major breach of the popular chat and messaging app Discord. While that may seem like a small number when considering Discord has hundreds of millions of users, there is a more concerning factor here — tech companies...Read More

If you suspect a hacker has accessed your email inbox, you need to act immediately and change your password as soon as possible. With access to your emails, a hacker could potentially take over your other online accounts by requesting password resets and intercepting the recovery links. They might also use your inbox to impersonate...Read More

Penn appears to have experienced a cybersecurity breach on Friday after a series of mass emails were sent to students, faculty, alumni, and parents from accounts linked to the Graduate School of Education. The messages — sent from multiple University-affiliated email addresses — were addressed to the Penn community and contained criticisms of the University’s...Read More

As one of the first social media sites, Facebook has built a massive following since its start as a university-only website in 2004. Somewhere between 3 billion to 3.5 billion users log in each month globally. With that many users, it’s unsurprising that criminals are keen to hijack legitimate accounts to commit all kinds of crimes. For...Read More

Hackers sent an inflammatory message Friday morning through one of the University of Pennsylvania’s graduate email systems.  The message, which appeared to go out across alumni, students and faculty, accused the school of having “terrible security practices” and being a “dogshit elitist institution,” and included a nonspecific promise to leak “all your data.” Several members...Read More

Instagram users are concerned after thousands of people received notifications of attempts to reset the passwords on their accounts. The social media platform issued a statement on Saturday (January 10) responding to the concern voiced by thousands of people after they received notifications to reset their password, following reports of a massive data breach. Keep...Read More

f you’ve typed “your iPhone has been hacked” into a search bar, we get it – you’re already in crisis mode. While Apple’s ecosystem is built on strong security foundations and even includes threat notifications, no device remains impervious.  If you’re here to find clear answers on how to detect if your iPhone truly is...Read More