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Social Media

WhatsApp may soon roll out encrypted chat backups

WhatsApp may soon roll out encrypted chat backups

Social Media

WhatsApp may soon roll out encrypted chat backups

While chats are end-to-end encrypted, their backups are not – this may change soon

Amer Owaida09 Mar 2021


Digital Security

Women in cybersecurity: Gender gap narrows but not enough

Women in cybersecurity: Gender gap narrows but not enough

Digital Security

Women in cybersecurity: Gender gap narrows but not enough

The number of women joining the ranks of cybersecurity practitioners is steadily increasing, but a lot still needs to be done to close the gap

Amer Owaida08 Mar 2021


Critical Infrastructure, Business Security

Going dark: Service disruptions at stock exchanges and brokerages

Going dark: Service disruptions at stock exchanges and brokerages

Critical Infrastructure, Business Security

Going dark: Service disruptions at stock exchanges and brokerages

Are you a bull or a bear? If you can’t access your data and money, do your sentiments about the market still matter?

Guest Author08 Mar 2021


Video

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Four zero-days patched in Microsoft Exchange Server – A tale about an unsophisticated criminal – Web trackers in a password manager app

Editor05 Mar 2021


Kids Online

How ESET’s work on SafetyNet® helps protect children online

How ESET’s work on SafetyNet® helps protect children online

Kids Online

How ESET’s work on SafetyNet® helps protect children online

For over a decade, ESET and the San Diego Police Foundation have been working together to help keep children safe from online threats

Amer Owaida05 Mar 2021


Digital Security

Microsoft rushes out fixes for four zero-day flaws in Exchange Server

Microsoft rushes out fixes for four zero-day flaws in Exchange Server

Digital Security

Microsoft rushes out fixes for four zero-day flaws in Exchange Server

At least one vulnerability is being exploited by multiple cyberespionage groups to attack targets mainly in the US, per ESET telemetry

Amer Owaida04 Mar 2021


Critical Infrastructure, Business Security

Cybersecurity risks and challenges facing the financial industry

Cybersecurity risks and challenges facing the financial industry

Critical Infrastructure, Business Security

Cybersecurity risks and challenges facing the financial industry

A primer on various threats looming over financial companies and the steps that these organizations can take to counter them

Amer Owaida04 Mar 2021


Cybercrime

Not all cybercriminals are sophisticated

Not all cybercriminals are sophisticated

Cybercrime

Not all cybercriminals are sophisticated

Some perpetrators of online crime and fraud don’t use advanced methods to profit at the expense of unsuspecting victims and to avoid getting caught

Jake Moore03 Mar 2021


Privacy

Popular password manager in the spotlight over web trackers

Popular password manager in the spotlight over web trackers

Privacy

Popular password manager in the spotlight over web trackers

While the trackers in LastPass’s Android app don’t collect any personal data, the news may not sit well with some privacy-minded users

Amer Owaida01 Mar 2021


Video

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Privacy bug in Brave browser – Clubhouse audio streamed to external website – Protecting children from cyberbullying in COVID-19 era

Editor26 Feb 2021


COVID-19

Oxford University COVID-19 lab hacked

Oxford University COVID-19 lab hacked

COVID-19

Oxford University COVID-19 lab hacked

Neither clinical research into the coronavirus nor any patient data were affected by the incident

Amer Owaida26 Feb 2021


Kids Online

Safeguarding children against cyberbullying in the age of COVID-19

Safeguarding children against cyberbullying in the age of COVID-19

Kids Online

Safeguarding children against cyberbullying in the age of COVID-19

As screen time has increased, so has the risk of cyberbullying. What you can do to help protect your children from online harassment?

Amer Owaida26 Feb 2021