Brute force and remote desktop attacks have become the most common means of cyber criminals distributing ransomware, overtaking phishing emails and spam as the top technique for conducting file-encrypting malware campaigns. Security How to enable DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) in Google Chrome US to collect social media profiles from immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees 600,000 GPS trackers left exposed online with a default password of ‘123456’ How AI is used for facial recognition in surveillance cameras (ZDNet YouTube) The best DIY home security systems of 2019 (CNET) How to prevent a Corporate Account Takeover (TechRepublic) The shift in attack technique follows a rise in ransomware during 2019, with a number of high-profile incidents demonstrating the damage that can be done when whole networks are encrypted.

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