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Peter Stancik • 25 May 2016 • 5 min. read
Ransomware
Expert insight from the author of the ESET TeslaCrypt decryptor
Don’t want ransomware to rock your universe? Add this to your towel
Digital Security
Critical infrastructure: It's time to make security a priority
WeLiveSecurity sits down with Igor Kabina, the ESET malware researcher who ultimately created the universal ESET TeslaCrypt decryption tool.
Peter Stancik • 25 May 2016
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 Kubovič • 25 May 2016
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 Amaya • 24 May 2016
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 Cluley • 23 May 2016
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 Harley • 23 May 2016
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.
Editor • 20 May 2016
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 Stancik • 18 May 2016
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 Cherepanov • 18 May 2016
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 Kubovič • 18 May 2016