Beyond the usual suspects among the worst of passwords, a handful of notable – but similarly poor – choices make their debuts

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As the threat of bogus apps continues, what can we do to protect ourselves against these fraudulent practices?

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Android Trojan steals money from PayPal accounts, the next generation of Dark Markets, and the Google+ to shut down earlier after new bug

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An interview with ESET researchers Tomáš Gardoň and Filip Kafka on their research of a malware toolkit used in espionage against the Malaysian government

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There is no evidence that the flaw was misused during the six days it was alive, said the tech giant

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ESET researchers discovered a new Android Trojan using a novel Accessibility-abusing technique that targets the official PayPal app, and is capable of bypassing PayPal’s two-factor authentication

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The “evolution” of these markets is making cybercrime easier than ever before

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DanaBot operators have been expanding the malware’s scope with new spam-sending capability. ESET researchers discovered a set of previously undocumented Linux malware families based on OpenSSH. Plus fitness-tracking apps use dodgy in-app payments to steal money from unaware iPhone and iPad users

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ESET research shows that DanaBot operators have been expanding the malware’s scope and possibly cooperating with another criminal group

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ESET researchers discovered a set of previously undocumented Linux malware families based on OpenSSH. In the white paper, “The Dark Side of the ForSSHe”, they release analysis of 21 malware families to improve the prevention, detection and remediation of such threats

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