The first public beta for ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Mac OS X Desktop is now available. "Based on our technology for BSD, Linux, and Solaris servers, ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Mac OS X Desktop has evolved to provide a GUI and feature set similiar to ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Microsoft Windows." http://beta.eset.com/macosx The first public beta

Yes, it is true, I am not making this up. I do not believe that PayPal has stolen anything from users, but they have told me that their own email is phishing. Here’s what happened. I sent them one of their own legitimate emails and told them it was a bad idea to include a

 I notice that our own Jeff Debrosse, having joined the ranks of ESET presenters at Virus Bulletin conferences this year with our paper on "Behaviour Analysis for the Next Decade"  (http://www.eset.com/threat-center/blog/2009/12/02/malice-through-the-looking-glass-conference-paper), has also swelled the ranks of ESET contributors to the magazine this month, with an opinion piece on “Cybersecurity awareness for the next generation.”.

Here's another conference paper we've put up recently on the white papers page at http://www.eset.com/download/whitepapers.php. "Whatever Happened to the Unlikely Lads? A Hoaxing Metamorphosis" by David Harley and Randy Abrams, was presented at the 19th Virus Bulletin Conference in Geneva in 2009, The paper was first published in Virus Bulletin 2009 Conference Proceedings. Copyright is

Frankly, I am really amazed that Craig’s list has not been much more attacked. They must be doing something right. Still, the opportunities for social engineering attacks seem quite bountiful to me. So far the majority of scams I have heard about involve old fashioned attacks, like having someone send an item they sold after

I was asked to comment on Google Chrome OS (operating system): specifically, on the security model that is being proposed, and on the privacy issues associated with running an operating system in the cloud. You can find the article by Orestis Bastounis of Computeract!ve here: http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/news/2254227/google-unveils-chrome It's difficult to speak authoritatively about Chrome OS so

Have you checked our white papers page at http://www.eset.com/download/whitepapers.php lately? We've recently put up a paper by Jeff Debrosse and David Harley that was presented at the 19th Virus Bulletin Conference in Geneva in 2009, and called "Malice Through the Looking Glass: Behaviour Analysis for the Next Decade".   The paper was first published in Virus

With the holiday purchasing season in full swing, expect to see a rise in PayPal phishing attacks. The bad guys know that there is a high likelihood of increased PayPal use. As we get closer to Christmas, the need for timely orders will increase. This will probably result in a lot more of the phishing