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

Latest ESET research shows just how far attackers will go in order to steal bitcoin from customers of one specific virtual currency exchange. We take a look back at some 1980s malware and also check out what Chrome 71 has in store for users.

Shane Curtis09 Nov 20180 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 research has found banking Trojans that continue to surface on Google Play

Shane Curtis27 Oct 20180 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

GreyEnergy: ESET research reveals a successor to the infamous BlackEnergy APT group targeting critical infrastructure, quite possibly in preparation for damaging attacks

Shane Curtis19 Oct 20180 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

TeleBots: First evidence linking Industroyer to NotPetya

Shane Curtis12 Oct 20180 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

Facebook stolen access tokens issue rumbles on - Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Shane Curtis07 Oct 20180 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 discover LoJax - Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Shane Curtis28 Sep 20180 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 uncover major banking fraud attempts - Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Shane Curtis21 Sep 20180 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 discovered several third-party add-ons for the popular open-source media player Kodi. The first 100 days of GDPR reviewed. Also a look at how Microsoft addressed 61 security flaws in Windows in their Patch Tuesday release

Shane Curtis14 Sep 20180 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

PowerPool exploits zero-day vulnerability, Machine Learning and malware, plus susceptible power grids, all in the cybersecurity news with Tony Anscombe

Shane Curtis08 Sep 20180 min. read