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ESET Research
eXotic Visit campaign: Tracing the footprints of Virtual Invaders
Jakub Kaloč • 20 Mar 2024 • 8 min. read
Rescoms rides waves of AceCryptor spam
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Evasive Panda leverages Monlam Festival to target Tibetans
Business Security, Digital Security
Delivering trust with DNS security
Privacy
7 reasons why cybercriminals want your personal data
Video
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Chinese smart home solutions provider Orvibo has leaked two billion logs from devices managed via its cloud platform, exposing sensitive information about their users
Tomáš Foltýn • 05 Jul 2019
Digital Security
NHS warned to act now to keep hackers at bay
A trifecta of issues impact the organization’s cyber-resilience and conspire to put it in the firing line of cyberattacks
Tomáš Foltýn • 03 Jul 2019
Internet of Things
Two billion user logs leaked by smart home vendor
The leak, which has since been plugged, exposed a range of highly specific and sensitive information about users
Tomáš Foltýn • 02 Jul 2019
Ex-Equifax executive sent to jail for insider trading after breach
“Sounds bad”, the former Equifax CIO wrote in a text after learning of the breach that ended up affecting almost half the US population
Tomáš Foltýn • 01 Jul 2019
With partner abuse increasingly going digital, we took an in-depth look this week at what needs to be done to stop the scourge of stalkerware
Tomáš Foltýn • 28 Jun 2019
Microsoft enhances OneDrive to secure your sensitive files
The new feature is intended to protect the kind of data that you hold particularly dear
Tomáš Foltýn • 27 Jun 2019
Ransomware
Two US cities opt to pay $1m to ransomware operators
A few days apart, two cities in Florida cave in to extortionists’ demands in hopes of restoring access to municipal computer systems
Tomáš Foltýn • 26 Jun 2019
Stopping stalkerware: What needs to change?
What technology makers and others can – and should – do to counter the kind of surveillance that starts at home
Lysa Myers • 25 Jun 2019
Cybercrime
Hackers breach NASA, steal Mars mission data
The infiltration was only spotted and stopped after the hackers roamed the network undetected for almost a year
Tomáš Foltýn • 24 Jun 2019
ESET researchers throw light on an unusual cryptocurrency miner and on Android apps that can get around 2FA protections
Tomáš Foltýn • 21 Jun 2019
Privacy legislation may soon affect smaller businesses
Why smaller businesses cannot afford to ignore how they gather, store and protect data
Lysa Myers • 21 Jun 2019
LoudMiner: Cross-platform mining in cracked VST software
The story of a Linux miner bundled with pirated copies of VST (Virtual Studio Technology) software for Windows and macOS
Michal Malik and ESET Research • 20 Jun 2019
New ransomware posing as COVID-19 tracing app targets Canada; ESET offers decryptor
Operation In(ter)ception: Aerospace and military companies in the crosshairs of cyberspies
Scams
Scams to watch out for not just this Mother’s Day
Mobile Security
What to do you if your phone is lost or stolen
Kids Online
The pitfalls of being an influencer: What parents should know and do
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