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2019-08-21 09:30:05 |
Education and privacy legislation at ChannelCon (lien direct) |
>As education is set to become an increasingly vital tool in companies' security toolboxes, the question arises: How can they effectively implement security awareness training?
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2019-08-20 15:25:00 |
Ransomware wave hits 23 towns in Texas (lien direct) |
>The attack, which has victimized mostly smaller local governments, is thought to have been unleashed by a single threat actor
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2019-08-16 09:30:00 |
AI: Artificial Ignorance (lien direct) |
>Does true Artificial Intelligence even exist yet? Will it ever exist or will it end the world before we reach its full capacity?
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2019-08-15 13:10:01 |
Microsoft warns of new BlueKeep‑like flaws (lien direct) |
Unlike BlueKeep, however, these vulnerabilities affect more recent Windows versions, including Windows 10
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2019-08-14 09:30:00 |
In the Balkans, businesses are under fire from a double‑barreled weapon (lien direct) |
ESET researchers discovered a campaign that uses two malicious tools with similar capabilities to ensure both resilience and broader potential for the attackers
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2019-08-13 09:30:03 |
Hacking my airplane – BlackHat edition (lien direct) |
>After welcoming hacking research, automobile technology started to get better at defending against hacks. So why has the airline industry not been as welcoming?
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2019-08-08 15:05:01 |
Facebook hits two app developers with lawsuit (lien direct) |
The legal action, brought over alleged click injection fraud, is said to be among the first of its kind
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2019-08-08 09:30:03 |
Varenyky: Spambot à la Française (lien direct) |
ESET researchers document malware-distributing spam campaigns targeting people in France
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Spam
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2019-08-07 10:22:01 |
FBI warns of romance scams using online daters as money mules (lien direct) |
Up to 30 percent of romance fraud victims in 2018 are estimated to have been used as money mules
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2019-08-05 09:31:03 |
Sharpening the Machete (lien direct) |
ESET research uncovers a cyberespionage operation targeting the Venezuelan military
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2019-08-02 09:30:00 |
Smart TVs: Yet another way for attackers to break into your home? (lien direct) |
>A primer on why internet-enabled TVs make for attractive and potentially soft targets, and how cybercriminals can ruin more than your TV viewing experience
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2019-08-01 15:00:02 |
From Carnaval to Cinco de Mayo – The journey of Amavaldo (lien direct) |
The first in an occasional series demystifying Latin American banking trojans
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2019-07-29 14:35:03 |
Android ransomware is back (lien direct) |
>ESET researchers discover a new Android ransomware family that attempts to spread to victims' contacts and deploys some unusual tricks
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Ransomware
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2019-07-29 09:30:05 |
Scam impersonates WhatsApp, offers \'free internet\' (lien direct) |
>The fraudulent campaign is hosted by a domain that is home to yet more bogus offers pretending to come from other well-known brands
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2019-07-26 11:05:01 |
South African power company battles ransomware attack (lien direct) |
>The power utility appears to be well on track to a swift recovery following an attack that ultimately left some people without electricity
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Ransomware
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2019-07-25 16:35:00 |
Streaming service endures 13‑day DDoS raid (lien direct) |
The attack, unleashed by a 400,000-strong Mirai-style botnet, may be the largest of its kind on record
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2019-07-24 12:04:02 |
Data breaches can haunt firms for years (lien direct) |
>The compromised company may bear the financial brunt of the breach within the first year after the incident occurs, but the price tag is still far from final
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2019-07-22 15:30:04 |
VLC player has a critical flaw – and there\'s no patch yet (lien direct) |
On the flip side, there are currently no known cases of the vulnerability being exploited in the wild
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Vulnerability
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2019-07-19 09:30:02 |
With FaceApp in the spotlight, new scams emerge (lien direct) |
>ESET researchers discover fraudulent schemes piggybacking on the popularity of the face-modifying tool FaceApp, using a fake “Pro” version of the application as a lure
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2019-07-18 09:30:01 |
Okrum: Ke3chang group targets diplomatic missions (lien direct) |
>Tracking the malicious activities of the elusive Ke3chang APT group, ESET researchers have discovered new versions of malware families linked to the group, and a previously unreported backdoor
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APT 25
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2019-07-17 18:53:04 |
BlueKeep patching isn\'t progressing fast enough (lien direct) |
>Keeping up with BlueKeep; or how many internet-facing systems, and in which countries and industries, remain ripe for exploitation?
