Smartphones rely on cameras for everyday tasks like video calls and even authentication and biometrics. These are additional to the original purpose of the phone camera: taking photos and videos. Many people worry that hackers could secretly watch them through their device. Unauthorized camera access can happen if a phone becomes infected with certain malicious...Read More
Expanded ENISA role welcomed alongside clearer oversight boundaries. The European Data Protection Board and the European Data Protection Supervisor have backed proposals to strengthen the EU cybersecurity law while safeguarding personal data. Their joint opinion addresses reforms to the Cybersecurity Act and updates to the NIS2 Directive. Advice also calls for limits on the processing...Read More
COMMENTARY: Q1 2025 brought forth a record-breaking 1,961 ransomware and digital extortion incidents. Fast forward to now: the number of incidents has decreased, but they still resulted in an increase year-over-year from 2024 and 2023.This data shows us that ransomware operations are far from slowing down. In fact, many would say that these operators are...Read More
Tony Anscombe is the Chief Security Evangelist for ESET. With over 25 years of security industry experience, Tony is an established author, blogger, and speaker on the current threat landscape, security technologies and products, data protection, privacy and trust, and Internet safety. His speaking portfolio includes industry conferences RSAC, Black Hat, VB, CTIA, MEF, Gartner...Read More
The cyber security industry has spent the past three years obsessing over how nation-state actors and script kiddies will weaponise artificial intelligence (AI). But as adoption advances from interacting with large language model (LLM)-powered chatbots to deploying AI agents, the most severe threat may now be coming from inside the house. Speaking at the recent...Read More
Across industries, organisations are racing to adopt AI to improve productivity, automate operations and unlock new business models. Yet the same technology is rapidly lowering the barriers for cyber-criminals, enabling them to launch attacks faster, at greater scale and with far less technical expertise than before. The result is a widening security gap. ...Read More
Several people have filed multiple lawsuits against Lewis Drug following an alleged data breach this month that compromised private medical information. The lawsuits seek class action status for Lewis’ customers and others who use the pharmacies in dozens of stores located in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota. The data breach allegedly occurred on March 3....Read More
Demonstrators took to streets in Berlin earlier this week to protest AI being used to create sexually-explicit deepfakes – Copyright AFP/File John MACDOUGALL Artificial intelligence is making cyberattacks increasingly sophisticated and costlier for businesses, reinsurer Munich Re said Wednesday, warning of methods ranging from highly personalised phishing emails to computer-generated, convincing fake identities. “If cybercrime...Read More
Kali Linux 2026.1 has officially been released, marking the first major update of the year for the popular penetration testing distribution. Designed for professionals engaged in technical security research and vulnerability analysis, this update features modern aesthetic enhancements, notable advancements in mobile penetration testing, and a respectful nod to the platform’s history. Under the hood,...Read More
