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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
Threat Reports, ESET Research
ESET Threat Report Q3 2020
A view of the Q3 2020 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts
Roman Kováč • 28 Oct 2020
Digital Security
‘Among Us’ players hit by major spam attack
In-game chats were flooded with messages from somebody who tried to coerce players into subscribing to a dubious YouTube channel
Amer Owaida • 26 Oct 2020
Video
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Security challenges for connected medical devices – Zero-day in Chrome gets patched – How to avoid USB drive security woes
Editor • 23 Oct 2020
Internet of Things
Securing medical devices: Can a hacker break your heart?
Why are connected medical devices vulnerable to attack and how likely are they to get hacked? Here are five digital chinks in the armor.
Cameron Camp • 23 Oct 2020
Cybercrime
Fraudsters crave loyalty points amid COVID-19
Scammers even run their own dark-web “travel agencies”, misusing stolen loyalty points and credit card numbers
Amer Owaida • 22 Oct 2020
Google patches Chrome zero-day under attack
In addition to patching the actively exploited bug, the update also brings fixes for another four security loopholes
Amer Owaida • 21 Oct 2020
How safe is your USB drive? Understanding USB security risks
What are some of the key security risks to be aware of when using USB flash drives and how can you mitigate the threats?
Amer Owaida • 20 Oct 2020
Microsoft issues two emergency Windows patches
The flaws, neither of which is being actively exploited, were fixed mere days after the monthly Patch Tuesday rollout
Amer Owaida • 19 Oct 2020
ESET joins global effort to disrupt the infamous Trickbot botnet – Criminals claim to have hijacked thousands of security cameras – Five ways to secure your home office
Editor • 16 Oct 2020
Kids Online
Child abductors may use social media to lure victims, FBI warns
School closings and more screen time can ultimately put children at an increased risk of being kidnapped by strangers they met online
Amer Owaida • 16 Oct 2020
COVID-19
5 things you can do to secure your home office without hiring an expert
You don’t need a degree in cybersecurity or a bottomless budget to do the security basics well – here are five things that will get you on the right track
Cameron Camp • 16 Oct 2020
Zoom to begin rolling out end-to-end encryption
The videoconferencing platform is making the feature available to users of both free and paid tiers
Amer Owaida • 15 Oct 2020
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