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Ransomware

Expert insight from the author of the ESET TeslaCrypt decryptor

Expert insight from the author of the ESET TeslaCrypt decryptor

Ransomware

Expert insight from the author of the ESET TeslaCrypt decryptor

WeLiveSecurity sits down with Igor Kabina, the ESET malware researcher who ultimately created the universal ESET TeslaCrypt decryption tool.

Peter Stancik25 May 2016


Ransomware

Don’t want ransomware to rock your universe? Add this to your towel

Don’t want ransomware to rock your universe? Add this to your towel

Ransomware

Don’t want ransomware to rock your universe? Add this to your towel

These days, it is not Vogon poetry that’s the most widespread risk one can encounter in the universe, but rather ransomware, explains ESET's Ondrej Kubovič.

Ondrej Kubovič25 May 2016


Digital Security

Critical infrastructure: It's time to make security a priority

Critical infrastructure: It's time to make security a priority

Digital Security

Critical infrastructure: It's time to make security a priority

The importance of ensuring information security on critical infrastructure has been recognized for years, yet there are still cases that illustrate the need for improvement.

Camilo Gutiérrez Amaya24 May 2016


Cybercrime

Teenager charged over Mumsnet hack and DDoS attack

Teenager charged over Mumsnet hack and DDoS attack

Cybercrime

Teenager charged over Mumsnet hack and DDoS attack

An 18-year-old man has been charged by British police in connection with an internet attack that saw Mumsnet hacked, users' accounts breached, passwords stolen, and the site blasted offline.

Graham Cluley23 May 2016


Scams

Tech support scams go with a Bing

Tech support scams go with a Bing

Scams

Tech support scams go with a Bing

Microsoft takes a shot at preventing support scammers from exploiting Bing Ads, explains David Harley, senior research fellow at ESET.

David Harley23 May 2016


Digital Security

Will we ever fix ‘broken’ USB stick security?

Will we ever fix ‘broken’ USB stick security?

Digital Security

Will we ever fix ‘broken’ USB stick security?

As a recent study finds that half of people plug in USB sticks found at their work’s car parking lot, we ask if the USB security threat will ever go away.

Editor20 May 2016


Cybercrime

ESET releases new decryptor for TeslaCrypt ransomware

ESET releases new decryptor for TeslaCrypt ransomware

Cybercrime

ESET releases new decryptor for TeslaCrypt ransomware

If your encrypted files had the extensions .xxx, .ttt, .micro, .mp3 or left unchanged, then ESET has good news for you.

Peter Stancik18 May 2016


Cybercrime

Operation Groundbait: Espionage in Ukrainian war zones

Operation Groundbait: Espionage in Ukrainian war zones

Cybercrime

Operation Groundbait: Espionage in Ukrainian war zones

After BlackEnergy and Operation Potao Express, ESET researchers have uncovered another cyberespionage operation in Ukraine: Operation Groundbait.

Robert Lipovsky and Anton Cherepanov18 May 2016


Ransomware

Jigsaw ransomware 2.0: A fake or work in progress?

Jigsaw ransomware 2.0: A fake or work in progress?

Ransomware

Jigsaw ransomware 2.0: A fake or work in progress?

Jigsaw 2.0 is not fully-fledged ransomware, but it does try to feed off of ransomware’s current popularity amongst cybercriminals, writes ESET's Ondrej Kubovič.

Ondrej Kubovič18 May 2016