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ESET Research Podcast: A year of fighting rockets, soldiers, and wipers in Ukraine

ESET Research Podcast: A year of fighting rockets, soldiers, and wipers in Ukraine

ESET Research

ESET Research Podcast: A year of fighting rockets, soldiers, and wipers in Ukraine

ESET experts share their insights on the cyber-elements of the first year of the war in Ukraine and how a growing number of destructive malware variants tried to rip through critical Ukrainian systems

ESET Research30 Mar 2023


Scams

Pig butchering scams: The anatomy of a fast-growing threat

Pig butchering scams: The anatomy of a fast-growing threat

Scams

Pig butchering scams: The anatomy of a fast-growing threat

How fraudsters groom their marks and move in for the kill using tricks from the playbooks of romance and investment scammers

Márk Szabó29 Mar 2023


Social Media

Staying safe on OnlyFans: The naked truth

Staying safe on OnlyFans: The naked truth

Social Media

Staying safe on OnlyFans: The naked truth

How content creators and subscribers can embrace the social media platform without (overly) exposing themselves to the potentially toxic brew of NSFW content and privacy threats

Jake Moore and André Lameiras28 Mar 2023


Video

Highlights from TikTok CEO's Congress grilling – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Highlights from TikTok CEO's Congress grilling – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video

Highlights from TikTok CEO's Congress grilling – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Here are some of the key moments from the five hours of Shou Zi Chew's testimony and other interesting news on the data privacy front

Editor24 Mar 2023


Social Media

What TikTok knows about you – and what you should know about TikTok

What TikTok knows about you – and what you should know about TikTok

Social Media

What TikTok knows about you – and what you should know about TikTok

As TikTok CEO attempts to placate U.S. lawmakers, it’s time for us all to think about the wealth of personal information that TikTok and other social media giants collect about us

Roman Cuprik24 Mar 2023


Digital Security, Business Security

Understanding Managed Detection and Response – and what to look for in an MDR solution

Understanding Managed Detection and Response – and what to look for in an MDR solution

Digital Security, Business Security

Understanding Managed Detection and Response – and what to look for in an MDR solution

Why your organization should consider an MDR solution and five key things to look for in a service offering

Phil Muncaster23 Mar 2023


Social Media

Twitter ends free SMS 2FA: Here’s how you can protect your account now

Twitter ends free SMS 2FA: Here’s how you can protect your account now

Social Media

Twitter ends free SMS 2FA: Here’s how you can protect your account now

Twitter’s ditching of free text-message authentication doesn’t mean that you should forgo using 2FA. Instead, switch to another – and, indeed, better – 2FA option.

Roman Cuprik20 Mar 2023


Video

Banking turmoil opens opportunities for fraud – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Banking turmoil opens opportunities for fraud – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video

Banking turmoil opens opportunities for fraud – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Scammers are looking to cash in on the chaos that has set in following the startling meltdowns of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and the crisis at Credit Suisse

Editor17 Mar 2023


Scams

SVB's collapse is a scammer’s dream: Don’t get caught out

SVB's collapse is a scammer’s dream: Don’t get caught out

Scams

SVB's collapse is a scammer’s dream: Don’t get caught out

How cybercriminals can exploit Silicon Valley Bank's downfall for their own ends – and at your expense

Phil Muncaster17 Mar 2023


ESET Research

Not-so-private messaging: Trojanized WhatsApp and Telegram apps go after cryptocurrency wallets

Not-so-private messaging: Trojanized WhatsApp and Telegram apps go after cryptocurrency wallets

ESET Research

Not-so-private messaging: Trojanized WhatsApp and Telegram apps go after cryptocurrency wallets

ESET researchers analyzed Android and Windows clippers that can tamper with instant messages and use OCR to steal cryptocurrency funds

Lukas Stefanko and Peter Strýček16 Mar 2023


ESET Research

The slow Tick-ing time bomb: Tick APT group compromise of a DLP software developer in East Asia

The slow Tick-ing time bomb: Tick APT group compromise of a DLP software developer in East Asia

ESET Research

The slow Tick-ing time bomb: Tick APT group compromise of a DLP software developer in East Asia

ESET Research uncovered a campaign by APT group Tick against a data-loss prevention company in East Asia and found a previously unreported tool used by the group

Facundo Muñoz14 Mar 2023


Scams

5 signs you’ve fallen for a scam – and what to do next

5 signs you’ve fallen for a scam – and what to do next

Scams

5 signs you’ve fallen for a scam – and what to do next

Here’s how to know you have fallen victim to a scam – and what to do in order to undo or mitigate the damage.

Phil Muncaster13 Mar 2023