Leading security vendor, ESET issued an advisory about the nightmare that continues to haunt this world after the discovery of Meltdown and Spectre CPUs flaws In the last few months of 2017, security companies made their own forecasts about incoming cyberthreats and the measures that needed to be taken toRead More…
Security researchers at ESET, in collaboration with Microsoft and law enforcement agencies – the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Interpol, Europol, and other stakeholders in cybersecurity – have today taken down a major botnet operation known as Gamarue. It was detected by ESET as Win32/TrojanDownloader.Wauchos, which has been infecting victimsRead More…
Guest written by Tony Anscombe, Global Security Evangelist and Industry Partnerships Ambassador at ESETRead More…
ESET, a leading global cybersecurity company, has introduced Chrome Cleanup that is included in the latest version of Google Chrome. It is a new scanner and cleanerRead More…
For several years, cybercriminals have taken advantage of cryptocurrency mining in order to make a profit. Mostly by using malware or potentially unwanted applications installed on the victim‘s machineRead More…
By 2020, the number of Internet of Things devices is estimated to surpass 20 billion. From smart fridges to coffee makers and Barbie dolls, connected things will soon fill our households. Many of these devices are, and will continue to be, accessed via our smartphones. While this is very convenient for users,Read More…
ESET researchers discovered the most sophisticated and extremely dangerous malware, Win32/Industroyer that is designed to disrupt critical industrial processes and capable is of performing an attack on power supply infrastructure. The malware is believed to be involved in the December 2016 attack on Ukraine’s power grid that deprived part of itsRead More…
Turla Espionage Group, infamous for targeting governments, their officials and diplomats since at least 2007, has added a new campaign to its arsenal. According to ESET, the latest watering hole tactic includes updated Firefox Extension abusing the popular social network – Instagram. As usual, Turla’s watering hole attacks compromise websitesRead More…
