One of the most-read advice columns on this site is a 2018 piece called “Plant Your Flag, Mark Your Territory,” which tried to impress upon readers the importance of creating accounts at websites like those at the Social Security...

European police infiltrate EncroChat, go on to crack down on crime kingpins and seize guns, drugs, cars and millions in cash The post Hundreds arrested after police crack encrypted chat network appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from Amer Owaida

The cybercriminal behind the ransom raids on almost 23,000 databases threatens to leak the data and alert GDPR regulators The post Thousands of MongoDB databases ransacked, held for ransom appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from Amer Owaida

The out-of-band update plugs two remote code execution bugs in the Windows Codecs library, including one rated as critical The post Microsoft releases emergency update to fix two serious Windows flaws appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from Tomáš Foltýn

Can a technological intervention stem the pandemic while avoiding the privacy pitfalls of location tracking? The post COVID‑19 contact tracing – technology panacea or privacy nightmare? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from Tony Anscombe

Poorly secured remote access attracts mostly ransomware gangs, but can provide access to coin miners and backdoors too The post Remote access at risk: Pandemic pulls more cyber‑crooks into the brute‑forcing game appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from Ondrej...

Hot on the heels of his research into an attack that attempted to take down ESET’s website, Lukas Stefanko sheds more light on threats posed by mobile botnets The post Lukas Stefanko: How we fought off a DDoS attack...

A password manager can make your digital life both simpler and more secure. Are there any downsides to relying on software to create and store your passwords? The post What is a password manager and why is it useful?...

In a move lauded by privacy advocates, Boston joins the ranks of cities that have voted down the municipal use of the technology The post Facial recognition technology banned in another US city appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from...

And many of them didn’t receive any new security training or tools from their employer to properly secure the devices, a study finds The post Majority of new remote employees use their personal laptops for work appeared first on...