Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
ISPs have started to monetize customer information quietly while selling them bandwidth. The temptation is strong, as that kind of aggregate data has real value on the secondary market, but what about the customers’ privacy? The post ISP privacy – how much should it cost? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
ESET’s Lysa Myers discusses the challenges facing healthcare technology, medical and fitness devices and highlights the need to secure medical devices The post Healthcare challenges: Ransomware and the Internet of Things are the tip of the iceberg appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
Three years ago, Microsoft ended its extended support for Windows XP. Today, almost 8% of desktop users worldwide are still run the operating system. The post It’s time to finally say goodbye to Windows XP. And Vista. Again appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
Email attacks are the most common methods for initiating ransomware and phishing scams. Attackers want you to open an infected attachment or click a malicious link, and unwittingly download malware to your machine. But you can avoid such attacks by being patient, checking email addresses, and being cautious of sketchy-sounding subject lines. 7 dangerous subject […]
This article sheds light on the current ecosystem of the Sathurbot backdoor trojan, in particular exposing its use of torrents as a delivery medium and its distributed brute-forcing of weak WordPress administrator accounts. The post Sathurbot: Distributed WordPress password attack appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
Tax identity fraud is a multibillion dollar industry for criminals. ESET’s Lysa Myers explores new measures and offers some top tips on how to tackle this menace. The post Tax identity fraud: Bringing the fight to this menace appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
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Millennials and the demands of upcoming GDPR regulations could result in a greater cybersecurity risk for many businesses, new research has suggested. The post Millennials and GDPR ‘pose increased cybersecurity risk to companies’ appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
LinuxSecurity.com: An update for v8 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]
LinuxSecurity.com: An update for v8 is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton). Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]
LinuxSecurity.com: An update for v8 is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka). Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]
LinuxSecurity.com: An update for v8 is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty). Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]
Raise your hand if you’ve ever received a call from a company, unsolicited, that got aggressive? Maybe the caller wouldn’t hang up or kept calling back. Maybe the caller asked for money or made a threat. Regardless, you were upset. But when you alerted the company of the bad deed, they gave you some line […]
The IAAF has become the latest organization to fall victim to the cybercriminal gang Sednit. The post IAAF: ‘Fancy Bear’ Sednit behind cyberattack appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
ESET researchers have discovered a malicious app at Google Play tricking its victims into paying €18 ($19) for Adobe Flash Player. The post Don’t pay for what is for free: Malicious Adobe Flash Player app found on Google Play appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
“If you’re being watched, you change your behavior, and that means you have less freedom. I don’t think you can have freedom without privacy.” —Kevin Mitnick, quoted in my new book, “Hacking the Hacker.”The United States has a long history of protecting at least some individual privacy rights with respect to common carriers. Much of […]
LinuxSecurity.com: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]
