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Tony Anscombe • 29 Oct 2020 • 3 min. read
Internet of Things, Business Security
IoT security: Are we finally turning the corner?
Better IoT security and data protection are long overdue. Will they go from an afterthought to everyone's priority any time soon?
Tony Anscombe • 29 Oct 2020
Threat Reports, ESET Research
ESET Threat Report Q3 2020
A view of the Q3 2020 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts
Roman Kováč • 28 Oct 2020
Ransomware
US gov’t warns against paying off ransomware attackers
Companies facilitating ransomware payments run the risk of facing stern penalties for violating US regulations
Amer Owaida • 06 Oct 2020
ESET Research, Critical Infrastructure
XDSpy: Stealing government secrets since 2011
ESET researchers uncover a new APT group that has been stealing sensitive documents from several governments in Eastern Europe and the Balkans since 2011
Matthieu Faou • 02 Oct 2020
Ray-Ban parent company reportedly suffers major ransomware attack
There is no evidence that cybercriminals were also able to steal customer data
Amer Owaida • 24 Sep 2020
Privacy, Business Security
Sports data for ransom – it’s not all just fun and games anymore
Sports and training data are more sophisticated and affordable than ever. With the democratization of (sports) performance data, is your personal information safe?
James Shepperd • 16 Sep 2020
UK University suffers cyberattack, ransomware gang claims responsibility
The cyber-incident takes most of the university’s systems offline and officials estimate that the institution will take weeks to recover
Amer Owaida • 09 Sep 2020
Business Security
Lead-offering business booming as usual!
…but there are no conferences or exhibitions???
Righard Zwienenberg • 08 Sep 2020
Cybercrime, Business Security
Cyber attacks: Several Canadian government services disrupted
Several services, including the national revenue agency, had to be shut down following a series of credential-stuffing attacks
Gabrielle Ladouceur Despins • 24 Aug 2020