This blogpost reveals many details about the Diskcoder.C (aka ExPetr or NotPetya) outbreak and related information about previously unpublished attacks.
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Workplace social media security is undoubtedly important for many businesses. In this feature, we answer five key questions relating to it.
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Passwords are often the first line of defense in protecting our personal and financial information, so it pays to have a strong, long and complex password (and easy to remember). Our one minute guide shows you how.
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Four people have been arrested after a two-year investigation by Microsoft and British police forces into telephone scams which prey upon the vulnerable, tricking them into believing their computers have been infected by malware.
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ESET's Sabrina Pagnotta delves deep into the fascinating world of neuroscience, examining whether our brains can be compromised.
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Numerous reports are coming out on social media about a new ransomware attack in Ukraine, which could be related to the Petya family.
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Some will find Snapchat's latest feature a bit stalkerish and creepy. Here is how to turn it off and preserve your privacy.
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As baby boomers retire and the employment gap in cybersecurity is plugged by generation x, we look at how millennials are set to shape the industry.
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The strange behavior of a simple Windows application caught our attention and sparked the analysis by ESET of a previously undocumented malware.
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Experts in the UK and the US have reportedly claimed that the recent global WannaCryptor ransomware attack was initiated by the North Korean Lazarus Group.
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Machine learning (ML) in eight blogposts!? In our last post, let’s take a peek under the hood of ESET’s cybersecurity engine and its ML gears.
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A variant of the Erebus ransomware has hit a South Korean web hosting company hard, and disrupted the websites of thousands of businesses.
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The Girls Scouts USA is to offer badges on cybersecurity, amid growing concerns that women are still being deprived of opportunities to enter the industry.
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Senior ESET malware researcher Robert Lipovsky discusses Industroyer, the biggest threat to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) since Stuxnet.
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ESET researchers have been analyzing samples of dangerous malware – detected by ESET as Win32/Industroyer, and named Industroyer – which is capable of performing an attack on power supply infrastructure. Robert Lipovsky, a researcher at ESET, tells us more.
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Seven years after Stuxnet first came to light, industrial systems security once again in the spotlight, reports ESET's Robert Lipovsky.
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Smartphone security is, of course, essential these days, but how confident are you in your device's ability to help keep you safe and secure?
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25-year-old Sean Caffrey failed to properly cover his tracks, leading police officers to his door.
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Multimillion dollar movies and TV shows are increasingly being targeted by cybercriminals. ESET's Stephen Cobb investigates the cyber supply chain risk management problem and explains what to do about it.
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A new survey published by the NSPCC suggests children across the UK are still at risk of accessing inappropriate and potentially harmful content online, despite increased calls for heightened security.
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Businesses are confident that they have sufficient cybersecurity systems in place to protect them, but in reality the weak link may be their employees, who lack basic skills and knowledge.
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ESET has analyzed a sophisticated and extremely dangerous malware, known as Industroyer, which is designed to disrupt critical industrial processes.
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It is clear today that our smartphones and tablets have evolved beyond this point, creating new means of technological interaction not previously imagined.
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A report from PwC found that many companies across the UK are still unprepared for GDPR measures, despite fines for non-compliance doubling in a year.
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Early in 2017, Kevin Townsend invited David Harley and others to comment on vendor hype. Here he expands on his original commentary.
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Regardless of how prominent and effective ransomware appears to be, it is not the most dangerous form of malware.
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Welcome to the Ransomware of Things, where all connected devices are at risk of being compromised, locked and held to ransom by cybercriminals.
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The Turla espionage group is still using watering hole techniques to redirect potentially interesting victims to their C&C infrastructure.
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Fewer vulnerabilities are being reported, but are we any safer? In this short video, we take a look at why it's still a problem.
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The OneLogin breach once again highlights the importance of how companies protect their encrypted data.
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Just weeks after one of the largest global ransomware attacks in history, Infosecurity Europe returns for its 22nd installment.
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Keen to understand what a virtual private network is? You've come to the right place.
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How well Google protects its business customers impacts all of us - whether we have personally chosen to be users of Google's services or not.
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Speaking as a parent and security expert, Tony Anscombe looks at the challenges, advantages and opportunities that connected kids are exposed to.
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Businesses with less financial resources are thought to be more at risk of falling victim to cybercrime, new research has suggested.
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