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More than 1,000 arrested globally for online fraud

Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET highlights that a recent INTERPOL- led operation involved law enforcement from 20 countries and led to the seizure of millions of dollars in illicit gain

Passwordless authentication

Phil Muncaster, guest writer at ESET wonders are the days numbered for ‘123456’? As Microsoft further nudges the world away from passwords, here’s what your organization should consider before going p...

Privacy and security got a leg up in Switzerland

Cameron Camp, Security Researcher at ESET discusses that security and privacy get a leg up in Proton’s legal challenge against data retention and disclosure obligations

Ransomware costs American companies $21 billion in downtime

Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET explains that the victims lost an average of nine days to downtime and two-and-a-half months to investigations, an analysis of disclosed attacks shows

iPhones can be hacked to make contactless payments

Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET highlights the flaws in Apple Pay and Visa could allow criminals to make arbitrary contactless payments – no authentication needed

Take your gaming experience a notch higher

Antoine Harb, Team Leader Middle East and North Africa at Kingston Technology explains the best ways to configure DRAMS and SSD for enhanced gaming performance.

Howard University suffers cyberattack and defers online classes

Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET highlights that the Howard University suffered a ransomware attack, however there is no evidence so far of data being accessed or stolen.

CISA warns against using single‑factor authentication

Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET explains that Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the federal agency in the USA urges organizations to ditch the bad practice and instead use ...

Millions of records exposed due to Microsoft Power Apps misconfiguration

Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET explains that the caches of data that were publicly accessible included names, email addresses and social security numbers were exposed due to misconfiguration.