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From Meta shutting down millions of WhatsApp accounts linked to scam centers all the way to attacks at water facilities in Europe, August 2025 saw no shortage of impactful cybersecurity news 28 Aug 2025 As August 2025 comes to a close, ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe reviews a selection of the top cybersecurity stories that moved the needle, raised the alarms or offered vital lessons over the past 30 or so days, as well…

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Kids Online Cyberbullying is a fact of life in our digital-centric society, but there are ways to push back Phil Muncaster 27 Aug 2025  •  , 4 min. read For better or worse, the digital world in many ways resembles its physical counterpart. Unfortunately, that means it sometimes enables, and even exacerbates, the same bad behaviors that we often see offline. According to a 2023 Microsoft study covering 17 countries, “cyberbullying harassment and abuse” is…

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ESET Research The discovery of PromptLock shows how malicious use of AI models could supercharge ransomware and other threats 26 Aug 2025  •  , 2 min. read ESET researchers have discovered what they called “the first known AI-powered ransomware”. The malware, which ESET has named PromptLock, has the ability to exfiltrate, encrypt and possibly even destroy data, though this last functionality appears not to have been implemented in the malware yet. While PromptLock was not…

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Can you tell the difference between legitimate marketing and deepfake scam ads? It’s not always as easy as you may think. Phil Muncaster 18 Aug 2025  •  , 4 min. read As economic uncertainty and persistent inflation are eroding our pay checks and imperilling our pensions, it’s not surprising that many of us are looking to make our money go a bit further. Unfortunately, scammers are preying on this need with increasingly sophisticated schemes on…

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Business Security How top-tier managed detection and response (MDR) can help organizations stay ahead of increasingly agile and determined adversaries Phil Muncaster 19 Aug 2025  •  , 5 min. read How long does it take for threat actors to move from initial access to lateral movement? Days? Hours? Unfortunately, the answer for many organizations is increasingly “minutes.” In fact, at 48 minutes, the average breakout time in 2024 was 22% shorter than the previous year,…

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Kids Online Separating truth from fiction is the first step towards making better parenting decisions. Let’s puncture some of the most common misconceptions about online harassment. Phil Muncaster 21 Aug 2025  •  , 5 min. read Cyberbullying, unfortunately, is on the rise. Data from the Cyberbullying Research Center reveals that just over 58% of middle- and high-school students in the US have experienced online harassment of some sort in their lives. That’s compared to 37%…

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