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ChatGPT, will you be my Valentine?
Spoiler alert: it turned me down. But that’s far from the only thing I learned while playing around with the bot that the world has fallen in love with so badly.
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Confident cybersecurity means fewer headaches for SMBs
Small and medium-sized businesses have good reason to be concerned about the loss of data and financial impacts
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Key findings from the latest ESET Threat Report – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
What is behind the drop in ransomware and what should still be done for containing the ransomware scourge?
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U.S., U.K. Sanction 7 Men Tied to Trickbot Hacking Group
Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating "Trickbot," a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. The U.S. Department of the Treasury says the Trickbot group is associated with Russian intelligence services, and that this alliance led to the targeting of many U.S. companies and government entities.Alexa, who else is listening?
Your smart speaker is designed to listen, but could it be eavesdropping too?
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ESET Threat Report T3 2022
A view of the T3 2022 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts
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KrebsOnSecurity in Upcoming Hulu Series on Ashley Madison Breach
KrebsOnSecurity will likely have a decent amount of screen time in an upcoming Hulu documentary series about the 2015 megabreach at marital infidelity site Ashley Madison. While I can't predict what the producers will do with the video interviews we shot, it's fair to say the series will explore tantalizing new clues as to who may have been responsible for the attack.Coffee with the Council Podcast: What’s New at the Council in 2023 Featuring Lance Johnson
Welcome to our podcast series, Coffee with the Council. I'm Alicia Malone, Senior Manager of Public Relations for the PCI Security Standards Council. Today, we'll reflect on the accomplishments of 2022 and look ahead to what 2023 will bring at the PCI Security Standards Council. My guest for this episode is Lance Johnson, Executive Director at PCI SSC. Welcome, Lance.
TechScape: Why Twitter ending free access to its APIs should be a ‘wake-up call’
In this week’s newsletter: The social media network is putting its APIs – the under-praised tool that keeps the internet as we know it going – behind a paywall. And the ramifications are huge
APIs may not seem like the sexiest thing to write about in a tech newsletter, but bear with me. Because APIs – or application programming interfaces – are important. They’re the synapses of our digital world: without them, our current ways of living wouldn’t work.
For example, when you visit a website that requires you to log in, and you choose to connect with a Google or Facebook account, you’re utilising an API. That click of a button that links your existing account on one platform with a new account on another is enabled by an API. They spring into action whenever one type of work interacts with another, working to bridge that gap. APIs are the overlooked and under-praised army that keeps the internet as we know it going.
Continue reading...Into the void: Your tech and security in digital darkness
No internet, perfect security? Two ESET researchers perform a thought experiment where they consider the implications of being plunged into digital darkness.
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Vote Now for the 2023 Special Interest Group Project
From now through 17 February 2023, PCI SSC Participating Organizations are invited to vote on proposals for the PCI SSC 2023 Special Interest Group (SIG) project.
Online safety laws: What’s in store for children’s digital playgrounds?
As children’s safety and privacy online becomes a matter of increasing urgency, lawmakers around the world push ahead on new regulations in the digital realm
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Finland’s Most-Wanted Hacker Nabbed in France
Julius "Zeekill" Kivimäki, a 25-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a local online psychotherapy practice and leaking therapy notes for more than 22,000 patients online, was arrested this week in France. A notorious hacker convicted of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, Kivimäki had been in hiding since October 2022, when he failed to show up in court and Finland issued an international warrant for his arrest.‘I’m not Snow White. I have to think like a criminal’: how I became a burglar for hire
Jenny Radcliffe is a professional ‘people hacker’ – someone who claims she can get past anyone and get in anywhere. No building is secure. How does she do it? Plus, an extract from her memoir
‘Do I look like someone to mess with?” says Jenny Radcliffe, folding her arms in a really-don’t-mess-with-me kind of way. Her tattoos seem to be making the point, too. On her left forearm is a Latin phrase – facta non verba, actions not words – with a pair of devil’s horns; on her right, a feather, from the wings of an angel. Which is she, I wonder. Her boots – DM-like, many eyelets – suggest no angel; but the T-shirt is emblazoned with “Trust Me”.
Radcliffe has an unusual job: she’s a social engineer. “Also known as a professional burglar, physical penetration tester … though it’s difficult to say that one to old ladies on trains,” she says. Yes, I can see that.
Continue reading...Key takeaways from ESET’s new APT Activity Report – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
As our latest APT Activity Report makes abundantly clear, the threat of cyberespionage and stealthy attacks remains very real
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Is that survey real or fake? How to spot a survey scam
“Can I tell a legitimate survey apart from a fake one?” is the single most important question you need to answer for yourself before taking any surveys online
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Less is more: Conquer your digital clutter before it conquers you
Lose what you don’t use and other easy ways to limit your digital footprint and strengthen your online privacy and security
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ESET APT Activity Report T3 2022
An overview of the activities of selected APT groups investigated and analyzed by ESET Research in T3 2022
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MyGov app facing overhaul to centralise online identification
Audit review of government tool housing Medicare and Centrelink services recommends significant changes
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The federal government’s much-maligned myGov app faces an overhaul and could soon be used for online identity verification, as well as an increasing number of government services.
An audit review, undertaken by former Telstra chief executive David Thodey and a panel of experts appointed by the Albanese government in September last year, recommended a significant overhaul of myGov, which houses Medicare and Centrelink.
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Continue reading...Are you in control of your personal data? – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Data Privacy Week is a reminder to protect your data – all year round. Here are three privacy-boosting habits you can start today.
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