Posts by Alice Brown

The updates come on the heels of news of attacks exploiting another zero-day in Chrome in tandem with a previously-unknown Windows flaw The post Google squashes two more Chrome bugs under active attacks appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

There’s no shortage of opportunities for cybersecurity professionals and people looking to break into this field of endeavor. Could this also be the right career path for you? The post A career in cybersecurity: Is it for you? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

The security hole isn’t expected to be plugged until the forthcoming Patch Tuesday bundle of security fixes The post Google discloses Windows zero‑day bug exploited in the wild appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Just in time for Halloween, we look at the haunting reality of data breaches and highlight five tales that spooked not only the cyber-world The post 5 scary data breaches that shook the world appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

As Election Day draws near, here's a snapshot of how this election cycle is faring in the hands of the would-be digitally meddlesome The post Election (in)security: What you may have missed appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Better IoT security and data protection are long overdue. Will they go from an afterthought to everyone's priority any time soon? The post IoT security: Are we finally turning the corner? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

The patch for the critical flaw that allows malware to spread across machines without any user interaction was released months ago The post Over 100,000 machines remain vulnerable to SMBGhost exploitation appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

A view of the Q3 2020 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts The post ESET Threat Report Q3 2020 appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

In-game chats were flooded with messages from somebody who tried to coerce players into subscribing to a dubious YouTube channel The post ‘Among Us’ players hit by major spam attack appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Scammers even run their own dark-web “travel agencies”, misusing stolen loyalty points and credit card numbers The post Fraudsters crave loyalty points amid COVID‑19 appeared first on WeLiveSecurity