Category: Security News

Asking the US public about cybercrime and cybersecurity

October 5, 2018

Answers could help raise awareness of situations that people fear. Cybersecurity involves protecting the digital technologies upon which we depend against criminals who seek to abuse them for their own ends. Public support for efforts to reduce cybercrime is critical to society’s efforts to preserve the benefits of digital technologies. That is why I am … More Asking the US public about cybercrime and cybersecurity

Why keeping your cyber-wits about you matters

October 3, 2018

WeLiveSecurity is happy to support the European Cyber Security Month (ECSM) with its own “two cents”, split into four articles over the course of October that will be dedicated to promoting the campaign’s goals. Information and communications technologies permeate our day-to-day lives and are vital for the daily operations of both enterprises and governments. This … More Why keeping your cyber-wits about you matters

50 million Facebook users affected in breach

October 2, 2018

It has yet to be determined whether the accounts were misused or what information was accessed. In the meantime, you can improve your account security with a few easy steps. Facebook disclosed on Friday, September 28, that attackers had exploited a flaw in its code that allowed them “to steal Facebook access tokens which they could … More 50 million Facebook users affected in breach