An ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas disrupted classes and coursework at school districts and universities across the United States today, after a cybercrime group defaced the service’s login page with a ransom demand that…
ESET researchers uncovered fraudulent apps on Google Play that claim to provide the call history “for any number” and had been downloaded more than seven million times before being taken down
How come it’s still possible to ‘secure’ an online account with a six-digit string?
ESET researchers have investigated an ongoing attack by the ScarCruft APT group that targets the Yanbian region via backdoor-laced Windows and Android games
Tu Wi‑Fi no es solo una clave: esconfiguración. Y en 2026, “estar en la misma red” ya es un riesgo. Episodio en formato historia + reflexión,con un bloque ‘Poniéndolo en cristiano’ para bajar lo técnico a decisionessimples. #WiFi SeguridadDigital#HogarDigital #Ciberprotección…
A Brazilian tech firm that specializes in protecting networks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has been enabling a botnet responsible for an extended campaign of massive DDoS attacks against other network operators in Brazil, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The firm’s chief…
Warnings about helpdesk impersonation scams and Iran-linked hackers targeting critical sectors in the US, plus the most damaging scams of 2025 – here’s some of what made the headlines this month
A breach claims the systems as well as the confidence that was, in retrospect, a major vulnerability
“Todo está en la nube” es una frase peligrosa. En este episodio te cuento una historia realista sobre pérdida de información, ransomware y sincronización… y por qué nube no es lo mismo que backup. Te explico la regla 3‑2‑1 en…
ESET Research has discovered a new China-aligned APT group that we’ve named GopherWhisper, which targets Mongolian governmental institutions
A 24-year-old British national and senior member of the cybercrime group “Scattered Spider” has pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. Tyler Robert Buchanan admitted his role in a series of text-message phishing attacks in the summer…
ESET researchers discover another iteration of NGate malware, this time possibly developed with the assistance of AI