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Raphael Labaca Castro • 03 Nov 2015 • 4 min. read
Critical Infrastructure
Germany's Industrie 4.0 – the challenges in IT-Security
Time after time we have experienced revolutions in our societies, in the way we work and thus in the Industry. In the past we have been through several Industrial Revolutions and now it’s seems to be the time for another.
Raphael Labaca Castro • 03 Nov 2015
Ransomware
Ransomware: To pay or not to pay?
The recommendation by the FBI that victims of ransomware pay up to have their files decrypted created a buzz within IT folks of all kind. It’s time to ask: Should paying the ransom really be considered an option?
Peter Stancik • 30 Oct 2015
ENISA to invest in emerging smart critical infrastructure security
Enhancing security in emerging smart critical infrastructures will be a key focus areas for the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security in 2016.
Karl Thomas • 28 Oct 2015
Business Security
The big small business security challenge: mobile and BYOD
In this recorded webinar the security challenge that mobile devices and BYOD bring to the businesses, notably smaller businesses, is reviewed; then defensive strategies are presented.
Cameron Camp • 07 May 2015
How To, Business Security
The future of security in healthcare: Mobile devices
The pressure for businesses to allow their employees to access work resources with their personal mobile devices may be overwhelming. How can healthcare IT and Security staff implement this without giving criminals the keys to the castle?
Lysa Myers • 20 Mar 2015
CryptoFortress mimics TorrentLocker but is a different ransomware
ESET assess the differences between CryptoFortress and TorrentLocker: two very different strains of ransomware.
Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé • 09 Mar 2015
CTB-Locker: Multilingual Malware Demands Ransom
Starting a few days ago, we began receiving multiple reports of malware-spreading campaigns in various countries mostly in Latin America and Eastern Europe.
Pablo Ramos • 21 Jan 2015
White House unveils NIST Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
The U.S. government has released the NIST Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, a set of voluntary standards designed to help companies in industries critical to the nation to defend against cyber threats. ESET experts comment.
Rob Waugh • 13 Feb 2014
Cybercrime, Business Security
Huge shortage of cyber-defenders as threat levels 'highest since records began', Cisco report warns
Cisco claims in its report that cybercrime is now a global, professional industry - and there is a worldwide shortage of professionals able to defend against such attacks, with new technologies in malware meaning that there is a shortfall of a million IT professionals.
Rob Waugh • 17 Jan 2014