Week in security with Tony Anscombe | foodonia

The latest quickfire cybersecurity news including the Fortnite fallout with Google Play and increased security feature on Instagram

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Instagram expands 2FA and account verification | foodonia

The move is part of a three-pronged plan that is intended to bolster user trust and safety on the photo-sharing platform

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Semi-annual balance of mobile security | foodonia

For Android, malware detections were down 27.48% compared to the first half of 2017; for iOS, they decreased 15% compared to the same period last year

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PoC targeting critical Apache Struts bug found online | foodonia

The discovery was made barely two days after the release of a patch that fixes the critical flaw in the web application framework

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Lukáš Štefanko: I hope other app developers don’t follow Epic‘s example | foodonia

After Epic Games shunned Google Play, debates about threats faced by Android users have taken on a whole new tenor. Joining us to add his voice to the mix is ESET Malware Researcher Lukáš Štefanko

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Why now could be a good time to fortify your Android defenses | foodonia

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: avoid installing apps from outside Google Play. But what if you’re itching to battle it out in Fortnite?

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe | foodonia

ESET’s Global Security Evangelist & Industry Ambassador Tony Anscombe is back with the latest cybersecurity news. This week he looks at the latest findings by ESET researchers on the Turla group who have been a using an Outlook backdoor to spy on government institutions in Europe. Cybersecurity in Canada comes under the spotlight. Plus news

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Bugcrowd University: The free educational platform for security researchers | foodonia

The Bugcrowd crowdsourcing platform launched Bugcrowd University, an educational platform for security researchers that aims to contribute to the development of bug hunting skills

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe | foodonia

Welcome to the first ever week in security video round-up. This weekly video will bring you some of the biggest industry news that we have covered here on WeLiveSecurity. The videos will be presented by ESET’s Global Security Evangelist & Industry Ambassador Tony Anscombe.

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Superdrug targeted by miscreants who claim to have stolen customer data | foodonia

The retailer says that whatever data the crooks have obtained, they weren’t stolen through a breach of its systems

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Turla: In and out of its unique Outlook backdoor | foodonia

The latest ESET research offers a rare glimpse into the mechanics of a particularly stealthy and resilient backdoor that the Turla cyberespionage group can fully control via PDF files attached to emails

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Smart irrigation systems vulnerable to attacks, warn researchers | foodonia

Internet-connected irrigation systems suffer from security gaps that could be exploited by attackers aiming, for example, to deplete a city’s water reserves, researchers warn

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A heated summer for cybersecurity in Canada | foodonia

An overview of some of the cyberattacks that Canadian organizations faced in the summer months of 2018

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Australian schoolboy hacks into Apple’s network, steals files | foodonia

His lawyer claims that the teen did the hacking because he admired Apple and dreamed of landing a job in the company

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe | foodonia

The first week in security video round-up from WeLiveSecurity

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Some 2.6 billion data records exposed in first half of 2018 | foodonia

The newly-released report provides an overview of the data breach landscape in the first half of this year

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Instagram users locked out of accounts en masse | foodonia

If you’re an Instagrammer, you may want to take some basic precautions, such as picking a strong and unique password and signing up for two-factor authentication sooner rather than later

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Black Hat 2018: AI was supposed to fix security – what happened? | foodonia

Heralded as the answer to many cybersecurity issues, machine learning hasn’t always delivered

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Can cramming code with bugs make it more secure? Some think so | foodonia

Unbeknownst to exploit writers, the seemingly mouth-watering bugs would be bogus and non-exploitable

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Black Hat: Protecting Industrial Control System | foodonia

Aiming to protect critical infrastructure against attacks

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Attackers grab hold of PGA of America files, demand ransom | foodonia

The golf association is said to have had little success with restoring access to its files so far

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Interviewing ESET’s experts about the Web’s journey so far – part 3 | foodonia

All good things come to an end, and we’re rounding off our series of interviews to mark the 27th anniversary since computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee publicly announced the World Wide Web project

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Software bugs put nearly 100 million health records at risk of exposure | foodonia

The slew of vulnerabilities – since patched – were found without the use of automated testing tools

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Interviewing ESET’s experts about the Web’s journey so far – part 2 | foodonia

Today, we continue with our series of conversations with ESET’s security pros to hear what they have to say about the evolution of the World Wide Web since it was publicly announced 27 years ago

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Apple chip supplier blames WannaCryptor variant for plant shutdowns | foodonia

The malware outbreak has even prompted concerns of delays in the shipments of the next wave of iPhones

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Interviewing ESET’s experts about the Web’s journey so far – part 1 | foodonia

What has the journey of the World Wide Web been like so far, as seen and experienced by ESET’s security folk? ESET Senior Research Fellow David Harley provides his take in the first installment of our series of interviews marking the Web’s 27th birthday.

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Reddit reveals breach as attacker circumvents staff’s 2FA | foodonia

The company has learned the hard way that there are better ways to deliver two-factor authentication than via text messages

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HP offers rewards for hacking its printers | foodonia

But don’t get too excited just yet: the first-of-its-kind bug bounty program for printers is invite-only for now

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