February 21, 2019 - How can we help our less tech-savvy friends stay more secure online? By giving them a lazy person's guide to cybersecurity, we can offer maximum protection for minimal effort.
February 21, 2019 - Mac users often are told that “Macs don’t get viruses.” This is not really true, of course. Macs can and do get infected. However, it is true that macOS provides some basic protection against malware. This protection can be quite effective in some ways, but, unfortunately, quite ineffective in others. Let’s take a look at...
February 20, 2019 - A phishing page that hides behind a translation service. A kit that uses fake font files. A hyper-realistic campaign that could likely fool even the pros. We look at these noteworthy phishing attempts and more to show how far phishers have evolved, and remind users to remain vigilant against this threat.
February 20, 2019 - Bots are an endless source of debate online, but all we ever hear about are the bad ones. In this post, we look at some examples you've probably already run into, and explain why one person's good bot is another organization's bad one.
February 18, 2019 - A roundup of security news from February 11-17 covering sextortion, Facebook phishing, Emotet, exploit kits, whole team security, anti-phishing plan, and lots more.
February 18, 2019 - People sometimes ask us in the forums if a keygen or software crack is safe to use. In this post, we'll describe what happened when one of our researchers went crack hunting, and why it is often unsafe to carry out this activity.
February 14, 2019 - All the recent news—from Facebook's Cambridge Analytica snafu to various abuses of Twitter vulnerabilities—has you wondering: Should I delete myself from social media? We provide advice and links on how to tighten security if you want to cool down, or, if you're ready to go nuclear, delete yourself permanently.
February 14, 2019 - A hacker managed to compromise, and entirely destroy, a popular email service and all of its backups. What happened?
February 13, 2019 - If your organization doesn't have an anti-phishing plan in place, it's time to start thinking about one. Here's what to tell your employees and customers about phishing attacks.
February 12, 2019 - We review the top exploit kits in this winter 2019 snapshot.