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
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Okrum: Ke3chang group targets diplomatic missions
Tracking the malicious activities of the elusive Ke3chang APT group, ESET researchers have discovered new versions of malware families linked to the group, and a previously unreported backdoor
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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?
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How your Instagram account could have been hijacked
A researcher found that it was possible to subvert the platform’s password recovery mechanism and take control of user accounts
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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
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Buhtrap group uses zero‑day in latest espionage campaigns
ESET research reveals notorious crime group also conducting espionage campaigns for the past five years
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Windows zero-day CVE-2019-1132 exploited in targeted attacks
ESET research discovers a zero-day exploit that takes advantage of a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows
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Windows zero‑day CVE‑2019‑1132 exploited in targeted attacks
ESET research discovers a zero-day exploit that takes advantage of a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows
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UK’s data watchdog to hand 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
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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
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Malicious campaign targets South Korean users with backdoor-laced torrents
ESET researchers have discovered a malicious campaign distributing a backdoor via torrents, with Korean TV content used as a lure
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Malicious campaign targets South Korean users with backdoor‑laced torrents
ESET researchers have discovered a malicious campaign distributing a backdoor via torrents, with Korean TV content used as a lure
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Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Chinese smart home solutions provider Orvibo has leaked two billion logs from devices managed via its cloud platform, exposing sensitive information about their users
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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
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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
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Cisco Patches Critical Flaw in Vision Dynamic Signage Director
Cisco this week released a security patch for the Vision Dynamic Signage Director, to address a Critical vulnerability that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary actions on the local system.
Tracked as CVE-2019-1917, the vulnerability was found in the REST...
The Great Hack: the film that goes behind the scenes of the Facebook data scandal
This week, a Netflix documentary on Cambridge Analytica sheds light on one of the most complex scandals of our time. Carole Cadwalladr, who broke the story and appears in the film, looks at the fallout – and finds ‘surveillance...
Scotland Yard Twitter and Emails Hacked
London's Metropolitan Police apologised Saturday after its Twitter, emails and news pages were targeted by hackers and began pumping out a series of bizarre messages.
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Browser Extensions Scraped Data From Millions of People
Slack passwords, NSO spyware, and more of the week's top security news.
Hackers breach FSB contractor, expose Tor deanonymization project and more
SyTech, the hacked company, was working on research projects for the FSB, Russia's intelligence service.
