Canadian SMBs: How technology can help you have a better start in business
A recent Ipsos survey, found that only 26 per cent of Canadian SMBs feel very confident that their business and its information is safe from cyberattacks
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Ada Lovelace Day: Celebrating women in technology
By the 1800s, long before the famous Enigma machine and military computerization to decipher codes, a Victorian woman trapped in a patriarchal world, glimpsed the potential reach of computing and the change it would impose on humanity.
Cybersecurity in Asia Pacific
As the Asia Pacific region continues to grow, and adoption of digital technologies – by consumers and businesses – continues, the region is starting to appreciate how attractive it has become to cybercriminals.
It’s time that companies became more cyber-resilient
Cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility and organisations need to train staff to ensure they have a more empowered and security savvy workforce.
ESET at Virus Bulletin 2017
The annual Virus Bulletin International Conference takes place in Madrid, Spain this October and ESET will be well represented across the three-day event.
UK National Lottery knocked offline by DDoS attack
The UK National Lottery website and smartphone app are taken offline as a DDoS attack strikes.
Global Cyber Security Month 2017
European Cyber Security Month and similar events, give cybersecurity companies the opportunity to reach out to the masses and get them involved.
Cloud security policy: The questions you need to ask
Cloud services are very much what you make of them, and you need to apply at least an equivalent level of rigorousness, in terms of risk assessment, as you would with assets that are hosted on your own network.
Your Android lock screen pattern isn’t as safe as a PIN code
What's safer? Using a numeric PIN code to unlock your Android smartphone or relying on a finger squiggle? The answer might surprise you.
Money-making machine: Monero-mining malware
While far behind Bitcoin in market capitalization, Monero has several features that make it a very attractive cryptocurrency to be mined by malware.
BankBot trojan returns to Google Play with new tricks
The Android banking trojan that we first informed about in the beginning of this year has found its way to Google Play again and contains new tricks designed to get access to the private banking information of the user.
Security and privacy on the new iOS 11
These new security measures will undoubtedly not only impact the security of data stored on a phone that has been lost or stolen, but could also complicate the progress of criminal investigations requiring the forensic analysis of a phone.
Spammed-out emails threaten websites with DDoS attack on September 30th
Websites are being told that they have until September 30th to pay extortionists $720 worth of Bitcoin, or else suffer a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
Cloud services: What to consider when migrating your infrastructure
Most companies have switched the majority of their services and information over to the cloud. There are many reasons for this, ranging from cost to practicalities.
New FinFisher surveillance campaigns: Internet providers involved?
FinFisher has extensive spying capabilities, such as live surveillance through webcams and microphones, keylogging, and exfiltration of files. What sets FinFisher apart from other surveillance tools, however, are the controversies around its deployments.
CConsiderations on the CCleaner incident
Regardless of how Piriform was breached, for a tool as widely downloaded as CCleaner, with a userbase running into the hundreds of millions, there will be a large impact worldwide, even though only the 32-bit version was affected.
Equifax confirms up to 400,000 UK consumers at risk after data breach
Credit reporting agency Equifax has revealed more details of just how many people are affected in the UK, as consumers are warned of the risk of phishing attacks.
How many people outside the US are affected by the Equifax breach?
In the recent Equifax breach you may have noticed that people in the UK and Canada are also affected but there has been little clarification as to how many.
Cryptocurrency web mining: In union there is profit
Cryptocurrency mining has been used by cybercriminals to make a quick and easy profit while corrupting the victim’s machine in the process.
DownAndExec: Banking malware utilizes CDNs in Brazil
Services like Netflix use content delivery networks (CDNs) to maximize bandwidth usage. However, the CDNs might be becoming a new way of spreading malware.