Bad Passwords – the Number 1 Threat to Your Cyber Secrets
When it comes to our data’s security, you’d think we’d be more careful about how we protect it, especially since that data can expose private information, [...]
Malware
Malware Is Never Fun, But This One Can Physically Destroy Your Phone
Most malware in the wild will try to do you harm in one way or another, but most often than not that involves accessing your information. There’s also another type of [...]
Google Weeds Out Entire Malware Family From Play Store
When we install apps on our smartphones, we expect them to do exactly what they are meant to and nothing more. Very often, however, that’s not the case, as Google [...]
GE’s Digital Ghost Seeks to Fight Off Cyberattacks
General Electric has an awesome trick up its sleeve in the fight against cyberattacks – the Digital Ghost, which is a combination of Digital Twin and industrial control [...]
Peter Kosinar, ESET: Fight for Cybersecurity Will Come Down to “Whose AI Is Better?” – Interview
During the ITBN conference in Budapest, I had the chance of meeting numerous interesting people, experts in their domain, including ESET’s Senior Virus Researcher [...]
Europol Says Ransomware Eclipsed Most Other Cyber Threats
Europol, the police agency of the European Union, is handing out a warning against the threat posed by ransomware. The agency published an 80-page report discussing numerous [...]
Mikko Hyppönen: Nothing Is Free Online, We Pay With Our Data – Interview
Our world is becoming more and more connected, and with that it also becomes less safe. Following a talk he gave at the 2017 ITBN Conference in Budapest in September, [...]
Largest Spambot Discovered Holds 711M Email Addresses
The world’s largest spambot dump has been uncovered, holding some 711 million email accounts. Previously, the largest such trove of data came from the River City Media [...]
Cyberattacks and Ransomware Damage Costs to Rise to Billions of Dollars
The number of ransomware attacks has grown over the past few years with an incredible speed with damage costs for 2017 being predicted to exceed $5 billion, up from just a [...]
No one’s hacking you over Facebook!
Over the past few years, there have been numerous hoaxes making the rounds online, claiming this person or that person would steal your Facebook credentials if you so much as [...]