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How to secure your digital Christmas presents

What are some of the key things you should do with your shiny new device as soon as you unbox it?

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23 December 2019

How to secure your digital Christmas presents

What are some of the key things you should do with your shiny new device as soon as you unbox it?

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23 December 2019

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET's free BlueKeep vulnerability checker – Dangerous PayPal-themed scam – This year's worst passwords

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20 December 2019

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET's free BlueKeep vulnerability checker – Dangerous PayPal-themed scam – This year's worst passwords

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20 December 2019

Ambitious scam wants far more than just PayPal logins

An ongoing phishing scam uncovered by ESET researchers seeks to wreak havoc on your money and digital life in one fell swoop

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20 December 2019

Ambitious scam wants far more than just PayPal logins

An ongoing phishing scam uncovered by ESET researchers seeks to wreak havoc on your money and digital life in one fell swoop

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20 December 2019

38,000 people forced to pick up email passwords in person

Malware and legal requirements force academics and students to join a near-endless line in order to pick up their passwords

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19 December 2019

38,000 people forced to pick up email passwords in person

Malware and legal requirements force academics and students to join a near-endless line in order to pick up their passwords

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19 December 2019

Increasing Industry Participation and Knowledge


Increasing industry participation and knowledge is a core pillar in the PCI Security Standards Council’s strategic framework, which guides how the Council achieves its mission and supports the needs of the global payments industry. To round out our Q&A blog series introducing the framework, we interview PCI SSC Executive Director Lance Johnson on this foundational strategic pillar and how it ties the framework together.

18 December 2019

Nuclear Bot Author Arrested in Sextortion Case

Last summer, a wave of sextortion emails began flooding inboxes around the world. The spammers behind this scheme claimed they'd hacked your computer and recorded videos of you watching porn, and promised to release the embarrassing footage to all your contacts unless a bitcoin demand was paid. Now, French authorities say they've charged two men they believe are responsible for masterminding this scam. One of them is a 21-year-old hacker interviewed by KrebsOnSecurity in 2017 who openly admitted to authoring a banking trojan called "Nuclear Bot."
17 December 2019

It’s time to disconnect RDP from the internet

Brute-force attacks and BlueKeep exploits usurp convenience of direct RDP connections; ESET releases a tool to test your Windows machines for vulnerable versions

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17 December 2019

It’s time to disconnect RDP from the internet

Brute-force attacks and BlueKeep exploits usurp convenience of direct RDP connections; ESET releases a tool to test your Windows machines for vulnerable versions

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17 December 2019

Ransomware Gangs Now Outing Victim Businesses That Don’t Pay Up

As if the scourge of ransomware wasn't bad enough already: Several prominent purveyors of ransomware have signaled they plan to start publishing data stolen from victims who refuse to pay up. To make matters worse, one ransomware gang has now created a public Web site identifying recent victim companies that have chosen to rebuild their operations instead of acquiescing to their tormentors.
16 December 2019

The worst passwords of 2019: Did yours make the list?

These passwords may win the popularity contest but lose flat out in security

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16 December 2019

The worst passwords of 2019: Did yours make the list?

These passwords may win the popularity contest but lose flat out in security

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16 December 2019

Inside ‘Evil Corp,’ a $100M Cybercrime Menace

The U.S. Justice Department this month offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a Russian man indicted for allegedly orchestrating a vast, international cybercrime network that called itself "Evil Corp" and stole roughly $100 million from businesses and consumers. As it happens, for several years KrebsOnSecurity closely monitored the day-to-day communications and activities of the accused and his accomplices. What follows is an insider's look at the back-end operations of this gang.
16 December 2019

Dominic Cummings: If Leave had lost Brexit vote, I’d have queried result as invalid

Dominic Cummings: If Leave had lost Brexit vote, I’d have queried result as invalid Boris Johnson aide wrote to data watchdog in 2017 complaining electoral system was ‘wide open to abuse’

Boris Johnson’s adviser Dominic Cummings would have challenged the EU referendum result as “invalid” had Vote Leave lost the Brexit campaign.

According to documents seen by the Observer, the prime minister’s chief aide told the UK’s data watchdog that he would have contested the result because UK elections are “wide open to abuse.”

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14 December 2019

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET's Cybersecurity Trends 2020 report is out – New Chrome feature boosts account security – Hundreds of thousands of birth certificate applications leaked online

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13 December 2019

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET's Cybersecurity Trends 2020 report is out – New Chrome feature boosts account security – Hundreds of thousands of birth certificate applications leaked online

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13 December 2019

2FA: Double down on your security

The second authentication factor might be a minor inconvenience, but it provides a major security boost

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13 December 2019