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News•Jan 13, 2026
Your Personal Information Is on the Dark Web. What Happens Next?
A surge in data breaches and cyber‑crime tools has flooded the dark web with personal and financial information, with 1,732 incidents reported in the first half of 2025 alone. Threat actors leverage infostealer malware, AI‑generated phishing, and supply‑chain attacks to harvest credentials, session tokens, and biometric data. The article outlines immediate remediation steps—password changes, MFA, credit freezes—and long‑term hygiene practices to protect individuals. It underscores the financial and reputational damage that can follow exposure of PII on underground markets.
By WeLiveSecurity
News•Jan 8, 2026
Credential Stuffing: What It Is and How to Protect Yourself
Credential stuffing exploits reused passwords by feeding leaked username‑password pairs into login forms across services. The technique surged as data breaches and infostealer malware supply vast credential caches, with 62% of Americans admitting frequent reuse. High‑profile incidents—35,000 PayPal accounts in...
By WeLiveSecurity
News•Dec 29, 2025
This Month in Security with Tony Anscombe – December 2025 Edition
Tony Anscombe, ESET’s chief security evangelist, recaps the year’s most consequential cyber events in his December 2025 roundup. He highlights that U.S. organizations paid more than $2.1 billion in ransomware ransom from 2022‑2024, a figure FinCEN says only scratches the surface. The...
By WeLiveSecurity
News•Dec 23, 2025
A Brush with Online Fraud: What Are Brushing Scams and How Do I Stay Safe?
Global e‑commerce sales are set to surpass $6.4 trillion in 2025, fueling intense competition on marketplace review systems. Brushing scams exploit this pressure by sending low‑value items to random addresses, then posting fabricated 5‑star reviews to inflate product rankings. Victims often...
By WeLiveSecurity
News•Dec 18, 2025
LongNosedGoblin Tries to Sniff Out Governmental Affairs in Southeast Asia and Japan
ESET has identified a previously unknown China‑aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) group, dubbed LongNosedGoblin, targeting governmental entities in Southeast Asia and Japan. The group’s hallmark is the abuse of Windows Group Policy to distribute a suite of custom C#/.NET tools,...
By WeLiveSecurity
News•Dec 16, 2025
ESET Threat Report H2 2025
The second half of 2025 saw AI‑driven malware become operational, highlighted by PromptLock, the first known AI‑generated ransomware. Lumma Stealer’s presence faded dramatically, with detections dropping 86% after its May disruption. CloudEyE (GuLoader) exploded in prevalence, increasing thirty‑fold and serving...
By WeLiveSecurity
News•Dec 12, 2025
Black Hat Europe 2025: Was that Device Designed to Be on the Internet at All?
At Black Hat Europe 2025, Zero Science Lab highlighted a building‑management system used in over 1,000 global facilities that runs on an 18‑year‑old, publicly‑exposed software platform riddled with vulnerabilities. The talk traced the problem to a series of acquisitions that left security...
By WeLiveSecurity
News•Dec 11, 2025
Black Hat Europe 2025: Reputation Matters – Even in the Ransomware Economy
At Black Hat Europe 2025, Max Smeets dissected LockBit’s ransomware‑as‑a‑service operation, revealing 194 affiliates and 80 successful ransom payments between 2022‑2024. He argued that reputation drives both victim and attacker behavior: companies that pay attract more media scrutiny, while ransomware...
By WeLiveSecurity
News•Dec 11, 2025
Locks, SOCs and a Cat in a Box: What Schrödinger Can Teach Us About Cybersecurity
The article likens an organization’s unseen breach risk to Schrödinger’s cat, arguing that without active visibility a firm exists in a dual breached‑or‑not state. Recent high‑profile attacks by Scattered Spider on Marks & Spencer and Jaguar Land Rover illustrate long...
By WeLiveSecurity
News•Dec 10, 2025
Seeking Symmetry During ATT&CK® Season: How to Harness Today’s Diverse Analyst and Tester Landscape to Paint a Security Masterpiece
The article maps the sprawling landscape of endpoint‑security analyst reports—from Gartner and Forrester market quadrants to AV‑Comparatives labs and MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations—showing how security leaders can stitch them together into a coherent picture. It likens the process to an artist’s...
By WeLiveSecurity
News•Dec 9, 2025
The Big Catch: How Whaling Attacks Target Top Executives
Whaling attacks—spear‑phishing campaigns aimed at C‑suite leaders—are delivering multi‑million‑dollar losses, exemplified by a $8.7 million fraud that crippled Levitas Capital. Executives’ privileged access, time pressure, and public visibility make them prime targets for business‑email‑compromise schemes. The rise of generative AI now...
By WeLiveSecurity