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Stephen Cobb • 30 Nov 2013 • 10 min. read
Malware, Business Security
When malware goes bad: an historical sampler
A look back at malware failures, malicious code that did not work out as well as the folks behind it had hoped. Can malware spread to quickly for its own good? Can malware authors ever test their wares well enough to work perfectly?
Stephen Cobb • 30 Nov 2013
ESET response to Bits of Freedom open letter on detection of government malware
A coalition of digital rights organizations and academics recently published an ‘open letter’ to the Anti-Malware/Anti-Virus industry asking for clarification on vendor policies regarding cooperation with government agencies and/or law enforcement using state-sponsored Trojans. This is ESET's official response.
Andrew Lee • 11 Nov 2013
Ransomware
Filecoder: Holding your data to ransom
Trojans that encrypt user files and try to extort a ransom from the victim in exchange for a decryptor utility are nothing new. We’ve noted a significant increase in Filecoder activity over the past few summer months - in this blog post we address the questions we’re getting about this issue.
Robert Lipovsky • 23 Sep 2013