Cryptocurrency scams have long been around. In the hope of getting hold of cryptocurrency in others’ accounts, cybercriminals tempt victims with free transfers, bitcoin giveaways, other people’s credentials and scarce mining equipment. Today we look at another fraudulent scheme, this time targeting owners of MetaMask cryptowallets. What is MetaMask? MetaMask is a wallet for the … [Read more...] about How to protect your MetaMask cryptowallet from scammers
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A Free Solution to Protect Your Business from 6 Biggest Cyber Threats in 2022
For the last few years, the cybersecurity threat landscape has gotten progressively more complex and dangerous. The online world is now rife with data thieves, extortionists, and even state actors looking to exploit vulnerabilities in businesses' digital defenses. And unfortunately — the bad guys have the upper hand at the moment. Part of the reason for that is the fallout … [Read more...] about A Free Solution to Protect Your Business from 6 Biggest Cyber Threats in 2022
AirTag stalking and how to protect yourself
Apple’s AirTags have only been on the market since last spring, but they have already earned a bad reputation for being a way to facilitate criminal activity and track people without their permission. In this article we look closely at how AirTags work and why they can be dangerous. We also tell you how to protect yourself from being tracked with AirTags and from other types of … [Read more...] about AirTag stalking and how to protect yourself
How to Protect Cloud Workloads from Zero-day Attacks
Protecting cloud workloads from zero-day vulnerabilities like Log4Shell is a challenge that every organization faces. When a vulnerability is published, organizations can try to identify impacted artifacts through software composition analysis, but even if they’re able to identify all impacted areas, the patching process can be cumbersome and time-consuming. As we saw with … [Read more...] about How to Protect Cloud Workloads from Zero-day Attacks
How to protect from Pegasus and other advanced spyware
Possibly the biggest story of 2021 — an investigation by the Guardian and 16 other media organizations, published in July — suggested that over 30,000 human rights activists, journalists and lawyers across the world may have been targeted using Pegasus. Pegasus is a so-called “legal surveillance software” developed by the Israeli company NSO. The report, called the Pegasus … [Read more...] about How to protect from Pegasus and other advanced spyware
What is NoReboot and how to protect yourself from such an attack
To be absolutely sure your phone isn’t tracking you or listening in on any conversations, you might turn it off. It seems logical; that way, even if the phone is infected with serious spyware, it can’t do anything. In addition, turning off or restarting a smartphone is one of the most reliable ways to fight such infections; in many cases, spyware “lives” only until the next … [Read more...] about What is NoReboot and how to protect yourself from such an attack
Meta Expands Facebook Protect Program to Activists, Journalists, Government Officials
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, on Thursday announced an expansion of its Facebook Protect security program to include human rights defenders, activists, journalists, and government officials who are more likely to be targeted by bad actors across its social media platforms. "These people are at the center of critical communities for public debate," said Nathaniel … [Read more...] about Meta Expands Facebook Protect Program to Activists, Journalists, Government Officials
Malware on Discord and how to protect oneself
In the six years since the launch of Discord’s chat and VoIP service, the platform has become a popular tool for building communities of interest, especially among gamers. However, just like any other platform that hosts user-generated content, Discord can be exploited. Discord’s extensive customization options also open the door to attacks on ordinary users, both on and off … [Read more...] about Malware on Discord and how to protect oneself
What you see is what you get … to protect
In my first nearly 90 days since joining Cisco, I’ve spoken with customers from around the world. And one thing that I continue to hear? The shift to a more distributed workforce is driving the need for anywhere, anytime access to resources, wherever they exist. Prior to 2020, many treated “digital transformation” as merely a buzzword — a low priority, at best. Legacy … [Read more...] about What you see is what you get … to protect
How to protect yourself from ransomware: five tips
Recent years have seen ransomware grow from an abstract curiosity into a major problem anyone can face — and that hundreds of thousands of people already have. Now a mass industry, ransomware even shows a division of labor, with some criminals writing malicious code and others selecting targets and using the code to infect them, earning a percentage of the ransom. In the past … [Read more...] about How to protect yourself from ransomware: five tips