ESET Ireland

Has Irish online security decreased over the last two years?

September 26, 2013

New research shows a startling decrease of online security practices among Irish computer users, worse results in all categories of a comparative 2011/2013 survey. In 2011 ESET Ireland has commissioned the first survey with Amárach Research, to determine how Irish computer users comply with their Antivirus software’s warnings. The results weren’t optimistic back then, as … More Has Irish online security decreased over the last two years?

Press Clippings Q4 2013

September 18, 2013

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Monthly Threat Report: August 2013

September 13, 2013

The Top Ten Threats 1. HTML/Iframe Previous Ranking: 5 Percentage Detected: 4.26% Type of infiltration: Virus HTML/Iframe.B is generic detection of malicious IFRAME tags embedded in HTML pages, which redirect the browser to a specific URL location with malicious software. 2. Win32/Bundpil Previous Ranking: 1 Percentage Detected: 3.45% Win32/Bundpil.A is a worm that spreads via … More Monthly Threat Report: August 2013

Hesperbot – A New, Advanced Banking Trojan in the Wild

September 9, 2013

A new and effective banking trojan has been discovered targeting online banking users in Turkey, the Czech Republic, Portugal and the United Kingdom. It uses very credible-looking phishing-like campaigns, related to trustworthy organizations, to lure victims into running the malware. The Story In the middle of August we discovered a malware-spreading campaign in the Czech … More Hesperbot – A New, Advanced Banking Trojan in the Wild