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The Occasional Orator Part 1

The Occasional Orator Part 1

The Occasional Orator Part 1

Speaking at conferences can be daunting for presenters but often it is about striking the right balance between content and delivery

David Harley18 Sep 2018


Ransomware

Bristol airport takes flight screens offline after apparent ransomware attack

Bristol airport takes flight screens offline after apparent ransomware attack

Ransomware

Bristol airport takes flight screens offline after apparent ransomware attack

The screens in “key locations” are back up and running again, while the airport paid no ransom to return its systems to working order

Tomáš Foltýn17 Sep 2018


One in three UK orgs hit by cryptojacking in previous month, survey finds

One in three UK orgs hit by cryptojacking in previous month, survey finds

One in three UK orgs hit by cryptojacking in previous month, survey finds

Conversely, only a little over one-third of IT executives believe that their systems have never been hijacked to surreptitiously mine digital currencies

Tomáš Foltýn17 Sep 2018


Video

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET researchers have discovered several third-party add-ons for the popular open-source media player Kodi. The first 100 days of GDPR reviewed. Also a look at how Microsoft addressed 61 security flaws in Windows in their Patch Tuesday release

Shane Curtis14 Sep 2018


Cybercrime

Russian man accused of running Kelihos botnet pleads guilty

Russian man accused of running Kelihos botnet pleads guilty

Cybercrime

Russian man accused of running Kelihos botnet pleads guilty

In its heyday, Kelihos comprised up to 100,000 compromised devices that were capable of blasting out billions of malware-laden emails every day

Tomáš Foltýn14 Sep 2018


Secure Coding

Programmer's Day: Resources to audit your code

Programmer's Day: Resources to audit your code

Secure Coding

Programmer's Day: Resources to audit your code

Taking advantage of the celebration of the Day of the Programmer, we share some audit tools to evaluate the security of your code

Cecilia Pastorino13 Sep 2018


Kodi add-ons launch cryptomining campaign

Kodi add-ons launch cryptomining campaign

Kodi add-ons launch cryptomining campaign

ESET researchers have discovered several third-party add-ons for the popular open-source media player Kodi being used to distribute Linux and Windows cryptocurrency-mining malware

Kaspars Osis13 Sep 2018


Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs zero-day hole exploited by PowerPool

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs zero-day hole exploited by PowerPool

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs zero-day hole exploited by PowerPool

Microsoft and Adobe have each shipped out their scheduled batches of patches to address security flaws in their respective software

Tomáš Foltýn12 Sep 2018


Abandoning a domain name can come back to bite you, research shows

Abandoning a domain name can come back to bite you, research shows

Abandoning a domain name can come back to bite you, research shows

A domain name once left behind can catch up with you – by giving fraudsters access to a treasure trove of sensitive information

Tomáš Foltýn11 Sep 2018


Apple yanks top grossing app from Mac App Store for grabbing private user data

Apple yanks top grossing app from Mac App Store for grabbing private user data

Apple yanks top grossing app from Mac App Store for grabbing private user data

The several thousand glowing reviews that Adware Doctor had garnered prior to its removal were “likely fake”, researchers say

Tomáš Foltýn10 Sep 2018


Privacy

100 days of GDPR

100 days of GDPR

Privacy

100 days of GDPR

What impact has the new data protection directive had on businesses so far?

Veronika Gallisova10 Sep 2018


Video

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

PowerPool exploits zero-day vulnerability, Machine Learning and malware, plus susceptible power grids, all in the cybersecurity news with Tony Anscombe

Shane Curtis08 Sep 2018


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