DanaBot shifts its targeting to Europe, adds new features | foodonia

ESET researchers have discovered new DanaBot campaigns targeting a number of European countries

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Mirai’s architects avoid prison thanks to work for FBI | foodonia

Instead, the three men will cooperate with law enforcement and the broader research community – an area in which, it turns out, they already have quite some experience

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Fake finance apps on Google Play target users from around the world | foodonia

Cybercrooks use bogus apps to phish six online banks and cryptocurrency exchange

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The Occasional Orator Part 1 | foodonia

Speaking at conferences can be daunting for presenters but often it is about striking the right balance between content and delivery

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Bristol airport takes flight screens offline after apparent ransomware attack | foodonia

The screens in “key locations” are back up and running again, while the airport paid no ransom to return its systems to working order

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One in three UK orgs hit by cryptojacking in previous month, survey finds | foodonia

Conversely, only a little over one-third of IT executives believe that their systems have never been hijacked to surreptitiously mine digital currencies

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe | foodonia

ESET researchers have discovered several third-party add-ons for the popular open-source media player Kodi. The first 100 days of GDPR reviewed. Also a look at how Microsoft addressed 61 security flaws in Windows in their Patch Tuesday release

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Russian man accused of running Kelihos botnet pleads guilty | foodonia

In its heyday, Kelihos comprised up to 100,000 compromised devices that were capable of blasting out billions of malware-laden emails every day

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Programmer’s Day: Resources to audit your code | foodonia

Taking advantage of the celebration of the Day of the Programmer, we share some audit tools to evaluate the security of your code

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Kodi add-ons launch cryptomining campaign | foodonia

ESET researchers have discovered several third-party add-ons for the popular open-source media player Kodi being used to distribute Linux and Windows cryptocurrency-mining malware

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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs zero-day hole exploited by PowerPool | foodonia

Microsoft and Adobe have each shipped out their scheduled batches of patches to address security flaws in their respective software

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Abandoning a domain name can come back to bite you, research shows | foodonia

A domain name once left behind can catch up with you – by giving fraudsters access to a treasure trove of sensitive information

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Apple yanks top grossing app from Mac App Store for grabbing private user data | foodonia

The several thousand glowing reviews that Adware Doctor had garnered prior to its removal were “likely fake”, researchers say

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100 days of GDPR | foodonia

What impact has the new data protection directive had on businesses so far?

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe | foodonia

PowerPool exploits zero-day vulnerability, Machine Learning and malware, plus susceptible power grids, all in the cybersecurity news with Tony Anscombe

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British Airways suffers breach, 380,000 card details stolen | foodonia

The UK’s flag carrier vows to compensate all customers who will lose out financially due to the incident

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Could home appliances knock down power grids? | foodonia

Far-fetched though it may sound, the answer is yes, according to researchers, who show that electrical grids and smart home appliances could make for a dangerous mix

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PowerPool malware exploits ALPC LPE zero-day vulnerability | foodonia

Malware from newly uncovered group PowerPool exploits zero-day vulnerability in the wild, only two days after its disclosure

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Of ML and malware: What’s in store? | foodonia

All things labeled Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML) are making waves, but talk of them in cybersecurity contexts often muddies the waters. A new ESET white paper sets out to bring some clarity to a subject where confusion often reigns supreme

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Majority of the world’s top million websites use HTTPS | foodonia

The adoption of the protocol’s secure variant has continued its growth spurt in recent months, crossing the 50-percent milestone for the first time ever

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