5 Continuously Growing Cyberthreats You Should Watch Out For
The online world is not a safe place, but how dangerous is it exactly? Read the news on a website dedicated to cybersecurity, and you'll be left with the impression that more or less every link you click on and every... Read more
Signs Your Phone Has Been Infected With Stalkerware and How to Get Rid of It
There are all kinds of malware out there these days, and while a lot of them can cause you significant inconvenience, damage, and even financial losses, there's something about stalkerware that's extra disturbing. The... Read more
It Was Confirmed: XKCD Users' Passwords Were Breached During a Data Breach
Those of you interested in mathematics, technology, and information security have probably heard the name Randall Munroe. He is the creator of the XKCD webcomic which uses brilliant stick figure cartoons and a healthy... Read more
Do We All Use the Same Calendar?
What day is it today? Many of you will most likely say 'September 3, 2019'. But how did we end up deciding that? And how did most of us end up agreeing with it? And what about the people that don't agree with this... Read more
How Slack Phishing Works to Harvest Personal Data and how to Prevent It
The sad reality of 2019 is that phishing is no longer just an email security problem. For a while now it has been a communication security problem—and statistics indicate that said problem is growing. In spite of... Read more
What Is Retadup and How Can It Jeopardize the Security of Your Passwords?
Retadup is one of the malware families that has never really managed to catch the attention of mainstream media the way Trickbot has, for example. This seems a bit strange because while it has never really been the... Read more
Canon DSLR Hacked With Crypto-demanding Ransomware – but for Research
Technology is a marvelous thing, and the Internet has made a reality out of a multitude of things that were thought impossible just a few years back. Information on any topic imaginable is at the tip of a user's... Read more
What Is a DDoS Attack and How to Avoid It
Directed denial of Service, or simply "DDoS" attacks, are designed to take down a platform or web page and interrupt the service it provides. This temporary loss of service is caused by overloading a single website... Read more
Facebook Users at Risk of SIM-Swapping Attacks After Their Phone Numbers Are Leaked Online
When the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke out in March 2018, people thought it was a big one. The UK-based company had collected the information of quite a few Facebook users through a personality quiz app and had... Read more
What Hackers Do After Gaining Access to a Website
What are Hackers' objectives? Hackers usually infect websites with malware. Malware can execute many complex and malicious actions on a website, such as malvertising, illegal downloads, ransomware, and more. Online... Read more
A Month After Poshmark Confirmed a Data Breach, Private User Information Is Sold Online
Almost exactly one month ago, North American online clothing marketplace Poshmark announced that it had suffered a data breach. For reasons that remain unclear, the website decided not to disclose how many people got... Read more
Hackers Can Turn Headphones into 'Acoustic Weapons,' Cybersecurity Expert Warns
The speakers on your smartphone, PC, and other devices connected to the internet could be weaponized by hackers and used against you, security researchers say. One such expert believes that it is a very real threat.... Read more
