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COVID-19
FBI, CISA warn of spike in vishing attacks
Cybercriminals take aim at teleworkers, setting up malicious duplicates of companies' internal VPN login pages
Amer Owaida • 25 Aug 2020
Mobile security threats amid COVID-19 and beyond: A Q&A with Lukas Stefanko
ESET malware researcher Lukas Stefanko gives us a peek behind the scenes of his analysis of CryCryptor ransomware and puts the threat into a broader context
Gabrielle Ladouceur Despins • 15 Jul 2020
COVID-19 contact tracing – technology panacea or privacy nightmare?
Can a technological intervention stem the pandemic while avoiding the privacy pitfalls of location tracking?
Tony Anscombe • 30 Jun 2020
Majority of new remote employees use their personal laptops for work
And many of them didn’t receive any new security training or tools from their employer to properly secure the devices, a study finds
Amer Owaida • 23 Jun 2020
Digital transformation could be accelerated by COVID-19
The pandemic has highlighted the need for businesses to act with alacrity and prepare for the long haul – and to do so with cybersecurity in mind
Tony Anscombe • 07 May 2020
It's no time to let your guard down as coronavirus fraud remains a threat
Scammers rehash old campaigns, create credit card-stealing websites and repurpose information channels to milk the COVID-19 crisis for all it's worth
Amer Owaida • 01 May 2020
COVID-19, Business Security
Work from home: Should your digital assistant be on or off?
Being at your beck and call is central to the "personality" of your digital friend, but there are situations when the device could use some time off
Tony Anscombe • 20 Apr 2020
Scams, lies, and coronavirus
Scams demanding bitcoin on pain of infecting you with the coronavirus gain their fair share of shine among schemes with a thin veneer of plausibility
Guest Author • 17 Apr 2020
Apple releases mobility data to help combat COVID-19
The tool, which comes after a similar effort by Google, looks at how people’s traveling behavior has changed since the start of the pandemic
Amer Owaida • 16 Apr 2020