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Digital Security

VLC player has a critical flaw – and there's no patch yet (updated)

VLC player has a critical flaw – and there's no patch yet (updated)

Digital Security

VLC player has a critical flaw – and there's no patch yet (updated)

On the flip side, there are currently no known cases of the vulnerability being exploited in the wild

Tomáš Foltýn22 Jul 2019


Scams

With FaceApp in the spotlight, new scams emerge

With FaceApp in the spotlight, new scams emerge

Scams

With FaceApp in the spotlight, new scams emerge

ESET researchers discover fraudulent schemes piggybacking on the popularity of the face-modifying tool FaceApp, using a fake “Pro” version of the application as a lure

Lukas Stefanko19 Jul 2019


Digital Security

BlueKeep patching isn’t progressing fast enough

BlueKeep patching isn’t progressing fast enough

Digital Security

BlueKeep patching isn’t progressing fast enough

Keeping up with BlueKeep; or how many internet-facing systems, and in which countries and industries, remain ripe for exploitation?

Tomáš Foltýn17 Jul 2019


Social Media

How your Instagram account could have been hacked

How your Instagram account could have been hacked

Social Media

How your Instagram account could have been hacked

A researcher found that it was possible to subvert the platform’s password recovery mechanism and take control of user accounts

Tomáš Foltýn16 Jul 2019


Cybercrime

Cybercrime seen to be getting worse: The time to act is now

Cybercrime seen to be getting worse: The time to act is now

Cybercrime

Cybercrime seen to be getting worse: The time to act is now

What mounting public concern about falling victim to cybercrime says about government and corporate efforts at cybercrime deterrence

Stephen Cobb12 Jul 2019


Digital Security

UK’s data watchdog hands out two mega-fines for breaches

UK’s data watchdog hands out two mega-fines for breaches

Digital Security

UK’s data watchdog hands out two mega-fines for breaches

The times they have a-changed since the ICO could only slap fines worth a fraction of the current amounts

Tomáš Foltýn09 Jul 2019


Digital Security

NHS warned to act now to keep hackers at bay

NHS warned to act now to keep hackers at bay

Digital Security

NHS warned to act now to keep hackers at bay

A trifecta of issues impact the organization’s cyber-resilience and conspire to put it in the firing line of cyberattacks

Tomáš Foltýn03 Jul 2019


Internet of Things

Two billion user logs leaked by smart home vendor

Two billion user logs leaked by smart home vendor

Internet of Things

Two billion user logs leaked by smart home vendor

The leak, which has since been plugged, exposed a range of highly specific and sensitive information about users

Tomáš Foltýn02 Jul 2019


Digital Security

Ex-Equifax executive sent to jail for insider trading after breach

Ex-Equifax executive sent to jail for insider trading after breach

Digital Security

Ex-Equifax executive sent to jail for insider trading after breach

“Sounds bad”, the former Equifax CIO wrote in a text after learning of the breach that ended up affecting almost half the US population

Tomáš Foltýn01 Jul 2019