Sometimes you need to say things that go without saying: The internet has revolutionized our lives, changing the way we work, learn, entertain ourselves and interact with each other. The benefits of our wired world are manifold, but so are the risks – including the risk of
Wherever you look these days, cryptocurrencies are in the news. And it’s not just because of the recent slump in their prices. Everybody seems to have grabbed a slice of the crypto pie over the past few years, as ‘things’ like Bitcoin have gone from
Office recycling bins, USB drives, unwatched computers, and social media profiles. Those are some of the possible weak spots hackers can use to harm small businesses. ESET cybersecurity expert Jake Moore regularly sets off into the field and investigates such hidden dangers that SMBs might
When we talk about cybercrime and children, it’s often in the context of protecting the young ones from online dangers. That could mean ensuring our kids’ devices have the right parental control software set up, so that the children don’t access dangerous or inappropriate content. The same
The world is a confusing and lonely place sometimes. Police and security experts have been out in force for years warning lonely hearts not to fall for the romance fraudsters whose schemes cost victims more than US$950 million in 2021 alone. But have you heard of sugar daddy, or
The concept of the password has been around for centuries and passwords were introduced into computing way sooner than most of us can remember. One reason for the enduring popularity of passwords is that people know instinctively how they work. But there’s also a problem. Passwords are
Times of crisis may bring out the best in you, but they also have a way of bringing out the worst in scammers. They, too, follow the headlines and will go into overdrive in their attempts to part people from their money. We’ve seen this time and again during
Life without the internet is rather difficult to fathom, and particularly for children, the online world holds a magical allure. While many parents are becoming increasingly aware of the potentially negative effects of too much screen time, the undeniable truth is that there’s a host
Shopping season just around the corner, which means that most of us will be on the hunt for the perfect bargain. Which, to be honest, we will probably find in abundance, with most online and brick-and-mortar stores trying to either offload inventory or one-up the
It seems that threat actors are increasingly setting their sights on extracting vast amounts of user data from social media platforms. The cascade of incidents started off last week with a data leak impacting more than half a billion Facebook users and was followed by