The attack overwhelmed the systems of a Belgian ISP, leading to widespread service outages and disruptions The post DDoS attack knocks Belgian government websites offline appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from Amer Owaida

Millions of Brits could be at risk of cyberattacks due to poor default passwords and a lack of firmware updates The post Popular routers found vulnerable to hacker attacks appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from Amer Owaida

How witches, wizards and superheroes can help your kids stay safe from cyber-villains, plus other parenting hacks to encourage your children to use secure passwords The post Fantastic passwords and where your children can find them appeared first on...

Another in our occasional series demystifying Latin American banking trojans The post Ousaban: Private photo collection hidden in a CABinet appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from ESET Research

The agency’s new initiative will also warn about the high cost of the free lunch – the increased risk of malware exposure The post INTERPOL aims to deal a blow to digital piracy appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from...

Big-three consumer credit bureau Experian just fixed a weakness with a partner website that let anyone look up the credit score of tens of millions of Americans just by supplying their name and mailing address, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Experian...

Some of the world’s top tech firms are backing a new industry task force focused on disrupting cybercriminal ransomware gangs by limiting their ability to get paid, and targeting the individuals and finances of the organized thieves behind these...

The data breach notification site now allows you to check if your login credentials may have been compromised by Emotet The post FBI teams up with ‘Have I Been Pwned’ to alert Emotet victims appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced...

A year into the pandemic, ESET reveals new research into activities of the LuckyMouse APT group and considers how governments can rise to the cybersecurity challenges of the accelerated shift to digital The post Prime targets: Governments shouldn’t go...

Mac users are being urged to update to macOS Big Sur 11.3 as at least one threat group is exploiting the zero-day bug to sneak past the operating system’s built-in security mechanisms The post Apple patches severe macOS security...