Welivesecurity stories

Botnets not only harm the owners of infected computers, but others too – they can send out spam, distributing a range of scams or even ransomware.

More and more companies are realizing that trusted & trained employees can also pose an enormous threat. We have identified three types of employees.

The concept of a password was developed so that users could only access their own specific files for their allotted four hours a week.

Contrary to what many people assume biometric readers aren't foolproof. They have their own set of unique vulnerabilities. Fingerprints can be stolen.

An increasing number of young cybercriminals are motivated by a sense of notoriety and popularity with their peers rather than financial gain.

On April 8 it was three years since Microsoft ended its extended support for Windows XP. 8% of desktop users worldwide still run the operating system.

F11 did not contain any harmful code. Instead, it relied purely on social engineering, tricking users into paying €18 ($19) for Adobe Flash Player.

It is precisely because of this concept of the cost of doing nothing that we’re able to determine the value of a cybersecurity solution.

Android devices are used to store increasing amounts of valuable data, making Android ransomware ever more worthwhile for attackers.

We have seen a new ransomware campaign for Mac. This new ransomware, written in Swift, is distributed via BitTorrent and calls itself "Patcher".

Smartphones aim to heighten convenience, but there is a real feeling that they're becoming a bigger target for cybercriminals. Why?

that there is more than one type of attack that can affect DNS servers—and in this article we will look at the differences between them.

The new Android banking malware ESET recently discovered on Google Play was spotted in the wild again, targeting more banks.

Spyware is widely spread across the web, and is ever present on today’s mobile and desktop devices. You should be security-conscious at all times.

When next-gen vendors talk about behavioural analysis as their exclusive discovery, they’re at best misinformed.

Imagine, if you will, that your security is flawless, and not a single other person can access your sensitive accounts or information.

Take ransomware. What does it entail? Does it even matter – will it ever actually affect you? It’ll vanish as quickly as it appeared, right? Wrong.

Infected IoT devices may extort commercial websites by threatening a DDoS attack, or locking IoT devices in order to charge a ransom aka Jackware.

WhatsApp keeps on increasing, with deceptive campaigns coming up with with novel ways of luring in victims. Today we will show you a new example.

Fraud is still on the increase due to the use of new technologies, causing losses to both users and companies. What is being done to avoid this?

Siemens-branded IP-based CCTV cameras are the latest internet-connected devices to be found vulnerable to hacking attacks.

Up-to-date security systems, usable security, and awareness on how to deal with threats and social engineering are needed.

Targeting Microsoft Windows, it has compromised home, business and government computers across 190 countries.

Those seem to me to be questions that may well interest people contemplating a career path in security.