This test will tell you how likely you are to fall for fraud
The questionnaire measures a range of personality traits to distinguish people who are more prone to taking the bait than others.
Archives - April 2018
World’s biggest DDoS marketplace taken down, six suspected admins nabbed
For as little as $15 per month, anyone with a criminal bent could rent the services of webstresser.org to take down a targeted site.
RSA 2018: Behind the lines
ESET's Senior Security Researcher Stephen Cobb reflects on RSA 2018 and the state of the cybersecurity industry
Is “Malware of Mass Disruption” the WMD of the future? Insights from the stage at RSA 2018
ESET's Global Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe expands on his theory
Ethereum cryptocurrency wallets raided after Amazon’s internet domain service hijacked
Approximately US $150,000 worth of Ethereum-based cryptocurrency stolen.
Over 3,300 Android apps may be violating kids’ privacy, study says
Researchers find that a great portion of popular children’s apps may run afoul of US privacy legislation by improperly collecting data – albeit often probably unintentionally. A response from Google to the unflattering findings wasn’t long in coming.
Sednit update: Analysis of Zebrocy
Zebrocy heavily used by the Sednit group over last two years
Ransomware runs rampant in 2017, Verizon report finds
Social engineering attacks that involve pretexting nearly tripled on an annual basis while phishing simulations show that curiosity gets the better of 4% of people.
Firms using WebEx at risk of poisoned Flash attacks
Companies should check they are running latest version of WebEx, and beware attacks via the road less travelled.
RSA 2018: IoT security comes of age
IoT security may have finally turned the corner towards a more secure future.
What’s the deal with session‑replay scripts?
Some aspects of online tracking go beyond just website analytics
RSA 2018: Hacking the grid
The challenges facing critical infrastructure systems
Rough patch, or how to shut the window of (unpatched) opportunity
Simply throwing more staff at the patching problem won’t cut it, a study suggests.
RSA 2018: Untangling the enterprise security mess
Securely keeping track of data and security applications
Trends 2018: Democracy hack
Can the electoral processes be protected?
Fake or not fake – that is the question
An interview with ESET’s Lukáš Štefanko on the thin line between what deserves the name “security app” and what can be called fake.
Quarterly cybercrime digest: Extraditions and more
As Internet crime knows no borders, mutual legal assistance involving various nations and, by extension, requests for extraditing suspected cyber-offenders are sometimes part and parcel of prosecution efforts.
Quarterly cybercrime digest: Sentencing
The long arm of the law caught up with a number of cybercriminals in the first three months of this year.
This ransomware wants you to play, not pay
An unusual ransomware request has been uncovered by researchers.
Anti‑Malware testing needs standards, and testers need to adopt them
A closer look at Anti-Malware tests and the sometimes unreliable nature of the process.