The questionnaire measures a range of personality traits to distinguish people who are more prone to taking the bait than others.
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For as little as $15 per month, anyone with a criminal bent could rent the services of webstresser.org to take down a targeted site.
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ESET's Senior Security Researcher Stephen Cobb reflects on RSA 2018 and the state of the cybersecurity industry
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ESET's Global Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe expands on his theory
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Approximately US $150,000 worth of Ethereum-based cryptocurrency stolen.
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Researchers find that a great portion of popular children’s apps may run afoul of US privacy legislation by improperly collecting data – albeit often probably unintentionally. A response from Google to the unflattering findings wasn’t long in coming.
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Zebrocy heavily used by the Sednit group over last two years
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Social engineering attacks that involve pretexting nearly tripled on an annual basis while phishing simulations show that curiosity gets the better of 4% of people.
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Companies should check they are running latest version of WebEx, and beware attacks via the road less travelled.
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IoT security may have finally turned the corner towards a more secure future.
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Some aspects of online tracking go beyond just website analytics
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The challenges facing critical infrastructure systems
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Simply throwing more staff at the patching problem won’t cut it, a study suggests.
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Securely keeping track of data and security applications
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Democracy hack: Can electoral processes be protected?
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An interview with ESET’s Lukáš Štefanko on the thin line between what deserves the name “security app” and what can be called fake.
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As Internet crime knows no borders, mutual legal assistance involving various nations and, by extension, requests for extraditing suspected cyber-offenders are sometimes part and parcel of prosecution efforts.
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The long arm of the law caught up with a number of cybercriminals in the first three months of this year.
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Unlike its much more malicious counterparts, this ransomware has a rather benign demand. It also provides two curious ways of recovering one’s files.
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A closer look at Anti-Malware tests and the somewhat unreliable nature of the process.
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In Part 1, our roundup of some of the most notable law enforcement actions against computer crime in the first quarter of 2018 will focus on arrests and charges involving suspected cyber-crooks.
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Criminals have devised a new scheme that aims to drain the bank accounts of large corporations.
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Hackers have managed to deface an array of popular YouTube music videos, changing titles and thumbnail images.
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ESET sat down with Tony Anscombe, Global Security Evangelist and Industry Ambassador, to talk about RSA 2018, his talk at the conference, and what to expect.
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The 2016 compromise of the league’s Twitter account is one of a number of high-profile social media hijackings.
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Most of the White House's email domains have yet to deploy an email authentication protocol known as DMARC that is designed to reduce the risk of attackers impersonating legitimate email addresses for distributing spam or phishing messages.
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Cybercriminals are believed to have stolen information for more than five million credit and debit cards that shoppers had used at dozens of Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off 5th and Lord & Taylor stores mainly in the United States between May 2017 and March 2018.
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ESET researchers have analyzed a newly discovered set of apps on Google Play, Google's official Android app store, that pose as security applications. Instead of security, all they provide is unwanted ads and ineffective pseudo-security.
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The tech giant is taking the measure after a rise in malicious browser extensions that mine digital money by hijacking the processing power of users' computers. The clampdown follows Google’s recent move to stop serving any and all adverts promoting virtual currencies and initial coin offerings.
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As the cyber-threat landscape is constantly shifting, protecting your organization’s digital assets requires continuous efforts. We suggest robust actions with an eye towards beefing up your organization's security defenses and improving where it stands against ever-evolving threats.
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The Lazarus Group gained notoriety especially after cyber-sabotage against Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014. Fast forward to late 2017 and the group continues to deploy its malicious tools, including disk-wiping malware known as KillDisk, to attack a number of targets.
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