Amer Owaida

How to secure your children with fun passwords

On the occasion of the World Password Day, Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET explains how wizards and superheroes can help your kids stay safe from cyber-villains and other parenting hacks to encou...

$38 million worth of stolen gift cards found on dark web

Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET explains that easy to redeem and hard to trace, gift cards remain a hot commodity in the criminal underground

One in six people use their pet’s name as their password

Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET discusses a study conducted recently in UK reveals that one in six people use their pet’s name as their password, which has become so common and easily hacka...

How to stay secure on Twitter

Amer Owaida, security writer at ESET explains how to prevent your Twitter account from being hacked and to remain safe while tweeting

Newly launched Apple M1 Macs target for cybercriminals

Amer Owaida, Security writer at ESET explains the disturbing trend that the first instance of malicious code native to Apple Silicon M1 Macs emerged a month after the release of devices equipped with ...

7 ways malware can infect your device

Amer Owaida, security writer at ESET explains that everyone knows that malware is bad, but are they also aware of the various common ways in which it can infiltrate your devices?

Cyber attackers can take full control of iPhone via WiFi

Amer Owaida, security writer at ESET explains that using a zero-click exploit, an attacker could have taken complete control of any iPhone within Wi-Fi range in seconds

Hackers can trick scientists into producing dangerous substances

Amer Owaida, security writer at ESET sights a recent study describing “an end-to-end cyber-biological attack” explains that without ever setting foot in the lab, a threat actor could dupe ...

How to secure your connected devices

Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET highlights that as we steadily adopt smart devices into our lives, we shouldn’t forget about keeping them secured and our data protected. He further explains how t...