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 The post With FaceApp in the spotlight, new scams emerge appeared first on WeLiveSecurity...

Keeping up with BlueKeep; or how many internet-facing systems, and in which countries and industries, remain ripe for exploitation? The post BlueKeep patching isn’t progressing fast enough appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from Tomáš Foltýn

A researcher found that it was possible to subvert the platform’s password recovery mechanism and take control of user accounts The post How your Instagram account could have been hijacked appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from Tomáš Foltýn

The cybercriminals behind the GandCrab ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering recently announced they were closing up shop and retiring after having allegedly earned more than $2 billion in extortion payments from victims. But a growing body of evidence suggests the GandCrab...

The U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC) said today political campaigns can accept discounted cybersecurity services from companies without running afoul of existing campaign finance laws, provided those companies already do the same for other non-political entities. The decision comes...

ESET research reveals notorious crime group also conducting espionage campaigns for the past five years The post Buhtrap group uses zero‑day in latest espionage campaigns appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from Jean-Ian Boutin

What mounting public concern about falling victim to cybercrime says about government and corporate efforts at cybercrime deterrence The post Cybercrime seen to be getting worse: The time to act is now appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from Stephen...

ESET research discovers a zero-day exploit that takes advantage of a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows The post Windows zero‑day CVE‑2019‑1132 exploited in targeted attacks appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from Anton Cherepanov

The times they have a-changed since the ICO could only slap fines worth a fraction of the current amounts The post UK’s data watchdog hands out two mega-fines for breaches appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from Tomáš Foltýn

ESET researchers have discovered a malicious campaign distributing a backdoor via torrents, with Korean TV content used as a lure The post Malicious campaign targets South Korean users with backdoor-laced torrents appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Sourced from Zuzana Hromcová