Author: ESET Ireland

Monthly Threat Report: May 2015

June 4, 2015

The Top Ten Threats 1. Win32/Adware.MultiPlug Previous Ranking: 1 Percentage Detected: 3.39% Win32/Adware.Multiplug is a Possible Unwanted Application that once it gets a foothold on the users system might cause applications to display pop-up advertising windows during internet browsing. 2. Win32/Bundpil Previous Ranking: 2 Percentage Detected: 2.03% Win32/Bundpil.A is a worm that spreads via removable … More Monthly Threat Report: May 2015

A trojan is being directly emailed to the Irish

June 3, 2015

ESET Ireland warns of an email, titled “Important – To all Employee’s”, which has an infected attachment that contains a trojan The email has been observed to come from an Irish email address and targets other Irish emails. The title “Important – To all Employee’s” (spelling error included) prompts receivers to open an archived attachment … More A trojan is being directly emailed to the Irish

Irish businesses may be penalized over inadequate IT security

May 29, 2015

  Irish businesses have been criticized for their IT security standards after it was revealed that a significant majority are not currently meeting the legal requirements, reports the Irish Times. According to a new survey of 200 Irish companies, conducted by Red C for A&L Goodbody, around 65 percent do not have any written cybersecurity policy in … More Irish businesses may be penalized over inadequate IT security

Trojan Porn Clicker returns to Google Play

May 28, 2015

Recently, Avast researchers discovered the Trojan porn clicker uploaded to Google Play Store and posing as “Dubsmash 2”. This clicker pretended to be an official application, and was downloaded more than 100,000 times. While the click fraud activity did not cause direct harm to the victims such as stealing credentials, it does generate a lot … More Trojan Porn Clicker returns to Google Play