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Critical Infrastructure

Germany's Industrie 4.0 – the challenges in IT-Security

Germany's Industrie 4.0 – the challenges in IT-Security

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 Castro03 Nov 2015


Ransomware

Ransomware: To pay or not to pay?

Ransomware: To pay or not to pay?

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 Stancik30 Oct 2015


Critical Infrastructure

ENISA to invest in emerging smart critical infrastructure security

ENISA to invest in emerging smart critical infrastructure security

Critical Infrastructure

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 Thomas28 Oct 2015


Business Security

The big small business security challenge: mobile and BYOD

The big small business security challenge: mobile and BYOD

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 Camp07 May 2015


How To, Business Security

The future of security in healthcare: Mobile devices

The future of security in healthcare: Mobile devices

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 Myers20 Mar 2015


Ransomware

CryptoFortress mimics TorrentLocker but is a different ransomware

CryptoFortress mimics TorrentLocker but is a different ransomware

Ransomware

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.Léveillé09 Mar 2015


Ransomware

CTB-Locker: Multilingual Malware Demands Ransom

CTB-Locker: Multilingual Malware Demands Ransom

Ransomware

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 Ramos21 Jan 2015


Critical Infrastructure

White House unveils NIST Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

White House unveils NIST Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

Critical Infrastructure

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 Waugh13 Feb 2014


Cybercrime, Business Security

Huge shortage of cyber-defenders as threat levels 'highest since records began', Cisco report warns

Huge shortage of cyber-defenders as threat levels 'highest since records began', Cisco report warns

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 Waugh17 Jan 2014