Shane Curtis

Shane Curtis

Senior Editor for English


Education: Masters in Journalism.

Highlights of your career: Working on events such as the FIFA World Cup and Olympic Games and surviving the pressure.

What malware do you hate the most? Is it alright to hate them all?

Favorite activities: Trying to figure out what is happening in Game of Thrones. Hiking in the summer and hibernating in the winter.

Golden rule for cyberspace? Privacy, privacy and even more privacy.

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? I think it was in the early 2000s and it was the Dell Dimension 4500.

Favorite computer game / activity: Street Fighter II; Super Mario; Sonic the Hedgehog; Pro Evolution Soccer/FIFA.


58 articles by Shane Curtis

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

APT group OceanLotus has been active with new memory corruption vulnerability. Google fined 1.7 billion US$ by the EU. Plus, pick your Android security app wisely, test shows

Shane Curtis22 Mar 20190 min. read


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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Asian game developers again targeted in supply-chain attacks distributing malware. Facebook suffer most severe outage ever. Plus, over 2 billion records exposed by email marketing firm

Shane Curtis15 Mar 20190 min. read


Social Media

Facebook suffer most severe outage ever

Facebook suffer most severe outage ever

Social Media

Facebook suffer most severe outage ever

Facebook owned Instagram and WhatsApp also affected by unexplained interruption

Shane Curtis14 Mar 20192 min. read


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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

The need for better balance on International Women's Day 2019. The Anti-Phishing Working Group offers a mixed bag of findings about the phishing landscape in 2018. Plus people should waste no time in updating Chrome to the browser's latest version.

Shane Curtis08 Mar 20190 min. read


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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Coinhive cryptocurrency miner to call it a day. Google aims for password-free app and site logins on Android. Plus escalating DNS attacks have domain name steward worried.

Shane Curtis01 Mar 20190 min. read


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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Head of the AI/ML Team at ESET, Juraj Jánošík, looks at machine learning and cybersecurity and considers whether it is a step toward a safer world or a step closer to the brink of chaos

Shane Curtis22 Feb 20190 min. read


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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET malware researcher Lukáš Štefanko sits down with us to discuss Android banking malware, the topic of his latest white paper. An attack on an email provider wipes out almost two decades' worth of data. Plus an interesting article from Jake Moore on the possible dangers that may come from providing your name at your local coffee shop.

Shane Curtis15 Feb 20190 min. read


Digital Security

Apple to pay teenager who uncovered FaceTime bug

Apple to pay teenager who uncovered FaceTime bug

Digital Security

Apple to pay teenager who uncovered FaceTime bug

The decision to award the bug has been welcomed but one security researcher has said that they need to do more to compensate those who find bugs

Shane Curtis12 Feb 20192 min. read


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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET researchers have spotted a large wave of ransomware-spreading spam targeting Russian users. Researchers at ESET have also detected a substantial new wave of the “Love you” malspam campaign, updated to target Japan and spread GandCrab 5.1. Plus FaceTime bug bites Apple

Shane Curtis01 Feb 20190 min. read