ESET discovers watering hole attacks on websites in Middle East, links to Candiru

A watering hole attack compromises websites that are likely to be visited by targets of interest, allowing website visitor’s machines to be infected. Specific visitors to these websites were most likely targeted in this campaign.

Ding GPI shows illegal data collection and financial data theft as major worries for GCC consumers

According to the study, the GCC is one of the largest users of prepaid products, with 89 percent (KSA) and 86 percent (UAE) of those surveyed admitting to do so.

Everyone has a role to play in raising cybersecurity awareness – #SaferInternetDay

Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to endorse the safe and positive use of digital technology. On this occasion, TECHx spoke with Mujtaba Mir, Senior Sales Engineer, META at Barracuda Networks to learn about current cybersecurity threats for businesses, remote working scenario – and cybersecurity risks on social media.

ESET discovers close cooperation among LATAM banking trojan families

ESET researchers have discovered a surprising number of indicators of close cooperation among Latin American banking trojan authors. Despite the term “Latin American,” some of the trojans have been targeting Spain and Portugal since late last year.