Amazon‑themed campaigns of Lazarus in the Netherlands and Belgium
ESET researchers have discovered Lazarus attacks against targets in the Netherlands and Belgium that use spearphishing emails connected to fake job offers
Archives - September 2022
Protecting teens from sextortion: What parents should know
Online predators increasingly trick or coerce youth into sharing explicit videos and photos of themselves before threatening to post the content online
What happens with a hacked Instagram account – and how to recover it
Had your Instagram account stolen? Don’t panic – here’s how to get your account back and how to avoid getting hacked (again)
5 tips to help children navigate the internet safely
The online world provides children with previously unimagined opportunities to learn and socialize, but it also opens them up to a range of hazards. How can you steer kids toward safe internet habits?
Hey WeLiveSecurity, how does biometric authentication work?
Your eyes may be the window to your soul, but they can also be your airplane boarding pass or the key unlocking your phone. What’s the good and the bad of using biometric traits for authentication?
Can your iPhone be hacked? What to know about iOS security
Here are some of the most common ways that an iPhone can be compromised with malware, how to tell it’s happened to you, and how to remove a hacker from your device
Third‑party cookies: How they work and how to stop them from tracking you across the web
Cross-site tracking cookies have a bleak future but can still cause privacy woes to unwary users
You never walk alone: The SideWalk backdoor gets a Linux variant
ESET researchers have uncovered another tool in the already extensive arsenal of the SparklingGoblin APT group: a Linux variant of the SideWalk backdoor
Why is my Wi‑Fi slow and how do I make it faster?
Has your Wi-Fi speed slowed down to a crawl? Here are some of the possible reasons along with a few quick fixes to speed things up.
Toys behaving badly: How parents can protect their family from IoT threats
It pays to do some research before taking a leap into the world of internet-connected toys
RDP on the radar: An up‑close view of evolving remote access threats
Misconfigured remote access services continue to give bad actors an easy access path to company networks – here’s how you can minimize your exposure to attacks misusing Remote Desktop Protocol
Worok: The big picture
Focused mostly on Asia, this new cyberespionage group uses undocumented tools, including steganographically extracting PowerShell payloads from PNG files