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Filip Jurčacko • 15 May 2024 • 21 min. read
ESET Research
To the Moon and back(doors): Lunar landing in diplomatic missions
Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé • 14 May 2024 • 3 min. read
Ebury is alive but unseen: 400k Linux servers compromised for cryptocurrency theft and financial gain
Jean-Ian Boutin • 14 May 2024 • 2 min. read
ESET Research, Threat Reports
ESET APT Activity Report Q4 2023–Q1 2024
Business Security, Digital Security
Delivering trust with DNS security
Privacy
7 reasons why cybercriminals want your personal data
Scams
Fed shares insight on how to combat synthetic identity fraud
The Federal Reserve looks at ways to counter what is thought to be the fastest-growing type of financial crime in the United States
Amer Owaida • 06 Jul 2020
Video
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Brute-force attacks against RDP surge – Is contact tracing the answer to ending the COVID-19 crisis? – Microsoft ships urgent security updates
Editor • 03 Jul 2020
Digital Security
Hundreds arrested after police crack encrypted chat network
European police infiltrate EncroChat, go on to crack down on crime kingpins and seize guns, drugs, cars and millions in cash
Amer Owaida • 03 Jul 2020
Cybercrime
Thousands of MongoDB databases ransacked, held for ransom
The cybercriminal behind the ransom raids on almost 23,000 databases threatens to leak the data and alert GDPR regulators
Amer Owaida • 02 Jul 2020
Microsoft releases emergency update to fix two serious Windows flaws
The out-of-band update plugs two remote code execution bugs in the Windows Codecs library, including one rated as critical
Tomáš Foltýn • 01 Jul 2020
COVID-19
COVID-19 contact tracing – technology panacea or privacy nightmare?
Can a technological intervention stem the pandemic while avoiding the privacy pitfalls of location tracking?
Tony Anscombe • 30 Jun 2020
Remote access at risk: Pandemic pulls more cyber-crooks into the brute-forcing game
Poorly secured remote access attracts mostly ransomware gangs, but can provide access to coin miners and backdoors too
Ondrej Kubovič • 29 Jun 2020
Android ransomware posing as a COVID-19 tracing app – Ill-trained and ill-equipped newly-minted remote workers – How Bitcoin giveaway scams misuse Elon Musk's name
Tomáš Foltýn • 26 Jun 2020
How To
What is a password manager and why is it useful?
A password manager can make your digital life both simpler and more secure. Are there any downsides to relying on software to create and store your passwords?
Amer Owaida • 26 Jun 2020
Facial recognition technology banned in another US city
In a move lauded by privacy advocates, Boston joins the ranks of cities that have voted down the municipal use of the technology
Amer Owaida • 25 Jun 2020
New ransomware posing as COVID-19 tracing app targets Canada; ESET offers decryptor
ESET researchers dissect an Android app that masquerades as an official COVID-19 contact-tracing app and encrypts files on the victim's device
Lukas Stefanko • 24 Jun 2020
Majority of new remote employees use their personal laptops for work
And many of them didn’t receive any new security training or tools from their employer to properly secure the devices, a study finds
Amer Owaida • 23 Jun 2020
Think before you scan: How fraudsters can exploit QR codes to steal money
Kids Online
Instagram and teens: A quick guide for parents to keep their kids safe
22 cybersecurity statistics to know for 2022
5 warning signs your identity has been stolen
Secure Coding
What are buffer overflow attacks and how are they thwarted?
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