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Microsoft releases guidance on how organizations can check their systems for the presence of BlackLotus, a powerful threat first analyzed by ESET researchers Microsoft has released guidance on how organizations can detect BlackLotus, a powerful threat that was first analyzed by ESET researchers. BlackLotus is a UEFI bootkit that is capable of operating on Windows systems even with UEFI Secure Boot enabled, giving them full control over Windows’s boot process all while disabling various OS…

Strike a balance between making the internet a safer place for your children and giving them the freedom to explore, learn and socialize There was a time when parents didn’t have to worry much about their children’s digital activities. A single, centralized computer in the house was the only gateway to the internet, and could be monitored relatively easily. Then came mobile devices. Now the challenge is much greater. Not only are there more opportunities…

What have some of the world’s most infamous advanced threat actors been up to and what might be the implications of their activities for your business? This week, ESET researchers released a new issue of the APT Activity Report that looks at the activities of selected advanced persistent threat (APT) groups from October 2022 to March 2023. Among other things, the report shows that some of the most notorious China-aligned threat actors had their sights…

by Naked Security writer This wasn’t your typical cyberextortion situation. More precisely, it followed what you might think of as a well-worn path, so in that sense it came across as “typical” (if you will pardon the use of the word typical in the context of a serious cybercrime), but it didn’t happen in the way you would probably have assumed at first. Starting in December 2020, the crime unfolded as follows: Attacker broke in…

When decommissioning their old hardware, many companies ‘throw the baby out with the bathwater’ Taking a defunct router out of an equipment rack and sliding in a shiny new replacement is probably an everyday occurrence in many business networking environments. However, the fate of the router being discarded should be as important, if not more so, as the smooth transition and implementation of the new kit in the rack. Unfortunately, this appears often not to…

Before you rush to buy new hardware, try these simple tricks to get your machine up to speed again – and keep it that way. A slow-running computer can be a major headache, affecting your productivity and causing unnecessary stress. But before frustration kicks in and makes you run to buy a new machine, there are several simple and effective steps you can take to speed up your current PC. From freeing up space on…

Have your cake and eat it too – enjoy some of what the online world has to offer without always giving out your contact details We’ve all lost count of how many times we’ve entered our email address and phone number to sign up for an online service, access a website or an app, read the news or log into any of the social media accounts most of us have. Put bluntly, our contact information…