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Jakub Kaloč • 20 Mar 2024 • 8 min. read
ESET Research
Rescoms rides waves of AceCryptor spam
Anh Ho, Facundo Muñoz, Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé • 07 Mar 2024 • 14 min. read
Evasive Panda leverages Monlam Festival to target Tibetans
Matthieu Faou • 21 Feb 2024 • 11 min. read
ESET Research, Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center
Operation Texonto: Information operation targeting Ukrainian speakers in the context of the war
Business Security, Digital Security
Delivering trust with DNS security
Digital Security
Deepfakes in the global election year of 2024: A weapon of mass deception?
Cybercrime
How much is your personal data worth on the dark web?
The going prices are lower than you probably think – your credit card details, for example, can sell for a few bucks
Amer Owaida • 03 Aug 2020
Video
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
New ESET Threat Report is out – Defending against Thunderspy attacks – Thousands of databases wiped in Meow attacks
Editor • 31 Jul 2020
Social Media
Twitter breach: Staff tricked by ‘phone spear phishing’
The attackers exploited the human factor to gain access to Twitter’s internal systems and the accounts of some of the world’s most prominent figures
Amer Owaida • 31 Jul 2020
10 billion records exposed in unsecured databases, study says
The databases contain personal information that could be used for phishing attacks and identity theft schemes
Amer Owaida • 30 Jul 2020
Thunderspy attacks: What they are, who’s at greatest risk and how to stay safe
All you need to know about preventing adversaries from exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerabilities in the Thunderbolt interface
Aryeh Goretsky • 30 Jul 2020
Threat Reports
ESET Threat Report Q2 2020
A view of the Q2 2020 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts
Roman Kováč • 29 Jul 2020
FBI warns of disruptive DDoS amplification attacks
The Bureau expects cybercriminals to increasingly abuse new threat vectors for large-scale DDoS attacks
Amer Owaida • 28 Jul 2020
Almost 4,000 databases wiped in ‘Meow’ attacks
The attackers and their motivations remain unknown; however, the incidents yet again highlight the risks of careless data security
Amer Owaida • 27 Jul 2020
VPN services accused of leaking personal data – Better security in Gmail, Meet and Chat – Data breach reports in 1H2020
Editor • 24 Jul 2020
Premier League team narrowly avoids losing £1 million to scammers
In another incident, ransomware attackers almost forced the cancellation of a match, a report reveals
Amer Owaida • 24 Jul 2020
Google adds security enhancements to Gmail, Meet and Chat
The tech giant introduces its own version of verified accounts in Gmail, rolls out increased moderation controls in Meet, and enhances phishing protection in Chat
Amer Owaida • 23 Jul 2020
Privacy
Privacy watchdogs urge videoconferencing services to boost privacy protections
The open letter highlights five security and privacy principles that require heightened attention from videoconferencing services
Amer Owaida • 22 Jul 2020
Scams
Windows Movie Maker Scam spreads massively due to high Google ranking
Critical Infrastructure, Ransomware, Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center
Bad Rabbit: Not-Petya is back with improved ransomware
Buying Ray-Bans? Don’t fall for this Facebook scam
Meet Remaiten - a Linux bot on steroids targeting routers and potentially other IoT devices
Secure Coding
Birds of a feather code together
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