Stephen Cobb

Stephen Cobb

Senior Security Researcher


Education: Master of Science in Security and Risk Management, University of Leicester, UK

Highlights of your career? The Stephen Cobb Guide to PC and LAN Security (1992); The first anti-spam router (2001); Privacy for Business (2002); TEDx talk (2015)

Position and history at ESET? Joined ESET: 2011. Current title: Senior Security Researcher

What malware do you hate the most? State sponsored.

Favorite activities? Reading and writing, and some arithmetic.

What is your golden rule for cyberspace? Don’t put anything on the internet you wouldn’t want your mother to see.

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? 1982 KayPro II portable computer with dual floppy drives, weighing 26 lbs or 12 Kg.

Favorite computer game/activity? Reading Wikipedia.


224 articles by Stephen Cobb

Digital Security

Cybersecurity a big concern in Canada as cybercrime’s impact grows

Cybersecurity a big concern in Canada as cybercrime’s impact grows

Digital Security

Cybersecurity a big concern in Canada as cybercrime’s impact grows

90% of Canadians surveyed agreed that cybercrime was an important "challenge to the internal security of Canada"

Stephen Cobb19 Nov 20182 min. read


Digital Security

Growing pains: Skills gap meets expanding threat surface

Growing pains: Skills gap meets expanding threat surface

Digital Security

Growing pains: Skills gap meets expanding threat surface

The need to defend a growing threat surface highlights the widening cybersecurity skills gap

Stephen Cobb31 Oct 20186 min. read


Ransomware

Ransomware and the enterprise: A new white paper

Ransomware and the enterprise: A new white paper

Ransomware

Ransomware and the enterprise: A new white paper

Ransomware remains a serious threat and this new white paper explains what enterprises need to know, and do, to reduce risk

Stephen Cobb29 Oct 20184 min. read


Cybercrime

Why ask the public about cybercrime and cybersecurity?

Why ask the public about cybercrime and cybersecurity?

Cybercrime

Why ask the public about cybercrime and cybersecurity?

Answers could help raise awareness of situations that people fear

Stephen Cobb04 Oct 20188 min. read


Digital Security

VPNFilter update: More bad news for routers

VPNFilter update: More bad news for routers

Digital Security

VPNFilter update: More bad news for routers

New research into VPNFilter finds more devices hit by malware that’s nastier than first thought, making rebooting and remediating of routers more urgent.

Stephen Cobb07 Jun 20185 min. read


How To

Router reboot: How to, why to, and what not to do

Router reboot: How to, why to, and what not to do

How To

Router reboot: How to, why to, and what not to do

The FBI say yes but should you follow this advice? And if you do follow it, do you know how to do so safely?

Stephen Cobb04 Jun 201811 min. read


Critical Infrastructure

Trends 2018: Critical infrastructure attacks on the rise

Trends 2018: Critical infrastructure attacks on the rise

Critical Infrastructure

Trends 2018: Critical infrastructure attacks on the rise

Healthcare sectors, critical manufacturing, food production and transportation also said to be targets for cybercriminals

Stephen Cobb30 May 20185 min. read


Cybersecurity training still neglected by many employers

Cybersecurity training still neglected by many employers

Cybersecurity training still neglected by many employers

While training employees will not guarantee complete cyber safety for companies, it could go a long way to making workers more cyber-aware

Stephen Cobb21 May 20187 min. read


Cybercrime

Seven out of ten see criminal hacking as big risk to health, safety, prosperity

Seven out of ten see criminal hacking as big risk to health, safety, prosperity

Cybercrime

Seven out of ten see criminal hacking as big risk to health, safety, prosperity

Recent survey shows that adults in the US view computer hacking as a major threat to their quality of life

Stephen Cobb16 May 20185 min. read