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Kids Online

Child identity theft: How do I keep my kids’ personal data safe?

Child identity theft: How do I keep my kids’ personal data safe?

Kids Online

Child identity theft: How do I keep my kids’ personal data safe?

Why is kids’ personal information in high demand, how do criminals steal it, and what can parents do to help prevent child identity theft?

Phil Muncaster19 Jul 2023


Scams

Protect yourself from ticketing scams ahead of the Premier League Summer Series USA Tour

Protect yourself from ticketing scams ahead of the Premier League Summer Series USA Tour

Scams

Protect yourself from ticketing scams ahead of the Premier League Summer Series USA Tour

There is a significant secondary marketplace where tickets can sell for several times their original value, opening the opportunity for scammers and fraud

Tony Anscombe18 Jul 2023


Video

Key findings from ESET Threat Report H1 2023 – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Key findings from ESET Threat Report H1 2023 – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video

Key findings from ESET Threat Report H1 2023 – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Here's how cybercriminals have adjusted their tactics in response to Microsoft's stricter security policies, plus other interesting findings from ESET's new Threat Report

Editor14 Jul 2023


Business Security

The danger within: 5 steps you can take to combat insider threats

The danger within: 5 steps you can take to combat insider threats

Business Security

The danger within: 5 steps you can take to combat insider threats

Some threats may be closer than you think. Are security risks that originate from your own trusted employees on your radar?

Márk Szabó13 Jul 2023


ESET Research

ESET Research Podcast: Finding the mythical BlackLotus bootkit

ESET Research Podcast: Finding the mythical BlackLotus bootkit

ESET Research

ESET Research Podcast: Finding the mythical BlackLotus bootkit

Here's a story of how an analysis of a supposed game cheat turned into the discovery of a powerful UEFI threat

ESET Research12 Jul 2023


Threat Reports, ESET Research

ESET Threat Report H1 2023

ESET Threat Report H1 2023

Threat Reports, ESET Research

ESET Threat Report H1 2023

A view of the H1 2023 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts

Roman Kováč11 Jul 2023


Video

Emotet: sold or on vacation? – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Emotet: sold or on vacation? – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video

Emotet: sold or on vacation? – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Originally a banking trojan, Emotet later evolved into a full-blown botnet and went on to become one of the most dangerous cyberthreats worldwide

Editor07 Jul 2023


ESET Research

What’s up with Emotet?

What’s up with Emotet?

ESET Research

What’s up with Emotet?

A brief summary of what happened with Emotet since its comeback in November 2021

Jakub Kaloč06 Jul 2023


Cybercrime

Deepfaking it: What to know about deepfake-driven sextortion schemes

Deepfaking it: What to know about deepfake-driven sextortion schemes

Cybercrime

Deepfaking it: What to know about deepfake-driven sextortion schemes

Criminals increasingly create deepfake nudes from people’s benign public photos in order to extort money from them, the FBI warns

Phil Muncaster04 Jul 2023


Business Security

Verizon 2023 DBIR: What’s new this year and top takeaways for SMBs

Verizon 2023 DBIR: What’s new this year and top takeaways for SMBs

Business Security

Verizon 2023 DBIR: What’s new this year and top takeaways for SMBs

Here are some of the key insights on the evolving data breach landscape as revealed by Verizon’s analysis of more than 16,000 incidents

Phil Muncaster03 Jul 2023


Video

The good, the bad and the ugly of AI – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

The good, the bad and the ugly of AI – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video

The good, the bad and the ugly of AI – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

The growing use of synthetic media and the difficulties in distinguishing between real and fake content raise a slew of legal and ethical questions

Editor30 Jun 2023


Privacy, Business Security

Employee monitoring: Is ‘bossware’ right for your company?

Employee monitoring: Is ‘bossware’ right for your company?

Privacy, Business Security

Employee monitoring: Is ‘bossware’ right for your company?

While employee monitoring software may boost productivity, it may also be a potential privacy minefield and it can affect your relationship with your employees

Phil Muncaster29 Jun 2023