Guest Author

Guest Author


Thoughtful pieces written by guest authors, including security experts and industry thought leaders.


17 articles by Guest Author

Critical Infrastructure

Going dark: Service disruptions at stock exchanges and brokerages

Going dark: Service disruptions at stock exchanges and brokerages

Critical Infrastructure

Going dark: Service disruptions at stock exchanges and brokerages

Are you a bull or a bear? If you can’t access your data and money, do your sentiments about the market still matter?

Guest Author08 Mar 20216 min. read


COVID-19

Scams, lies, and coronavirus

Scams, lies, and coronavirus

COVID-19

Scams, lies, and coronavirus

Scams demanding bitcoin on pain of infecting you with the coronavirus gain their fair share of shine among schemes with a thin veneer of plausibility

Guest Author17 Apr 20204 min. read


ESET research

Memes: the explanation of nearly everything - including computer viruses

Memes: the explanation of nearly everything - including computer viruses

ESET research

Memes: the explanation of nearly everything - including computer viruses

We still don’t have a solid scientific theory of memes; nonetheless, they already allow us to understand why certain things happen the way they do. Memes are “alive”; they reproduce, mutate, and evolve according to Darwinian laws.

Guest Author13 Dec 20177 min. read


How To

Only…zero days left until the holiday shopping season!

Only…zero days left until the holiday shopping season!

How To

Only…zero days left until the holiday shopping season!

The holidays are a time when people purchase gifts for their friends, families, and yes, even for themselves. Increasingly, children are using and accessing more and more digital devices — making it important for everyone to work together to secure these devices.

Guest Author21 Nov 20174 min. read


Privacy

Securing printed data in the ‘paperless’ office

Securing printed data in the ‘paperless’ office

Privacy

Securing printed data in the ‘paperless’ office

Just as there are ways to audit, manage and protect electronic documents, there are ways to manage printed documents, too.

Guest Author17 Oct 20176 min. read


Digital Security

The economics of cybersecurity for the undecided

The economics of cybersecurity for the undecided

Digital Security

The economics of cybersecurity for the undecided

How do you calculate the value at risk? Choosing between investing in antivirus software or doing nothing to prevent cybercrime is not black and white. We explore the grey areas of cybersecurity economics.

Guest Author22 Mar 20177 min. read


Digital Security

Cybersecurity: 5 basic lessons for everyone

Cybersecurity: 5 basic lessons for everyone

Digital Security

Cybersecurity: 5 basic lessons for everyone

A new way of looking at cybersecurity, no longer viewing it as a goal in itself, but instead something that is directly connected to business needs.

Guest Author31 Jan 20175 min. read


Less Technical

Researching Mr. Robot, Elliot's world, and cybersecurity at Comic-Con

Researching Mr. Robot, Elliot's world, and cybersecurity at Comic-Con

Less Technical

Researching Mr. Robot, Elliot's world, and cybersecurity at Comic-Con

At Comic-Con 2016, ESET's Anna Keeve dives deep into the "real" world of Mr. Robot, has a VR adventure, and looks for cybersecurity clues in Elliot's room.

Guest Author23 Jul 20164 min. read


Nemucod ups its game

Nemucod ups its game

Nemucod ups its game

The creators of Nemucod, the code responsible for downloading and executing malware like Locky, have been hard at work polishing their code.

Guest Author16 Jun 20164 min. read