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A plausible-sounding sponsorship offer could mask an attempt to compromise your Google account For a YouTuber, the approach may look like routine business: a personalized sponsorship email from a global brand and a brief negotiation over rates, followed by an invitation to visit a slick collaboration platform. In some cases, however, the sequence can mask a scam that could part social media content creators from their Google accounts. One such recent campaign impersonates Hol

Let’s celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a deeper look at how humans treat their friendly neighborhood AI. AI chatbots are growing in popularity, and their availability is spreading fast. They’re everywhere, on your PC, phone, tablet, and even your IoT smart speaker. Good thing too, since they can be very useful, like for summarizing work docs, helping with math problems, creating complex graphics, and so on. This wouldn’t be possible without the AI knowing a lot of

The cybersecurity market is often making it tougher for SMBs to keep threats at bay Cybersecurity has never been easy. Threats evolve at breakneck speed. Corporate attack surfaces continue to expand with each new digital investment. Regulatory requirements add extra pressure on stretched teams. And behind it all, the unpredictability of human nature means there is no such thing as 100% security. But the market for security solutions doesn’t make things any easier for SMBs. Sm

Con artists are targeting timeshare owners who want out – and some victims are hit twice Timeshares don’t have the best reputation in the world. But many consumers still invest in them. Estimates suggest the global marketplace was worth nearly $20 billion in 2025, and could exceed $38 billion by 2034. Yet many holidaymakers eventually want out, whether because of rising maintenance fees, life changes, or concerns over long-term liabilities. If you want out, there are several

Scammers love a pretext. And with Medicare Open Enrollment, they have a perfect opportunity to exploit victim expectations, masking their fraud under the cover of legitimate activity. From October 15 to December 7 beneficiaries are able to review and amend various parts of their plan. There’ll be ads, emails, messages and calls from genuine insurers at this time. Some might even ask for personal and health details. That provides great cover for fraudsters, and enough plausib

You can’t protect what you can’t see. If you had a genie at your service, what would you ask of it first? Instant flight? Limitless intelligence? For me, the tempting answer would be simple: instantaneous wish fulfilment. A snap of the fingers, a few magic words, and suddenly you have…well, anything. And in a way, modern technology has made that fantasy feel less far-fetched: we have access to instant deliveries, the internet at our fingertips, and, to keep online activity st

Faced with a new AI-driven attack surface, it’s time for cybersecurity to take the reins. In 1997, when ESET conducted its first experiments using neural networks for threat detection, the IT landscape was completely different. Internet connections were limited, and threat actors were mostly hobbyists, researchers, or script kiddies—developing macro viruses and worms to compromise servers and desktops. Fast-forward to ESET World 2026, and the company has massively expanded it

When phishing can increasingly pass familiar checks, avoiding or limiting the damage depends on how quickly your company can detect and contain the attack Many of today’s phishing attempts are no longer betrayed by poor grammar, a sketchy URL or a crude login page. To be sure, it does still pay to look out for these red flags, but their absence doesn’t make a message legitimate. Modern social engineering schemes are increasingly designed to withstand scrutiny and to provide r

Artificial intelligence is moving beyond experimentation. AI tools and autonomous agents are increasingly becoming part of everyday business operations, where they interact with users, data, systems and external content. That creates a new security consideration. The issue is not simply that businesses are using more technology. It is that AI is changing how technology behaves, how information moves through an organisation and how automated actions are carried out. As a resul

Seeing “Your connection is not private” in your browser? Don’t worry, there’s likely a perfectly valid explanation, even if your browser chose the most dramatic way to say it. You’ve entered a web address or clicked on a link, but something’s clearly gone very wrong. A big warning pops up in your device’s web browser, saying your connection is not private. What’s going on? Is the site dangerous and, if I wanted to, could I still visit it? The answer is actually quite complex,