Scammers Are Exploiting DeepSeek Wave
Tomáš Foltyn, security writer at ESET, warns that cybercriminals waste no time in launching attacks aimed at cashing in on the frenzy around the latest big thing – plus, what else to know before using DeepSeek.
Zoom caught up for its privacy and security woes
Tomas Foltyn, security writer at ESET discusses the privacy and security issues faced by the videoconferencing platform, Zoom that has caught the fancy of millions of users worldwide either for work or education or leisure purpose, as they get confined to their homes amid efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prison surveillance footage goes live
Tomas Foltyn, security writer at ESET that incidents like CCTV feed been tapped or hacked and even putting CCTV’s out of action can be attributed to poor security settings and poor password hygiene.
Billions of user logs leaked by a smart home vendor
Tomas Foltyn, security writer at ESET discusses the leak, which apparently has yet to be plugged, exposes a range of very specific data about users
Critical bug found in a mail server software
Tomas Foltyn, security writer at ESET discusses that a critical bug has been found in one of the most popular mail server software, Exim and if it is exploited, the security hole in Exim could allow attackers to run arbitrary commands on vulnerable mail servers.
Bug bounty gets bigger, as a teenager makes his first million in bug bounty
Tomas Foltyn, security writer at ESET discusses how a ‘white hat’ from Argentina has come a long way since winning his first reward of US$50 in 2016.
Home appliances can knock down power grids
Tomas Foltyn, security writer from ESET in this article discusses the far-fetched idea of knocking down a power grid with an home appliance but according to researchers electrical grids and smart home appliances could make for a dangerous mix
Attackers steal passwords using heat traces on keyboard
Written by Tomas Foltyn, security writer at ESET The attack, called “Thermanator”, could use your body heat against you in order to steal your credentials or any other short string of text that you have typed on a computer keyboard.