A shortened and updated version of the advice that David Harley and Andrew Lee gave to potential phish victims in an earlier paper. Part 3 of a three-part article on phishing scams old and new, and some of the ways to recognize the baited hook.

Phishing scams and online shopping. Part 2 of a three-part article on phishing scams old and new, and some of the ways to recognize the baited hook.

Well, that was a little unexpected. The Irish Times has reported the discovery of the “first Irish language virus“. (Further checking suggests that the story may have originated with the Donegal Daily.) Actually, it sounds less like a virus – there’s no indication of whether it self-replicates – than the kind of ransomware that we’ve

Does the enterprise still have a choice about sharing information?

Do you know what your children are doing online, and do they know the risks out there?

ESET Ireland’s Urban Schrott has found an Ireland-targeted 419 with a Spanish twist.

The IRISSCERT conference in Dublin has drawn attention to Irish cybercrime statistics since January 2011.

ESET’s Threat Reports for September and October include some quality articles on Facebook, safety online, and backup strategy.

First: a link to another article  for SC Magazine's Cybercrime Corner on password issues: Good passwords are no joke. However good your password is, your privacy still depends on rational implementation by the service provider. Also, one of the articles that sparked off that particular post: ESET Ireland's excellent blog post on a survey carried

…Hanging on the Telephone, By David Harley, Urban Schrott and Jan Zeleznak…As if fake anti-virus products weren’t bad enough, nowadays we have unsolicited phone-calls from fake AV helpdesks. ESET researchers tell you more about support scams…