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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

Chinese smart home solutions provider Orvibo has leaked two billion logs from devices managed via its cloud platform, exposing sensitive information about their users

Tomáš Foltýn05 Jul 2019


Digital Security

NHS warned to act now to keep hackers at bay

NHS warned to act now to keep hackers at bay

Digital Security

NHS warned to act now to keep hackers at bay

A trifecta of issues impact the organization’s cyber-resilience and conspire to put it in the firing line of cyberattacks

Tomáš Foltýn03 Jul 2019


Internet of Things

Two billion user logs leaked by smart home vendor

Two billion user logs leaked by smart home vendor

Internet of Things

Two billion user logs leaked by smart home vendor

The leak, which has since been plugged, exposed a range of highly specific and sensitive information about users

Tomáš Foltýn02 Jul 2019


Digital Security

Ex-Equifax executive sent to jail for insider trading after breach

Ex-Equifax executive sent to jail for insider trading after breach

Digital Security

Ex-Equifax executive sent to jail for insider trading after breach

“Sounds bad”, the former Equifax CIO wrote in a text after learning of the breach that ended up affecting almost half the US population

Tomáš Foltýn01 Jul 2019


Video

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

With partner abuse increasingly going digital, we took an in-depth look this week at what needs to be done to stop the scourge of stalkerware

Tomáš Foltýn28 Jun 2019


Digital Security

Microsoft enhances OneDrive to secure your sensitive files

Microsoft enhances OneDrive to secure your sensitive files

Digital Security

Microsoft enhances OneDrive to secure your sensitive files

The new feature is intended to protect the kind of data that you hold particularly dear

Tomáš Foltýn27 Jun 2019


Ransomware

Two US cities opt to pay $1m to ransomware operators

Two US cities opt to pay $1m to ransomware operators

Ransomware

Two US cities opt to pay $1m to ransomware operators

A few days apart, two cities in Florida cave in to extortionists’ demands in hopes of restoring access to municipal computer systems

Tomáš Foltýn26 Jun 2019


Privacy

Stopping stalkerware: What needs to change?

Stopping stalkerware: What needs to change?

Privacy

Stopping stalkerware: What needs to change?

What technology makers and others can – and should – do to counter the kind of surveillance that starts at home

Lysa Myers25 Jun 2019


Cybercrime

Hackers breach NASA, steal Mars mission data

Hackers breach NASA, steal Mars mission data

Cybercrime

Hackers breach NASA, steal Mars mission data

The infiltration was only spotted and stopped after the hackers roamed the network undetected for almost a year

Tomáš Foltýn24 Jun 2019


Video

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET researchers throw light on an unusual cryptocurrency miner and on Android apps that can get around 2FA protections

Tomáš Foltýn21 Jun 2019


Digital Security

Privacy legislation may soon affect smaller businesses

Privacy legislation may soon affect smaller businesses

Digital Security

Privacy legislation may soon affect smaller businesses

Why smaller businesses cannot afford to ignore how they gather, store and protect data

Lysa Myers21 Jun 2019


ESET Research

LoudMiner: Cross-platform mining in cracked VST software

LoudMiner: Cross-platform mining in cracked VST software

ESET Research

LoudMiner: Cross-platform mining in cracked VST software

The story of a Linux miner bundled with pirated copies of VST (Virtual Studio Technology) software for Windows and macOS

Michal Malik and ESET Research20 Jun 2019