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Cybercrime

ESET Trends for 2016: Threats keep evolving as security becomes part of our lives

ESET Trends for 2016: Threats keep evolving as security becomes part of our lives

Cybercrime

ESET Trends for 2016: Threats keep evolving as security becomes part of our lives

ESET's Trends for 2016: (In)Security Everywhere report includes a review of the most important events of last year and outlines trends in cybercriminal activity and cyberthreats for 2016.

Sabrina Pagnotta20 Jan 2016


Digital Security

Managing security in virtualized environments – agent-based or agentless?

Managing security in virtualized environments – agent-based or agentless?

Digital Security

Managing security in virtualized environments – agent-based or agentless?

Before you jump into the virtualization migration process, there are a few things to consider, like security, explains ESET's Miguel Angel Mendoza.

Miguel Ángel Mendoza20 Jan 2016


Kids Online

Online predator busted after being intercepted by tech-savvy mom

Online predator busted after being intercepted by tech-savvy mom

Kids Online

Online predator busted after being intercepted by tech-savvy mom

An attentive and tech-savvy mom, based in Colonie in New York, has been lauded by the police for helping uncover and bring an online predator to justice.

Ondrej Kubovič15 Jan 2016


Cybercrime

What does Fitbit hacking mean for wearables and IoT?

What does Fitbit hacking mean for wearables and IoT?

Cybercrime

What does Fitbit hacking mean for wearables and IoT?

Wearable activity tracking devices like those made by Fitbit were one of the hottest gifts this past holiday season and it appears criminal hackers were paying attention, ESET's Stephen Cobb reports.

Stephen Cobb12 Jan 2016


Cybercrime

BlackEnergy and the Ukrainian power outage: What we really know

BlackEnergy and the Ukrainian power outage: What we really know

Cybercrime

BlackEnergy and the Ukrainian power outage: What we really know

Robert Lipovsky, a senior malware researcher at ESET, offers his expert insight into the recent discovery of BlackEnergy malware in Ukrainian energy distribution companies.

Editor11 Jan 2016


Ransomware

Ransom32, a new Filecoder in sight

Ransom32, a new Filecoder in sight

Ransomware

Ransom32, a new Filecoder in sight

A new ransomware named Ransom32 poses as Google Chrome and is distinguished from similar threats by its weight.

Sabrina Pagnotta08 Jan 2016


Privacy

Should I stay or should I go … to Windows 10?

Should I stay or should I go … to Windows 10?

Privacy

Should I stay or should I go … to Windows 10?

It has been almost half a year since Microsoft released Windows 10, and the decision whether or not to migrate computers to this latest release of Microsoft's flagship operating system is going to be on the minds of administrators for 2016, says ESET's Aryeh Goretsky.

Aryeh Goretsky07 Jan 2016


Cybercrime

BlackEnergy trojan strikes again: Attacks Ukrainian electric power industry

BlackEnergy trojan strikes again: Attacks Ukrainian electric power industry

Cybercrime

BlackEnergy trojan strikes again: Attacks Ukrainian electric power industry

The recent attacks on the electrical power industry in Ukraine are connected to attacks on the media and to targeted cyber-espionage attacks against Ukrainian governmental agencies.

Robert Lipovsky04 Jan 2016


Cybercrime

BlackEnergy by the SSHBearDoor: attacks against Ukrainian news media and electric industry

BlackEnergy by the SSHBearDoor: attacks against Ukrainian news media and electric industry

Cybercrime

BlackEnergy by the SSHBearDoor: attacks against Ukrainian news media and electric industry

The cybercriminal group behind BlackEnergy, the malware family that has been around since 2007 and has made a comeback in 2014, was also active in the year 2015.

Anton Cherepanov03 Jan 2016