New ESET Threat Report is out – Are things in IoT security finally changing? – 5 spooky tales of data breaches
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2020/10/31
Election (in)security: What you may have missed | foodonia
As Election Day draws near, here's a snapshot of how this election cycle is faring in the hands of the would-be digitally meddlesome
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5 scary data breaches that shook the world | foodonia
Just in time for Halloween, we look at the haunting reality of data breaches and highlight five tales that spooked not only the cyber-world
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2020/10/30
Over 100,000 machines remain vulnerable to SMBGhost exploitation | foodonia
The patch for the critical flaw that allows malware to spread across machines without any user interaction was released months ago
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IoT security: Are we finally turning the corner? | foodonia
Better IoT security and data protection are long overdue. Will they go from an afterthought to everyone's priority any time soon?
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2020/10/29
ESET Threat Report Q3 2020 | foodonia
A view of the Q3 2020 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts
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2020/10/27
‘Among Us’ players hit by major spam attack | foodonia
In-game chats were flooded with messages from somebody who tried to coerce players into subscribing to a dubious YouTube channel
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2020/10/24
Week in security with Tony Anscombe | foodonia
Security challenges for connected medical devices – Zero-day in Chrome gets patched – How to avoid USB drive security woes
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2020/10/23
Securing medical devices: Can a hacker break your heart? | foodonia
Why are connected medical devices vulnerable to attack and how likely are they to get hacked? Here are five digital chinks in the armor.
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Fraudsters crave loyalty points amid COVID‑19 | foodonia
Scammers even run their own dark-web “travel agencies”, misusing stolen loyalty points and credit card numbers
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2020/10/22
Google patches Chrome zero‑day under attack | foodonia
In addition to patching the actively exploited bug, the update also brings fixes for another four security loopholes
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2020/10/21
How safe is your USB drive? | foodonia
What are some of the key security risks to be aware of when using USB flash drives and how can you mitigate the threats?
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2020/10/20
Microsoft issues two emergency Windows patches | foodonia
The flaws, neither of which is being actively exploited, were fixed merely days after the monthly Patch Tuesday rollout
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2020/10/17
Week in security with Tony Anscombe | foodonia
ESET joins global effort to disrupt the infamous Trickbot botnet – Criminals claim to have hijacked thousands of security cameras – Five ways to secure your home office
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Child abductors may use social media to lure victims, FBI warns | foodonia
School closings and more screen time can ultimately put children at an increased risk of being kidnapped by strangers they met online
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5 things you can do to secure your home office without hiring an expert | foodonia
You don’t need a degree in cybersecurity or a bottomless budget to do the security basics well – here are five things that will get you on the right track
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2020/10/16
Zoom to begin rolling out end‑to‑end encryption | foodonia
The videoconferencing platform is making the feature available to users of both free and paid tiers
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2020/10/15
50,000 home cameras reportedly hacked, footage posted online | foodonia
Some footage has already appeared on adult sites, with cybercriminals offering lifetime access to the entire loot for US$150
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2020/10/13
ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt Trickbot | foodonia
Throughout its monitoring, ESET analyzed thousands of malicious samples every month to help this effort
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2020/10/10
Week in security with Tony Anscombe | foodonia
Why deleting your personal data from social media may be impossible – How do you reset your face after a data breach? – The perils of working from a hotel
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55 security flaws found in various Apple services | foodonia
Five ethical hackers have earned almost US$300,000 in bug bounty rewards – so far
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2020/10/07
US gov’t warns against paying off ransomware attackers | foodonia
Companies facilitating ransomware payments run the risk of facing stern penalties for violating US regulations
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Had your face stolen lately? | foodonia
It’s easy to reset your password or PIN after a data breach. But reset your face? Not so much.
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2020/10/06
5 steps to secure your connected devices | foodonia
As we steadily adopt smart devices into our lives, we shouldn’t forget about keeping them secured and our data protected
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2020/10/03
Week in security with Tony Anscombe | foodonia
ESET research unearths a previously unknown espionage gang and a new version of Android spyware - Elucidating connections between Latin American banking trojans
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XDSpy: Stealing government secrets since 2011 | foodonia
ESET researchers uncover a new APT group that has been stealing sensitive documents from several governments in Eastern Europe and the Balkans since 2011
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2020/10/02
Cyber Security Awareness Month is here! | foodonia
A month teaching us that when everyone pitches in and does their part, then almost everyone is protected
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LATAM financial cybercrime: Competitors‑in‑crime sharing TTPs | foodonia
ESET researchers discover surprisingly many indicators of close cooperation among Latin American banking trojans’ authors
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2020/10/01
Microsoft 365 services back online after hours‑long outage | foodonia
Microsoft resolves a service disruption that affected Office 365, Outlook.com, Teams and other cloud-based services
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APT‑C‑23 group evolves its Android spyware | foodonia
ESET researchers uncover a new version of Android spyware used by the APT-C-23 threat group against targets in the Middle East
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