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Digital Security

Attacks targeting IT firms stir concern, controversy

Attacks targeting IT firms stir concern, controversy

Digital Security

Attacks targeting IT firms stir concern, controversy

The Exaramel backdoor, discovered by ESET in 2018, resurfaces in a campaign hitting companies that use an outdated version of a popular IT monitoring tool

Tomáš Foltýn17 Feb 2021


Scams

Romance scams in 2020: Breaking hearts, wallets – and records

Romance scams in 2020: Breaking hearts, wallets – and records

Scams

Romance scams in 2020: Breaking hearts, wallets – and records

As dating apps experience a boom amid COVID-19, losses to romance scams soar too

Amer Owaida16 Feb 2021


COVID-19

Beware of COVID-19 vaccine scams and misinformation

Beware of COVID-19 vaccine scams and misinformation

COVID-19

Beware of COVID-19 vaccine scams and misinformation

The vaccination push provides a vital shot in the arm for the world’s battle against the pandemic, but it's also a topic ripe for exploitation by fraudsters and purveyors of misinformation

Amer Owaida16 Feb 2021


Digital Security

Record-high number of vulnerabilities reported in 2020

Record-high number of vulnerabilities reported in 2020

Digital Security

Record-high number of vulnerabilities reported in 2020

High-severity and critical bugs disclosed in 2020 outnumber the sum total of vulnerabilities reported in 2010

Amer Owaida15 Feb 2021


Video

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET's Q4 2020 threat report is out – How smart sex toys can ruin your privacy – Protecting water supply systems

Editor12 Feb 2021


How To, Internet of Things

Fifty shades of vulnerable: How to play it safe with your smart sex toy

Fifty shades of vulnerable: How to play it safe with your smart sex toy

How To, Internet of Things

Fifty shades of vulnerable: How to play it safe with your smart sex toy

While you’re living out your fantasies, your internet-enabled sex toy may be setting you up for a privacy nightmare

Denise Giusto Bilić12 Feb 2021


Business Security

Protecting the water supply – hacker edition

Protecting the water supply – hacker edition

Business Security

Protecting the water supply – hacker edition

What can municipalities do to better protect their water supply systems?

Cameron Camp11 Feb 2021


Digital Security

Microsoft patches actively exploited Windows kernel flaw

Microsoft patches actively exploited Windows kernel flaw

Digital Security

Microsoft patches actively exploited Windows kernel flaw

This month’s relatively humble bundle of security updates fixes 56 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day bug and 11 flaws rated as critical

Amer Owaida10 Feb 2021


Cybercrime

Hacker attempts to poison Florida city’s water supply

Hacker attempts to poison Florida city’s water supply

Cybercrime

Hacker attempts to poison Florida city’s water supply

While the incursion was thwarted in time, cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure are a major cause for concern

Amer Owaida09 Feb 2021


Threat Reports, ESET Research

ESET Threat Report Q4 2020

ESET Threat Report Q4 2020

Threat Reports, ESET Research

ESET Threat Report Q4 2020

A view of the Q4 2020 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts

Roman Kováč08 Feb 2021


Video

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET unearths a supply-chain attack against an Android emulator for PC and Mac – ESET research into malware targeting HPC clusters – How to prevent at least some zero-days

Editor05 Feb 2021


Digital Security

Google: Better patching could have prevented 1 in 4 zero-days last year

Google: Better patching could have prevented 1 in 4 zero-days last year

Digital Security

Google: Better patching could have prevented 1 in 4 zero-days last year

Vendors should fix the root cause of a vulnerability, rather than block just one path to triggering it, says Google

Amer Owaida04 Feb 2021