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 is all over the internet. … More Turning on stealth mode: 5 simple strategies for staying under the radar online
An overview of the activities of selected APT groups investigated and analysed by ESET Research in Q4 2022 and Q1 2023 ESET APT Activity Report Q4 2022–Q1 2023 summarizes the activities of selected advanced persistent threat (APT) groups that were observed, investigated, and analyzed by ESET researchers from October 2022 until the end of March 2023. Attentive … More ESET APT Activity Report Q4 2022–Q1 2023
Bleeping computer reports* Microsoft has started enforcing number matching in Microsoft Authenticator push notifications to fend off multi-factor authentication (MFA) fatigue attacks. In such attacks (also known as push bombing or MFA push spam), cybercriminals flood the targets with mobile push notifications asking them to approve attempts to log into their corporate accounts using stolen … More Microsoft enforces number matching to fight MFA fatigue attacks
Zero Trust seeks to transform how we secure business processes but not to the detriment of people. In one sense, preaching under the banner of “Zero Trust” can feel misleading because if you don’t really trust anyone, you had better close up shop. Can you run a business if you can’t trust your employees, at … More Traveling your Zero Trust journey with ESET
According to ZDNet*, Google will give blue checkmarks to some verified senders to ensure trust and confidence with Gmail users. Google announced that these companies will also receive a blue checkmark next to their email names to increase users’ confidence. Google says this feature is essential because increased authentication stops spam emails and betters the … More Gmail gets blue verification checks to protect against spoofing and phishing
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