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Facebook builds tool to confound facial recognition

Facebook builds tool to confound facial recognition

Digital Security

Facebook builds tool to confound facial recognition

However, the social network harbors no plans to deploy the technology in any of its services any time soon

Amer Owaida30 Oct 2019


Digital Security

What you may be getting wrong about cybersecurity

What you may be getting wrong about cybersecurity

Digital Security

What you may be getting wrong about cybersecurity

Attention-grabbing cyberattacks that use fiendish exploits are probably not the kind of threat that should be your main concern – here's what your organization should focus on instead

Lysa Myers29 Oct 2019


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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

This week, ESET researchers released their findings on Winnti Group's MSSQL backdoor and showed how they'd tracked down the operator of an adware campaign that victimized millions of Android users.

Tomáš Foltýn25 Oct 2019


Internet of Things

Your smart doorbell may be collecting more data than you think, study finds

Your smart doorbell may be collecting more data than you think, study finds

Internet of Things

Your smart doorbell may be collecting more data than you think, study finds

The study tested 81 IoT devices to analyze their behavior and tracking habits, and in some cases brought rather surprising findings

Amer Owaida25 Oct 2019


Digital Security

Facebook lays out plan to protect elections

Facebook lays out plan to protect elections

Digital Security

Facebook lays out plan to protect elections

How is the social network preparing to curtail the spread of misinformation as the election season heats up?

Amer Owaida24 Oct 2019


ESET Research

Tracking down the developer of Android adware affecting millions of users

Tracking down the developer of Android adware affecting millions of users

ESET Research

Tracking down the developer of Android adware affecting millions of users

ESET researchers discovered a year-long adware campaign on Google Play and tracked down its operator. The apps involved, installed eight million times, use several tricks for stealth and persistence.

Lukas Stefanko24 Oct 2019


Internet of Things

Smart cities must be cyber-smart cities

Smart cities must be cyber-smart cities

Internet of Things

Smart cities must be cyber-smart cities

As cities turn to IoT to address long-standing urban problems, what are the risks of leaving cybersecurity behind at the planning phase?

Andrew Lee23 Oct 2019


Digital Security

NordVPN reveals breach at datacenter provider

NordVPN reveals breach at datacenter provider

Digital Security

NordVPN reveals breach at datacenter provider

The company says that the incident, going back to March 2018, affected only 1 out of its 3,000 servers

Amer Owaida22 Oct 2019


ESET Research

Winnti Group's skip-2.0: A Microsoft SQL Server backdoor

Winnti Group's skip-2.0: A Microsoft SQL Server backdoor

ESET Research

Winnti Group's skip-2.0: A Microsoft SQL Server backdoor

Notorious cyberespionage group debases MSSQL

Mathieu Tartare21 Oct 2019


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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

This week, ESET experts described recent shenanigans of The Dukes and the Winnti Group, vulnerabilities in Amazon Echo and Kindle, and a fake Tor Browser stealing cryptocurrency

Tomáš Foltýn18 Oct 2019


ESET Research

Fleecing the onion: Darknet shoppers swindled out of bitcoins via trojanized Tor Browser

Fleecing the onion: Darknet shoppers swindled out of bitcoins via trojanized Tor Browser

ESET Research

Fleecing the onion: Darknet shoppers swindled out of bitcoins via trojanized Tor Browser

ESET researchers discover a trojanized Tor Browser distributed by cybercriminals to steal bitcoins from darknet market buyers

Anton Cherepanov18 Oct 2019


ESET Research

What was wrong with Alexa? How Amazon Echo and Kindle got KRACKed

What was wrong with Alexa? How Amazon Echo and Kindle got KRACKed

ESET Research

What was wrong with Alexa? How Amazon Echo and Kindle got KRACKed

ESET Smart Home Research Team uncovers Echo, Kindle versions vulnerable to 2017 Wi-Fi vulnerabilities

Miloš Čermák17 Oct 2019


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