Tomáš Foltýn

Tomáš Foltýn

Editor-in-chief


Education: M.A. in translation and interpreting

Highlights of your career: Wearing two career hats for the better part of the past ten years while retaining a semblance of normality.

Position and history of ESET I joined ESET as a security writer in late 2017 after being bitten by the cybersecurity bug.

What malware do you hate the most Ransomware (for adding insult to injury, literally).

Favorite activities: Reading, cycling, travelling.

Golden rule for cyberspace? 'Distrust and caution are the parents of security.' Benjamin Franklin’s thoughtful advice from 300 years ago nicely applies to cyberspace.

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? A gifted 386 PC in the mid-1990s. It worked a little erratically, though (or maybe it was a classic example of 'problem exists between keyboard and chair'?)

Favorite computer game / activity: I'm a bit of a power user of RSS feeds, which I use to indulge my news consumption habit while keeping empty ‘news calories’ at bay.


418 articles by Tomáš Foltýn

Are firms and regulators prepared for GDPR?

Are firms and regulators prepared for GDPR?

Are firms and regulators prepared for GDPR?

The answer may hinge on if you're a glass-half-full or glass-half-empty kind of person. While we’re at it, how about regulators’ level of preparedness, anyway?

Tomáš Foltýn11 May 20182 min. read


12 months on, what are the lessons learned from WannaCryptor?

12 months on, what are the lessons learned from WannaCryptor?

12 months on, what are the lessons learned from WannaCryptor?

Time does fly! It feels like only yesterday that a new strain of hitherto little-known malware achieved celebrity status among global ransomware campaigns

Tomáš Foltýn11 May 20184 min. read


Twitter advises all users to change passwords after glitch

Twitter advises all users to change passwords after glitch

Twitter advises all users to change passwords after glitch

A bug within Twitter’s internal systems exposed, in plain text, the passwords of an undisclosed number of users.

Tomáš Foltýn04 May 20182 min. read


Google rolls out .app domains with built-in HTTPS

Google rolls out .app domains with built-in HTTPS

Google rolls out .app domains with built-in HTTPS

The move is part of the company’s HTTPS-everywhere vision for the internet

Tomáš Foltýn04 May 20182 min. read


Recycling is a must, but why would you reuse your password?

Recycling is a must, but why would you reuse your password?

Recycling is a must, but why would you reuse your password?

World Password Day, celebrated on the first Thursday of every May, is a timely reminder of the fact that our passwords are the key to a wealth of personal information about us.

Tomáš Foltýn03 May 20186 min. read


This test will tell you how likely you are to fall for fraud

This test will tell you how likely you are to fall for fraud

This test will tell you how likely you are to fall for fraud

The questionnaire measures a range of personality traits to distinguish people who are more prone to taking the bait than others.

Tomáš Foltýn30 Apr 20182 min. read


World’s biggest DDoS marketplace taken down, six suspected admins nabbed

World’s biggest DDoS marketplace taken down, six suspected admins nabbed

World’s biggest DDoS marketplace taken down, six suspected admins nabbed

For as little as $15 per month, anyone with a criminal bent could rent the services of webstresser.org to take down a targeted site.

Tomáš Foltýn27 Apr 20182 min. read


Over 3,300 Android apps may be violating kids’ privacy, study says

Over 3,300 Android apps may be violating kids’ privacy, study says

Over 3,300 Android apps may be violating kids’ privacy, study says

Researchers find that a great portion of popular children’s apps may run afoul of US privacy legislation by improperly collecting data – albeit often probably unintentionally. A response from Google to the unflattering findings wasn’t long in coming.

Tomáš Foltýn25 Apr 20183 min. read


Ransomware runs rampant in 2017, Verizon report finds

Ransomware runs rampant in 2017, Verizon report finds

Ransomware runs rampant in 2017, Verizon report finds

Social engineering attacks that involve pretexting nearly tripled on an annual basis while phishing simulations show that curiosity gets the better of 4% of people.

Tomáš Foltýn24 Apr 20183 min. read