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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
Kids Online
How ESET’s work on SafetyNet® helps protect children online
For over a decade, ESET and the San Diego Police Foundation have been working together to help keep children safe from online threats
Amer Owaida • 05 Mar 2021
Digital Security
Microsoft rushes out fixes for four zero-day flaws in Exchange Server
At least one vulnerability is being exploited by multiple cyberespionage groups to attack targets mainly in the US, per ESET telemetry
Amer Owaida • 04 Mar 2021
Critical Infrastructure, Business Security
Cybersecurity risks and challenges facing the financial industry
A primer on various threats looming over financial companies and the steps that these organizations can take to counter them
Cybercrime
Not all cybercriminals are sophisticated
Some perpetrators of online crime and fraud don’t use advanced methods to profit at the expense of unsuspecting victims and to avoid getting caught
Jake Moore • 03 Mar 2021
Popular password manager in the spotlight over web trackers
While the trackers in LastPass’s Android app don’t collect any personal data, the news may not sit well with some privacy-minded users
Amer Owaida • 01 Mar 2021
Video
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Privacy bug in Brave browser – Clubhouse audio streamed to external website – Protecting children from cyberbullying in COVID-19 era
Editor • 26 Feb 2021
COVID-19
Oxford University COVID-19 lab hacked
Neither clinical research into the coronavirus nor any patient data were affected by the incident
Amer Owaida • 26 Feb 2021
Safeguarding children against cyberbullying in the age of COVID-19
As screen time has increased, so has the risk of cyberbullying. What you can do to help protect your children from online harassment?
We Live Progress, Business Security
Championing worthy causes: How ESET gives a helping hand
A snapshot of some of the ways ESET makes an impact supporting the well-being of people, communities and the environment
Social Media
Facebook ramps up fight against child abuse content
Two new tools will warn users about the risks of searching for and sharing content that exploits children, including the potential legal consequences of doing so
Amer Owaida • 25 Feb 2021
Mobile Security
Google’s Password Checkup tool rolling out to Android devices
People who use devices running Android 9 or newer will be alerted if their login credentials have been stolen
Amer Owaida • 24 Feb 2021
Clubhouse chats streamed to third-party website
The incident raises concerns about the privacy and security of conversations taking place on the platform
Amer Owaida • 23 Feb 2021
Malware
The odd, 8-year legacy of the Conficker worm
At what age should kids be able to access online services?
Comparing dads across nations: Who has the strictest parents?
How To
Exploiting 1-byte buffer overflows
Malicious Apache module used for content injection: Linux/Chapro.A
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