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Stephen Cobb • 31 Oct 2018 • 6 min. read
Digital Security
Growing pains: Skills gap meets expanding threat surface
Kids Online
Five ways to make Halloween less cyber-scary for kids
Ransomware
Ransomware and the enterprise: A new white paper
The need to defend a growing threat surface highlights the widening cybersecurity skills gap
Stephen Cobb • 31 Oct 2018
How can we help kids avoid security horrors and stay safe from rogue online “neighbors” at Halloween and thereafter?
Tomáš Foltýn • 31 Oct 2018
Ransomware remains a serious threat and this new white paper explains what enterprises need to know, and do, to reduce risk
Stephen Cobb • 29 Oct 2018
Privacy
Nothing exceeds like excess; or, a lack of privacy in the digital age
What has the Internet brought us? And how does privacy stay anchored in the data deluge of the digital age? Here’s a brief reflection to celebrate today’s Internet Day
Tomáš Foltýn • 29 Oct 2018
Internet of Things
IoT: A roomful of conundrums
How can you stay safe in a world where “smart” is the new default?
Tomáš Foltýn • 26 Oct 2018
ESET releases new decryptor for Syrian victims of GandCrab ransomware
ESET experts have created a new decryption tool that can be used by Syrian victims of the GandCrab ransomware. It is based on a set of keys recently released by the malware operators
Ondrej Kubovič • 25 Oct 2018
Malware
Banking Trojans continue to surface on Google Play
The malicious apps have all been removed from the official Android store but not before the apps were installed by almost 30,000 users
Lukas Stefanko • 24 Oct 2018
Scams
Online scams: Why we get duped
What are the emotional triggers and errors in judgment that make you fall victim to scammers?
Tomáš Foltýn • 19 Oct 2018
VestaCP compromised in a new supply-chain attack
Customers see their admin credentials stolen and their servers infected with Linux/ChachaDDoS
Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé • 18 Oct 2018