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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
Digital Security
Microsoft: 99.9 percent of hacked accounts didn't use MFA
Only 11 percent of all enterprise accounts have multi-factor authentication enabled
Tomáš Foltýn • 09 Mar 2020
Video
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET research into the Guildma banking trojan – What can you do to stay safe from online fraud – Why become a cybersecurity professional
Tomáš Foltýn • 06 Mar 2020
Virgin Media data leak exposes details of almost 1 million people
The misconfigured database was accessed by an unauthorized party on at least one occasion
Amer Owaida • 06 Mar 2020
Malware
Guildma: The Devil drives electric
The fourth installment of our occasional series demystifying Latin American banking trojans
ESET Research • 05 Mar 2020
How To, Scams
Fraud Prevention Month: How to protect yourself from scams
ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe sat down with us to share his insights on how to avoid falling prey to online fraud
Gabrielle Ladouceur Despins • 04 Mar 2020
Voice assistants can be hacked with ultrasonic waves
With access to text messages and the ability to make fraudulent phone calls, attackers could wreak more damage than you'd think
Amer Owaida • 04 Mar 2020
Brave comes out on top in browser privacy study
By contrast, two other web browsers share identifiers that are tied to the device hardware and so persist even across fresh installs
Amer Owaida • 03 Mar 2020
5 reasons to consider a career in cybersecurity
From competitive salaries to ever-evolving job descriptions, there are myriad reasons why a cybersecurity career could be right for you
RSA 2020 – Is your machine learning/quantum computer lying to you?
And how would you know if the algorithm was tampered with?
Cameron Camp • 02 Mar 2020
ESET research uncovers a vulnerability in Wi-Fi chips – How to protect yourself against tax refund fraud – Clearview AI suffers a data breach
Tomáš Foltýn • 28 Feb 2020
Firefox turns on DNS over HTTPS by default for US users
People in other parts of the world also have the option to flip on DNS encryption
Amer Owaida • 28 Feb 2020
Kids Online
Cyberbullying: How is it different from face-to-face bullying?
The digital age has added a whole new dimension to hurtful behavior, and we look at some of the key features that set in-person and online bullying apart
ESET Research Podcast: Finding the mythical BlackLotus bootkit
Cybercrime
Deepfaking it: What to know about deepfake-driven sextortion schemes
Mobile Security
7 tips for spotting a fake mobile app
Why you need parental control software – and 5 features to look for
Discarded, not destroyed: Old routers reveal corporate secrets
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