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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
Scams
8 common work-from-home scams to avoid
That ‘employer’ you’re speaking to may in reality be after your personal information, your money or your help with their illegal activities
Phil Muncaster • 20 Jul 2023
Kids Online
Child identity theft: How do I keep my kids’ personal data safe?
Why is kids’ personal information in high demand, how do criminals steal it, and what can parents do to help prevent child identity theft?
Phil Muncaster • 19 Jul 2023
Protect yourself from ticketing scams ahead of the Premier League Summer Series USA Tour
There is a significant secondary marketplace where tickets can sell for several times their original value, opening the opportunity for scammers and fraud
Tony Anscombe • 18 Jul 2023
Video
Key findings from ESET Threat Report H1 2023 – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Here's how cybercriminals have adjusted their tactics in response to Microsoft's stricter security policies, plus other interesting findings from ESET's new Threat Report
Editor • 14 Jul 2023
Business Security
The danger within: 5 steps you can take to combat insider threats
Some threats may be closer than you think. Are security risks that originate from your own trusted employees on your radar?
Márk Szabó • 13 Jul 2023
ESET Research Podcast: Finding the mythical BlackLotus bootkit
Here's a story of how an analysis of a supposed game cheat turned into the discovery of a powerful UEFI threat
ESET Research • 12 Jul 2023
Threat Reports, ESET Research
ESET Threat Report H1 2023
A view of the H1 2023 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts
Roman Kováč • 11 Jul 2023
Emotet: sold or on vacation? – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Originally a banking trojan, Emotet later evolved into a full-blown botnet and went on to become one of the most dangerous cyberthreats worldwide
Editor • 07 Jul 2023
What’s up with Emotet?
A brief summary of what happened with Emotet since its comeback in November 2021
Jakub Kaloč • 06 Jul 2023
Cybercrime
Deepfaking it: What to know about deepfake-driven sextortion schemes
Criminals increasingly create deepfake nudes from people’s benign public photos in order to extort money from them, the FBI warns
Phil Muncaster • 04 Jul 2023
Verizon 2023 DBIR: What’s new this year and top takeaways for SMBs
Here are some of the key insights on the evolving data breach landscape as revealed by Verizon’s analysis of more than 16,000 incidents
Phil Muncaster • 03 Jul 2023
The good, the bad and the ugly of AI – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
The growing use of synthetic media and the difficulties in distinguishing between real and fake content raise a slew of legal and ethical questions
Editor • 30 Jun 2023
How To
Steam account hacked? Here’s how to get it back
Cybersecurity starts at home: Help your children stay safe online with open conversations
Critical Infrastructure
Election cybersecurity: Protecting the ballot box and building trust in election integrity
Sednit update: Analysis of Zebrocy
We Live Progress
5 valuable skills your children can learn by playing video games
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