A roundup of some of the handiest tools for the collection and analysis of publicly available data from Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms The post 5 free OSINT tools for social media appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

A peek under the hood of a cybercrime operation and what you can do to avoid being an easy target for similar ploys The post Tricks of the trade: How a cybercrime ring operated a multi‑level fraud scheme appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

ESET research uncovers an Android app that initially had no harmful features but months later turned into a spying tool The post How an innocuous app morphed into a trojan – Week in security with Tony Anscombe appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

ESET researchers reveal details about a prevalent cryptor, operating as a cryptor-as-a-service used by tens of malware families The post Shedding light on AceCryptor and its operation appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Nobody wants to spend their time dealing with the fallout of a security incident instead of building up their business The post Digital security for the self‑employed: Staying safe without an IT team to help appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

ESET researchers discover AhRat – a new Android RAT based on AhMyth – that exfiltrates files and records audio The post Android app breaking bad: From legitimate screen recording to file exfiltration within a year appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Don’t download software from non-reputable websites and sketchy links – you might be in for more than you bargained for The post The real cost of a free lunch – Week in security with Tony Anscombe appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

A roundup of some of the handiest tools that security professionals can use to search for and monitor devices that are accessible from the internet The post 5 useful search engines for internet‑connected devices and services appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Before rushing to embrace the LLM-powered “hire”, make sure your organization has safeguards in place to avoid putting its business and customer data at risk The post Meet “AI”, your new colleague: could it expose your company’s secrets? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Why do people still download files from sketchy places and get compromised as a result? The post You may not care where you download software from, but malware does appeared first on WeLiveSecurity