Up to 30 percent of romance fraud victims in 2018 are estimated to have been used as money mules

ESET research uncovers a cyberespionage operation targeting Venezuelan government institutions

This week, ESET researchers put the spotlight on two threats – new Android ransomware that spreads to victims’ contacts via SMS messages, and a banking trojan that targets Latin America

A primer on why internet-enabled TVs make for attractive and potentially soft targets, and how cybercriminals can ruin more than your TV viewing experience

The first in an occasional series demystifying Latin American banking trojans

ESET researchers discover a new Android ransomware family that attempts to spread to victims’ contacts and deploys some unusual tricks

The fraudulent campaign is hosted by a domain that is home to yet more bogus offers pretending to come from other well-known brands

A critical vulnerability that was thought to affect VLC media player was later downgraded to medium severity, and the player's maker slammed the bug disclosure process

The power utility appears to be well on track to a swift recovery following an attack that ultimately left some people without electricity

The attack, unleashed by a 400,000-strong Mirai-style botnet, may be the largest of its kind on record

The compromised company may bear the financial brunt of the breach within the first year after the incident occurs, but the price tag is still far from final

On the flip side, there are currently no known cases of the vulnerability being exploited in the wild