Author: ESET Ireland

Back in BlackEnergy*: 2014 Targeted Attacks in Ukraine and Poland

September 23, 2014

A large number of state organisations and private businesses from various industry sectors in Ukraine and Poland have been targeted in recent attacks using malware designed for network discovery and remote code execution, and for collecting data from targets’ hard drives. What makes these attacks interesting – aside from the tense current geopolitical situation in … More Back in BlackEnergy*: 2014 Targeted Attacks in Ukraine and Poland

Italian job? Tax refund scam as Gaeilge in Irish mailboxes

September 17, 2014

Are we all getting €138.50 back from the taxman? No. But scammers with an Italian link are trying to convince Irish recipients they’re legit by sending a mail as Gaeilge. ESET Ireland has detected many samples of an email, targeting Irish mailboxes, which has a subject “Tax Refund Application” and reads: From: Revenue – Irish … More Italian job? Tax refund scam as Gaeilge in Irish mailboxes

Five million Gmail credentials posted online

September 11, 2014

According to reports that started to appear on Reddit and other forums on September 9, some five million account credentials were published that have a Gmail address as the user name. For example, if you subscribed to a newsletter on the finegardenz.com site using gthumb99@gmail.com as your user name and the password thumbsup then it is … More Five million Gmail credentials posted online

About life, universe, radio, trojans, cybercrime and everything…

September 10, 2014

…ok, maybe a bit less about the universe and everything, but definitely about radio, trojans and cybercrime. 🙂 Yesterday I was again given the opportunity to talk to their listeners about cybersecurity by Community Radio Youghal 104FM. As I have already pointed out in a previous blog ’Listen to the radio’, along with my gratitude … More About life, universe, radio, trojans, cybercrime and everything…