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Digital Security

3 types of employees that can cause a data breach

3 types of employees that can cause a data breach

Digital Security

3 types of employees that can cause a data breach

When it comes to cybersecurity, what type of employee is most likely to cause a data breach? And how can companies protect themselves?

Editor26 May 2017


Ransomware

XData ransomware making rounds amid global WannaCryptor scare

XData ransomware making rounds amid global WannaCryptor scare

Ransomware

XData ransomware making rounds amid global WannaCryptor scare

A week after the global outbreak of WannaCryptor, also known as WannaCry, another ransomware, known as XData, has been making rounds.

Anton Cherepanov23 May 2017


Privacy

Is the world ready for GDPR? Privacy and cybersecurity impacts are far-reaching

Is the world ready for GDPR? Privacy and cybersecurity impacts are far-reaching

Privacy

Is the world ready for GDPR? Privacy and cybersecurity impacts are far-reaching

Enforcement of GDPR, the General Data Protection Regulation, begins in May of 2018, imposing data privacy and security requirements on many organizations in the US and other countries. Are you impacted?

Stephen Cobb23 May 2017


Ransomware

Keys for Crysis released, as decryption efforts of WannaCryptor files continue

Keys for Crysis released, as decryption efforts of WannaCryptor files continue

Ransomware

Keys for Crysis released, as decryption efforts of WannaCryptor files continue

ESET have prepared a new Crysis decrypting tool. Victims who still have their encrypted files can now download the decryptor from its utilities page.

Ondrej Kubovič22 May 2017


Digital Security

Ignoring software updates? You’re making one of five basic security mistakes

Ignoring software updates? You’re making one of five basic security mistakes

Digital Security

Ignoring software updates? You’re making one of five basic security mistakes

Cybersecurity is now a worldwide problem. But far too many citizens, businesses and governments are still making the same old, basic errors.

Editor19 May 2017


Ransomware

Are you protected against WannaCryptor and other forms of ransomware?

Are you protected against WannaCryptor and other forms of ransomware?

Ransomware

Are you protected against WannaCryptor and other forms of ransomware?

Technology evangelist Marc Saltzman asks: Are you protected against WannaCryptor, aka WannaCry, and other forms of ransomware?

Marc Saltzman18 May 2017


Ransomware

WannaCryptor: Are governments and financial regulators to blame?

WannaCryptor: Are governments and financial regulators to blame?

Ransomware

WannaCryptor: Are governments and financial regulators to blame?

Are governments and financial regulators to blame for WannaCryptor, aka WannaCry, asks Tony Anscombe in this insightful feature.

Tony Anscombe18 May 2017


Ransomware

WannaCryptor wasn’t the first to use EternalBlue: Miners misused it days after Shadow Brokers leak

WannaCryptor wasn’t the first to use EternalBlue: Miners misused it days after Shadow Brokers leak

Ransomware

WannaCryptor wasn’t the first to use EternalBlue: Miners misused it days after Shadow Brokers leak

The massive campaign that spread the WannaCry ransomware wasn’t the only large-scale infection misusing the EternalBlue and DoublePulsar exploits.

Ondrej Kubovič17 May 2017


Ransomware

EternalBlue: Is your PC patched against the WannaCryptor worm vulnerability?

EternalBlue: Is your PC patched against the WannaCryptor worm vulnerability?

Ransomware

EternalBlue: Is your PC patched against the WannaCryptor worm vulnerability?

In this post, ESET's Cassius Puodzius addresses what we can learn from the WannaCryptor ransomware attack, and what we can expect.

Cassius Puodzius16 May 2017