Earlier this week coordinated law enforcement action took down the Avalanche fast-flux network. For several years, this network has allowed various botnet operators to benefit from an extra layer of protection against takedown and domain blacklisting. Today, this network has suffered a serious blow. Coordinated efforts from law enforcement around the world succeeded in taking … More Avalanche takedown: Check if you are safe
Around 26,500 National Lottery players in the UK have had their online accounts accessed by cybercriminals, operator Camelot has revealed. The operator was first alerted to a security incident on November 28th, during routine online security monitoring. Camelot believes that its own systems were not compromised, stating that it is of the opinion that usernames … More 26,500 National Lottery accounts accessed by cybercriminals
As many as 900,000 Deutsche Telekom customers were knocked offline on Sunday and Monday as an attempt was made to hijack broadband routers into a botnet. Malicious hackers are commandeering vulnerable Zyxel and Speedport routers, commandeering them into a botnet which they can command to launch huge denial-of-service attacks against websites. The vulnerability exploits the … More 900,000 Germans knocked offline, as critical router flaw exploited
ESET is introducing ESET Threat Intelligence, a service that predicts and proactively notifies customers of real-time threats targeting their businesses so they can be more flexible when adapting to a rapidly changing threat landscape. Additionally, the service is available for the security teams of Enterprise companies as well as Security Operations Centers to analyse specific malware and provide … More ESET Introduces ESET Threat Intelligence, Early Warning Service for Enterprise Customers
Update (March 2nd, 2017): Decryption tool for Crysis ransomware updated for new version Today, ESET has released updated version of its free decryptor for victims of Crysis ransomware, adding new variant of the infamous ransomware – .dharma – to its list. The current update of ESET’s decrypting tool now can help victims of six variants … More ESET releases free decryptor for Crysis ransomware
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