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Lukas Stefanko • 10 Apr 2024 • 17 min. read
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
Anh Ho, Facundo Muñoz, Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé • 07 Mar 2024 • 14 min. read
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
BackSwap malware finds innovative ways to empty bank accounts
ESET researchers have discovered a piece of banking malware that employs a new technique to bypass dedicated browser protection measures
Michal Poslušný • 25 May 2018
GDPR: One rule to rule them all – legally
It's almost here but what are the legal ramifications of the incoming legislation for businesses
Veronika Gallisova • 24 May 2018
Scams
Losses from BEC scams rising fast and furious
In 2017, the victims of BEC fraud were stung for $676 million, almost double the loss totals reported in the previous year
Tomáš Foltýn • 24 May 2018
Cybercrime
Mexico: Cybercriminals steal at least 400 million pesos through unauthorized transfers
While the exact amount of stolen money and source of the cybercriminals are not known, the authorities have confirmed that no clients were affected.
Juan Manuel Harán • 24 May 2018
WeLiveSecurity in running for European Security Blogger Awards. Vote now!
We’re not in it for prizes (or cakes), but there’s no denying that we’re thrilled to be a finalist for the European Security Blogger Awards – and in five categories at that!
Tomáš Foltýn • 23 May 2018
Amazon Rekognition a possible threat to the civil rights of citizens
Use of software by law enforcement as a surveillance tool is a real concern for groups
Shane Curtis • 23 May 2018
£120,000 fine for university after details of 20,000 staff and students exposed in data breach
The University of Greenwich has received a fine of £120,000 because of the substantial damage and substantial distress caused by a security breach that exposed the personal information of 20,000 people.
Graham Cluley • 23 May 2018
Turla Mosquito: A shift towards more generic tools
ESET researchers have observed a significant change in the campaign of the infamous espionage group
ESET Research • 22 May 2018
14 free online courses about computer security
Get a better understanding of cybersecurity with this list of free online courses that you can take to become more cyber-aware
Juan Manuel Harán • 22 May 2018
Cybersecurity training still neglected by many employers
While training employees will not guarantee complete cyber safety for companies, it could go a long way to making workers more cyber-aware
Stephen Cobb • 21 May 2018
Secure Coding
Open source code is ubiquitous and so are many vulnerabilities
One-third of audited codebases that contain Apache Struts suffer from the same vulnerability that facilitated the Equifax hack a year ago
Tomáš Foltýn • 18 May 2018
Man faces up to 35 years in prison for helping hackers evade detection by anti-virus software
What was Scan4You, and why was it called a counter anti-virus (CAV) website?
Graham Cluley • 18 May 2018
Digital Security, We Live Progress, Privacy
Quantum computing: Will it break crypto security within a few years?
ESET Research Podcast: Finding the mythical BlackLotus bootkit
Video
API security in the spotlight – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Kids Online
Why you need parental control software – and 5 features to look for
Digital Security
World Backup Day: Avoiding a data disaster is a forever topic
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