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Lukas Stefanko • 10 Apr 2024 • 17 min. read
ESET Research
eXotic Visit campaign: Tracing the footprints of Virtual Invaders
Jakub Kaloč • 20 Mar 2024 • 8 min. read
Rescoms rides waves of AceCryptor spam
Anh Ho, Facundo Muñoz, Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé • 07 Mar 2024 • 14 min. read
Evasive Panda leverages Monlam Festival to target Tibetans
Business Security, Digital Security
Delivering trust with DNS security
Privacy
7 reasons why cybercriminals want your personal data
Mobile Security
Apple rushes to patch zero-day flaw in iOS, iPadOS
The bug is under active exploitation by unknown attackers and affects a wide range of devices, including iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches
Amer Owaida • 29 Mar 2021
Video
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Security and your right to repair – Scams offer fake COVID-19 vaccines and ask for Bitcoin – Jail time for a disgruntled IT contractor
Editor • 26 Mar 2021
COVID-19
Warning issued over scams touting fake COVID-19 vaccines, asking for Bitcoin
Money doesn’t buy you happiness – cryptocurrency doesn’t buy you a genuine COVID-19 vaccine
Amer Owaida • 25 Mar 2021
Cybercrime
Vengeful IT worker gets jail time for deleting company’s Microsoft user accounts
The company was left to deal with three months’ worth of IT problems
Amer Owaida • 24 Mar 2021
Scams
Almost $2 billion lost to BEC scams in 2020
Nearly half of reported cybercrime losses in 2020 were the result of BEC fraud, according to an FBI report
Amer Owaida • 23 Mar 2021
Digital Security
When repairing things you own may make you an outlaw
How do you balance the right to repair with the requirement to remain secure?
Cameron Camp • 23 Mar 2021
Business Security
5 reasons why (not only) financial companies struggle with cybersecurity
Why do many organizations have a hard time keeping up with the evolving threat landscape and effectively managing their cyber-risks?
Amer Owaida • 22 Mar 2021
A banking trojan masquerades as Clubhouse for Android – The implications of the Verkada breach – A zero-day patched in Chrome
Editor • 19 Mar 2021
Social Media
7 steps to staying safe and secure on Twitter
Follow these easy steps to prevent your Twitter account from being hacked and to remain safe while tweeting
Amer Owaida • 19 Mar 2021
Trust your surveillance? Why hacked cameras are very bad
When a breach captures a part of us that is unchangeable, does it mean that we have allowed technology to pry too deeply into our lives?
Cameron Camp • 19 Mar 2021
FBI: Cybercrime losses topped US$4.2 billion in 2020
The Bureau received over 28,000 reports of COVID-19-themed scams last year
Amer Owaida • 18 Mar 2021
Beware of Android trojan posing as Clubhouse app
The malware can grab login credentials for more than 450 apps and bypass SMS-based two-factor authentication
Challenges and implications of cybersecurity legislation
Malware
Malicious Apache module used for content injection: Linux/Chapro.A
Read it right! How to spot scams on Reddit
Dear all, What are some common subject lines in phishing emails?
Secure Coding
All eyes on APIs: Top 3 API security risks and how to mitigate them
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