Author: ESET Ireland

KillDisk now targeting Linux: Demands $250K ransom, but can’t decrypt

January 5, 2017

ESET researchers have discovered a Linux variant of the KillDisk malware that was used in Ukraine in attacks against the country’s critical infrastructure in late 2015 and against a number of targets within its financial sector in December 2016. This new variant renders Linux machines unbootable, after encrypting files and requesting a large ransom. But … More KillDisk now targeting Linux: Demands $250K ransom, but can’t decrypt

The 10 biggest security incidents of 2016

January 3, 2017

2016 has been a challenging year for politics, public sanity and celebrity longevity, but also, for individuals and companies, a testing time in terms of online security. Pitted against increasingly sophisticated and targeted cybercriminals, it’s not been easy going, as these notable security incidents from the past 12 months reveal. 1. Dyn DDoS attack In … More The 10 biggest security incidents of 2016