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Education: M.A. in translation and interpreting
Highlights of your career: Wearing two career hats as an in-house editor and as a freelance translator for the better part of the past ten years while retaining a semblance of normality.
Position and history of ESET I joined ESET as a security writer in late 2017 after being bitten by the cybersecurity bug.
What malware do you hate the most Ransomware, for adding insult to injury, literally.
Favorite activities: Reading, cycling, travelling.
Golden rule for cyberspace? 'Distrust and caution are the parents of security.' Benjamin Franklin’s thoughtful advice from 300 years ago nicely applies to cyberspace.
When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? A gifted 386 PC in the mid-1990s. It worked a little erratically, or it may have been a classic example of 'problem exists between keyboard and chair'.
Favorite computer game / activity: I'm a bit of a power user of RSS feeds, which I use to indulge my news consumption habit while keeping empty ‘news calories’ at bay.
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: avoid installing apps from outside Google Play. But what if you’re itching to battle it out in Fortnite?
Tomáš FoltýnThe retailer says that whatever data the crooks have obtained, they weren’t stolen through a breach of its systems
Tomáš FoltýnThe latest ESET research offers a rare glimpse into the mechanics of a particularly stealthy and resilient backdoor that the Turla cyberespionage group can fully control via PDF files attached to emails
Tomáš FoltýnInternet-connected irrigation systems suffer from security gaps that could be exploited by attackers aiming, for example, to deplete a city’s water reserves, researchers warn
Tomáš FoltýnHis lawyer claims that the teen did the hacking because he admired Apple and dreamed of landing a job in the company
Tomáš FoltýnThe newly-released report provides an overview of the data breach landscape in the first half of this year
Tomáš FoltýnIf you’re an Instagrammer, you may want to take some basic precautions, such as picking a strong and unique password and signing up for two-factor authentication sooner rather than later
Tomáš FoltýnUnbeknownst to exploit writers, the seemingly mouth-watering bugs would be bogus and non-exploitable
Tomáš FoltýnThe golf association is said to have had little success with restoring access to its files so far
Tomáš FoltýnAll good things come to an end, and we’re rounding off our series of interviews to mark the 27th anniversary since computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee publicly announced the World Wide Web project
Tomáš FoltýnThe slew of vulnerabilities – since patched – were found without the use of automated testing tools
Tomáš FoltýnToday, we continue with our series of conversations with ESET’s security pros to hear what they have to say about the evolution of the World Wide Web since it was publicly announced 27 years ago
Tomáš FoltýnThe malware outbreak has even prompted concerns of delays in the shipments of the next wave of iPhones
Tomáš FoltýnWhat has the journey of the World Wide Web been like so far, as seen and experienced by ESET’s security folk? ESET Senior Research Fellow David Harley provides his take in the first installment of our series of interviews marking the Web’s 27th birthday
Tomáš FoltýnThe company has learned the hard way that there are better ways to deliver two-factor authentication than via text messages
Tomáš FoltýnBut don’t get too excited just yet: the first-of-its-kind bug bounty program for printers is invite-only for now
Tomáš FoltýnWith this update, Microsoft is bringing a feature for Android users that has been available on iOS devices for quite a while now
Tomáš FoltýnThe nature of the vulnerability hasn’t been disclosed, but is said to have already been identified and fixed
Tomáš FoltýnThe company credits hardware-based two-factor authentication with practically eliminating the problem of phishing attacks that have targeted its own employees of late
Tomáš FoltýnThis is bad news for many websites that have yet to embrace encrypted connections
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