Going dark: Service disruptions at stock exchanges and brokerages

Going dark: Service disruptions at stock exchanges and brokerages

Are you a bull or a bear? If you can’t access your data and money, do your sentiments about the market still matter? I was recently asked about how software vulnerabilities in stock trading apps and platforms might put users’ finances and personal data at risk. Given the dependence of today’s societies and economies on…
Romance scams in 2020: Breaking hearts, wallets – and records

Romance scams in 2020: Breaking hearts, wallets – and records

As dating apps experience a boom amid COVID-19, losses to romance scams soar too More and more people have been flocking to online dating platforms in search of romance and companionship in the wake of lockdowns and social distancing mandates, but the new reality is also creating conditions that contribute to record-high losses from romance…
Attacks targeting IT firms stir concern, controversy

Attacks targeting IT firms stir concern, controversy

The Exaramel backdoor, discovered by ESET in 2018, resurfaces in a campaign hitting companies that use an outdated version of a popular IT monitoring tool France’s national cybersecurity agency ANSSI has disclosed details about an intrusion campaign targeting IT services firms that run the Centreon IT resource monitoring tool. The attacks, which have hit mainly…