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2019-07-16 15:36:00 |
How your Instagram account could have been hijacked (lien direct) |
>A researcher found that it was possible to subvert the platform's password recovery mechanism and take control of user accounts
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2019-07-12 09:30:05 |
Cybercrime seen to be getting worse: The time to act is now (lien direct) |
>What mounting public concern about falling victim to cybercrime says about government and corporate efforts at cybercrime deterrence
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2019-07-11 09:30:05 |
Buhtrap group uses zero‑day in latest espionage campaigns (lien direct) |
ESET research reveals notorious crime group also conducting espionage campaigns for the past five years
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2019-07-10 09:30:04 |
Windows zero-day CVE-2019-1132 exploited in targeted attacks (lien direct) |
>ESET research discovers a zero-day exploit that takes advantage of a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows
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2019-07-09 17:19:03 |
UK\'s data watchdog to hand out two mega-fines for breaches (lien direct) |
The times they have a-changed since the ICO could only slap fines worth a fraction of the current amounts
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2019-07-08 09:30:00 |
Malicious campaign targets South Korean users with backdoor-laced torrents (lien direct) |
>ESET researchers have discovered a malicious campaign distributing a backdoor via torrents, with Korean TV content used as a lure
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2019-07-03 15:31:05 |
NHS warned to act now to keep hackers at bay (lien direct) |
>A trifecta of issues impact the organization's cyber-resilience and conspire to put it in the firing line of cyberattacks
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2019-07-02 16:46:03 |
Two billion user logs leaked by smart home vendor (lien direct) |
The leak, which apparently has yet to be plugged, exposes a range of very specific data about users
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2019-07-01 16:00:02 |
Ex-Equifax executive sent to jail for insider trading after breach (lien direct) |
>“Sounds bad”, the former Equifax CIO wrote in a text after learning of the breach that ended up affecting almost half the US population
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2019-06-27 15:22:00 |
Microsoft enhances OneDrive to secure your critical files (lien direct) |
The new feature is intended to protect the kind of data that you hold particularly dear
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2019-06-26 21:05:03 |
Two US cities opt to pay $1m to ransomware operators (lien direct) |
>A few days apart, two cities in Florida cave in to extortionists' demands in hopes of restoring access to municipal computer systems
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2019-06-25 09:30:05 |
Stopping stalkerware: What needs to change? (lien direct) |
>What technology makers and others can – and should – do to counter the kind of surveillance that starts at home
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2019-06-24 20:28:01 |
Hackers breach NASA, steal Mars mission data (lien direct) |
>The infiltration was only spotted and stopped after the hackers roamed the network undetected for almost a year
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2019-06-21 09:30:00 |
Privacy legislation may soon affect smaller businesses (lien direct) |
Why smaller businesses cannot afford to ignore how they gather, store and protect data
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2019-06-20 09:00:03 |
LoudMiner: Cross-platform mining in cracked VST software (lien direct) |
>The story of a Linux miner bundled with pirated copies of VST (Virtual Studio Technology) software for Windows and macOS
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2019-06-19 09:30:02 |
You\'d better change your birthday – hackers may know your PIN (lien direct) |
Are you in the 26% of people who use one of these PIN codes to unlock their phones?
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2019-06-18 20:16:00 |
Instagram tests new ways to recover hacked accounts (lien direct) |
>Locked out and out of luck? The photo-sharing platform is trialing new methods to reunite you with your lost account
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2019-06-17 09:30:04 |
Malware sidesteps Google permissions policy with new 2FA bypass technique (lien direct) |
>ESET analysis uncovers a novel technique bypassing SMS-based two-factor authentication while circumventing Google's recent SMS permissions restrictions
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2019-06-14 14:00:05 |
GDPR one year on: Most Europeans know at least some of their rights (lien direct) |
On the other hand, a surprisingly high number of Europeans haven't even heard of the landmark legislation
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2019-06-12 20:29:02 |
Spain\'s top soccer league fined over its app\'s \'tactics\' (lien direct) |
> La Liga says that it will continue to test new technologies in its fight against unlicensed broadcasts of soccer games in public venues
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2019-06-12 09:30:01 |
Why cybercriminals are eyeing smart buildings (lien direct) |
>A recent talk by ESET's Global Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe looks at the key security challenges facing intelligent buildings
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2019-06-11 14:37:04 |
Cyberattack exposes travelers\' photos, says US border agency (lien direct) |
>The images, collected over one and a half months, were taken as the travelers crossed an unspecified border point
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2019-06-07 12:22:02 |
Critical bug found in popular mail server software (lien direct) |
>If exploited, the security hole in unpatched versions of Exim could allow attackers to run arbitrary commands on vulnerable mail servers
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2019-06-06 16:00:05 |
NSA joins chorus urging Windows users to patch \'BlueKeep\' (lien direct) |
>The alert comes on the heels of Microsoft's second advisory calling on people to take action before it's too late
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2019-06-05 09:30:04 |
Wajam: From start-up to massively-spread adware (lien direct) |
>How a Montreal-made "social search engine" application has managed to become a widely-spread adware, while escaping consequences
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2019-06-04 11:39:01 |
Hackers steal 19 years\' worth of data from Australia\'s top university (lien direct) |
It is the second major breach that the Australian National University suffered in 2018
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2019-05-31 14:22:04 |
2.3 billion files exposed online (lien direct) |
>Millions of the files that are sitting out in the open across various file storage technologies are actually encrypted by ransomware
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2019-05-30 09:30:05 |
The aftermath of a data breach: A personal story (lien direct) |
>Criminals used my account to launder credit card transactions into cash, at least where the company transacted with was willing to refund
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2019-05-29 09:30:02 |
A dive into Turla PowerShell usage (lien direct) |
>ESET researchers analyze new TTPs attributed to the Turla group that leverage PowerShell to run malware in-memory only
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Malware
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