National lottery operator Camelot tells players to change their passwords after thousands of accounts have been accessed by cybercriminals.
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Cryptography is one of the fundamental aspects of information security. We look at it through the lens of the silver screen.
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As many as 900,000 Deutsche Telekom customers were knocked offline on Sunday and Monday as an attempt was made to hijack broadband routers into a botnet.
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The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has confirmed that it experienced a security incident over the weekend
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ESET has developed a free tool to decrypt files and recover the information that might have been compromised by Crysis.
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If you are getting ready to hunt for online deals this Black Friday, here are a few tips that will help you keep attackers away from your hard earned money.
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Organizations need to do more to prevent themselves from experiencing data breaches, as many people are of the opinion that not enough is currently being done.
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Hackers broke into the MailChimp accounts of some businesses, and send out malicious invoice emails to subscribers... but that doesn't mean that MailChimp suffered a serious security breach.
Once again, two-factor authentication could have saved users' bacon.
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Amazon customers are the latest victims of an email scam, warns Get Safe Online.
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Your business's CCTV camera could be coughing up your admin passwords. Patch now, or regret later.
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Michigan State University has experienced a data breach, which it said took place on November 13th.
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The Conficker worm was huge news when it emerged towards the end of 2008, exploiting millions of Windows devices. Today, it remains one of the most pervasive malware families around the globe.
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UK mobile company Three has fallen victim to a major data breach, with up to six million customers reported to have been affected.
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WhatsApp is to add encrypted video calling to its service on Monday, as it continues to bolsters security on the app.
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A new airline scam is promising people free Emirates flight tickets if they take part in a "fast survey", ESET's Denise Giusto Bilić reports.
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A teenager has admitted being behind last year’s TalkTalk cyberattack, explaining he compromised the company’s website to “show off” to his friends.
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The financial repercussions of a data breach have been highlighted by the $1 million fine handed out to Adobe Systems for a 2013 security incident.
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This feature offers a very digested read of ESET's trilogy of research papers on Sednit, one of the most notorious groups of cyberattackers in the world.
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Concerns over unprotected customer data sharing on WhatsApp and Facebook results in UK Information Commissioner threatening to enforce action.
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Smishing is nothing new. But that doesn't mean that the criminals hell bent on stealing Apple ID password are resting on their laurels.
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Google has announced new measures that resolve a security loophole that allows certain websites to circumnavigate its Safe Browsing service.
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Tesco Bank, which recently saw thousands of its customers lose funds to cybercriminals, has been found on the target list of the so-called Retefe malware.
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Interested in a career where you get to fight cybercrime on a daily basis? ESET's senior research fellow David Harley takes a look at some key things.
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Secure your router, says ESET's Lysa Myers. It can help protect all of your connected devices while they are in your home.
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Targeted online guessing represents a major threat to online security, according to new research.
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There are a great many tools available to help quickly analyze the behavior of mobile malware samples. In the case of Android, one such app is AppMon.
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Liberia has been hit with a harmful DDoS attack yet, with most of its residents unable to get online. The Mirai botnet is the cause.
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ESET's Michael Aguilar takes a deep dive into SMS/messaging clients, security, and privacy.
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UK-based bookmaker William Hill has been hit with a DDoS attack, preventing many of its customers from being able to access its main website.
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In terms of technological advancement, Estonia is up there. It is, for example, the first ever country to offer e-residency permits to any world citizen.
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On November 2nd 1988, the Morris Worm was released, bringing the internet to an effective standstill. It was a seminal moment in internet history.
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For the past year, ESET and the security firm GoSecure combined their skills in order to research Linux/Moose further. Here's some of what was uncovered.
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Cyberattacks are “no longer the stuff of spy thrillers” – they are now a very serious threat to individuals, organizations and economies.
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As we continue to do more things with our smartphones, the threat posed by mobile malware increases. Here's a short history of its development.
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