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Business Security Proper disclosure of a cyber-incident can help shield your business from further financial and reputational damage, and cyber-insurers can step in to help Tony Anscombe 18 Sep 2024  •  , 4 min. read ‘Seek legal advice’, this has to be my top recommendation if you have suffered a cyber-incident that could be deemed material, involves personally identifiable information, or if your business is classed as critical infrastructure. Cybersecurity teams around the globe are…

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Digital Security Artificial intelligence is just a spoke in the wheel of security – an important spoke but, alas, only one Cameron Camp 16 Sep 2024  •  , 3 min. read That was fast. While the RSA Conference was oozing AI (with or without merit) from every orifice, the luster faded quickly. With a recent spate of AI-infested startups launching against a backdrop of pre-acquisition-as-a-service posturing, and stuffed with caches of freshly minted “AI experts”…

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Video, Ransomware ESET research also finds that CosmicBeetle attempts to exploit the notoriety of the LockBit ransomware gang to advance its own ends 13 Sep 2024 This week, ESET researchers published a deep dive into the recent activities of the CosmicBeetle cybercrime group. Among other notable things, CosmicBeetle was found to abuse the infamy of the LockBit ransomware gang for its own ends. Also, the analysis revealed that CosmicBeetle is likely to be a new…

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Scams Learn about the main tactics used by scammers impersonating Best Buy’s tech support arm and how to avoid falling for their tricks Phil Muncaster 11 Sep 2024  •  , 5 min. read For three decades, Geek Squad has been a trusted name in tech for anyone needing IT support. The Best Buy subsidiary dispenses diagnostics, repairs and advice to consumers across the US in-store and online – including 24-hour emergency support. But like many…

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ESET researchers have mapped the recent activities of the CosmicBeetle threat actor, documenting its new ScRansom ransomware and highlighting connections to other well-established ransomware gangs. CosmicBeetle actively deploys ScRansom to SMBs in various parts of the world. While not being top notch, the threat actor is able to compromise interesting targets. CosmicBeetle replaced its previously deployed ransomware, Scarab, with ScRansom, which is continually improved. We have also observed the threat actor using the leaked LockBit…

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Video The schemes disproportionately victimize senior citizens, as those aged 60 or over were more than three times as likely as younger adults to fall prey to the scams 06 Sep 2024 Consumers in the United States lost more than $114 million to scams involving Bitcoin ATMs (BTMs) last year, with the figure soaring ten-fold from 2020, according to data released by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this week. As consumers lost $65 million…

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ESET Research ESET researchers discuss HotPage, a recently discovered adware armed with a highest-privilege, yet vulnerable, Microsoft-signed driver ESET Research 05 Sep 2024  •  , 1 min. read Usually when someone mentions adware, people think of low-quality half-baked malicious code used to spam victims with sketchy ads. But as we explain in this episode of our podcast, not all adware is created equal. HotPage is a recently discovered trojan using a vulnerable, Microsoft-signed, kernel driver…

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