Two major cyberattacks have siphoned over $50 million and nearly $80 million from a Belgian bank and an Austrian aircraft parts manufacturer, respectively. They were both victim to a scam known as Business Email Compromise. The post European firms’ financial departments the target of cyberattacks appeared first on We Live Security.

Remote code execution vulnerabilities have been found in the Android operating system, and patches released for Nexus devices. But what about your smartphone? Is there a patch for you, and can you get your hands on it? The post Android has some critical remotely-exploitable security holes. But can you get the patch? appeared first on […]

Lincolnshire County Council has successfully thwarted attempts by cybercriminals to extort money out them and brought most of its systems back online, almost one week on from the ransomware attack. The post UK council ‘thwarts ransomware attack’ appeared first on We Live Security.

Highlights from the last seven days in information security include the return of the BlackEnergy trojan and security insights from CES 2016. The post The security review: BlackEnergy, CES 2016 and Windows 10 appeared first on We Live Security.

Car security is rising to the fore here at CES 2016, which is not altogether surprising as 2015 was the year when car hacking really crossed over into the mainstream. The post CES 2016: Day 2 – making smarter cars appeared first on We Live Security.

A new ransomware named Ransom32 poses as Google Chrome and is distinguished from similar threats by its weight. The post Ransom32, a new Filecoder in sight appeared first on We Live Security.

The app-based taxi company Uber has agreed to pay a $20,000 penalty for poor data security practices and to reform its privacy policies. The post Uber agrees to $20,000 penalty over poor data security practices appeared first on We Live Security.

It has been almost half a year since Microsoft released Windows 10, and the decision whether or not to migrate computers to this latest release of Microsoft’s flagship operating system is going to be on the minds of administrators for 2016, says ESET’s Aryeh Goretsky. The post Should I stay or should I go … […]

As ever, ESET is once again in attendance at CES in Las Vegas, offering you expert insight into all the security aspects of this year’s show, which, from what have seen so far, is a key focus for CES in 2016. The post CES 2016: Day 1 – surviving the swarm appeared first on We […]

Time Warner Cable, one of the biggest cable telecommunications companies in the US, has revealed that some of its customer data ‘may have been compromised’. The post Time Warner Cable: Customer data ‘may have been compromised’ appeared first on We Live Security.

Data breaches got bigger, brasher and more devastating in 2015. In this feature, we look at how some of the biggest came about and the impact they had. The post 5 of the most devastating data breaches of 2015 appeared first on We Live Security.