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One-third of HTTPS websites left vulnerable to DROWN attack

March 4, 2016

A new vulnerability could leave as many as one-third of HTTPS websites open to decryption, meaning that sensitive data including usernames, passwords and credit card numbers could be at risk. The vulnerability has been dubbed DROWN (Decrypting RSA with Obsolete and Weakened eNcryption) and affects servers using an SSLv2 certificate. The website for DROWN states that as many as 33% of sites … More One-third of HTTPS websites left vulnerable to DROWN attack

Snapchat staff payroll data leaked in phishing scam

March 2, 2016

Snapchat has said that it is “impossibly sorry” after a data leak exposed payroll information for some of its current and former employees, reports the Guardian. The company was the victim of a common phishing scam, centered around an email that purported to have been sent by Snapchat’s chief executive Evan Spiegel. The email asked staff to share … More Snapchat staff payroll data leaked in phishing scam

New Ponemon Study: Cyber Onslaught Threatens to Overwhelm Healthcare Survey

March 1, 2016

ESET and the Ponemon Institute, a privacy and information management research firm, announced results of The State of Cybersecurity in Healthcare Organizations in 2016 (February 2016). According to the study, healthcare organizations average about one cyber attack per month. Almost half (48 percent) of respondents said their organizations have experienced an incident involving the loss … More New Ponemon Study: Cyber Onslaught Threatens to Overwhelm Healthcare Survey

5 threats every company needs to pay attention to

February 29, 2016

At ESET Laboratories, we are constantly analyzing and studying how cybercriminals propagate their threats all over the world. Day after day, we receive many different kinds of malicious code created for a variety of purposes. Some are aimed at home users, while others are focused on attacking the business world. Looking back at what we have … More 5 threats every company needs to pay attention to

ESET releases and quickly fixes a faulty update

February 29, 2016

Today, ESET released a virus database update that was incorrectly blocking access to some websites or their components. As soon as we learned of the problem, the update was retracted and, within approximately two hours’ time a new update fixing the issue was deployed. Following that deployment – and at this time- users should no … More ESET releases and quickly fixes a faulty update