Breaking bad habits to improve your cyber-hygiene
Phil Muncaster, guest writer from ESET tells us to be alert, be proactive and break these 10 bad habits to improve your cyber-hygiene in 2022
ESET detects hundreds of thousands of Log4Shell attack attempts
ESET has detected hundreds of thousands of attack attempts globally that track to the critical Log4Shell vulnerability. Most attack attempts are located in the United States, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Germany and the Netherlands, yet nearly 180 countries and territories are under fire largely due to the global prevalence of the Log4j software library in […]
ESET discovers Latin American banking trojans spread to Europe
ESET Research extensively followed the Latin American banking trojans since last year and found that they share a lot of common characteristics and behavior. Altogether, ESET has identified a dozen different malware families, most of which remain active to this day.
Thousands arrested for online frauds in a global crackdown
Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET highlights that a recent INTERPOL- led operation involved law enforcement from 20 countries and led to the seizure of millions of dollars in illicit gain
Several websites under attack in the region
ESET researchers have discovered strategic web compromise (watering hole) attacks against high-profile websites in the Middle East, with a strong focus on Yemen. The attacks are linked to Candiru, a company that sells state-of-the-art offensive software tools and related services to government agencies.
ESET joins new SAFER to protect the research and education sector
ESET backs Senior Malware Researcher, Marc-Étienne Léveillé as a founding member of the Security Assistance For Education & Research (SAFER) Trust Group, a new organization of independent security experts who have united to better secure the research and education sector (R&E) against global threats.
IDC MarketScape recognizes ESET as a Major Player
ESET, today announced that it has been recognized as a Major Player in two IDC MarketScape reports – the Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security Enterprise 2021 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US48306021, November 2021), and the Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security SMB 2021 Vendor Assessment
Is your company planning to move beyond passwords?
Phil Muncaster, guest writer at ESET wonders whether the days numbered for ‘123456’? As Microsoft further nudges the world away from passwords, here’s what your organization should consider before going password-free
Cybersecurity tips for a secure Halloween
Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET highlights what are some of the key dangers faced by children online and how can you help protect them from the ghosts, ghouls and goblins creeping on the internet?
ESET discovers new malicious code, Wslink
ESET researchers have discovered a unique and previously undocumented loader for Windows binaries that, unlike other such loaders, runs as a server and executes received modules in memory. A loader is malicious code (a program) used for loading another executable’s object files