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Robert Lipovsky • 16 Jun 2017 • 5 min. read
Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center
Seven years after Stuxnet: Industrial systems security once again in the spotlight
Seven years after Stuxnet first came to light, industrial systems security once again in the spotlight, reports ESET's Robert Lipovsky.
Robert Lipovsky • 16 Jun 2017
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Critical Infrastructure
Industroyer: Biggest threat to industrial control systems since Stuxnet
ESET has analyzed a sophisticated and extremely dangerous malware, known as Industroyer, which is designed to disrupt critical industrial processes.
Anton Cherepanov and Robert Lipovsky • 12 Jun 2017
Ransomware
ESET releases decryptor for AESNI ransomware variants, including XData
ESET has released a decryptor for AESNI ransomware variants, including XData. Victims who still have encrypted files can now download it from ESET's utilities page.
Ondrej Kubovič • 31 May 2017
XData ransomware making rounds amid global WannaCryptor scare
A week after the global outbreak of WannaCryptor, also known as WannaCry, another ransomware, known as XData, has been making rounds.
Anton Cherepanov • 23 May 2017
Keys for Crysis released, as decryption efforts of WannaCryptor files continue
ESET have prepared a new Crysis decrypting tool. Victims who still have their encrypted files can now download the decryptor from its utilities page.
Ondrej Kubovič • 22 May 2017
Are you protected against WannaCryptor and other forms of ransomware?
Technology evangelist Marc Saltzman asks: Are you protected against WannaCryptor, aka WannaCry, and other forms of ransomware?
Marc Saltzman • 18 May 2017
WannaCryptor: Are governments and financial regulators to blame?
Are governments and financial regulators to blame for WannaCryptor, aka WannaCry, asks Tony Anscombe in this insightful feature.
Tony Anscombe • 18 May 2017
WannaCryptor wasn’t the first to use EternalBlue: Miners misused it days after Shadow Brokers leak
The massive campaign that spread the WannaCry ransomware wasn’t the only large-scale infection misusing the EternalBlue and DoublePulsar exploits.
Ondrej Kubovič • 17 May 2017
EternalBlue: Is your PC patched against the WannaCryptor worm vulnerability?
In this post, ESET's Cassius Puodzius addresses what we can learn from the WannaCryptor ransomware attack, and what we can expect.
Cassius Puodzius • 16 May 2017