A Right Royal Security Blunder

Yesterday’s Guardian reports of an interesting royal IT security failure, when a supposedly non-problematic article of Prince William at work also revealed a large piece of paper with a military login and password clearly displayed in the background. (Guardian’s photo at http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Politics/Pix/pictures/2012/11/20/1353420459724/Prince-William-chats-with-010.jpg) UK’s MoD has since urgently changed their passwords, but the lax attitude towards … More A Right Royal Security Blunder

Monthly Threat Report: October 2012

Analysis of ESET Live Grid, a sophisticated malware reporting and tracking system, shows that the highest number of detections this month, with almost 5.30% of the total, was scored by the INF/Autorun class of threat. Ever received a “Londoning” scam? Urban Schrott – ESET Ireland The concept of the “Londoning” scam is far from new, but … More Monthly Threat Report: October 2012

Monthly Threat Report: July 2012

Analysis of ESET Live Grid, a sophisticated malware reporting and tracking system, shows that the highest number of detections this month, with almost 5.46% of the total, was scored by the INF/Autorun class of threat. Phishing Phrenzy David Harley, ESET Senior Research Fellow The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has recently made available its “Phishing Activity … More Monthly Threat Report: July 2012

Safer cyber-shopping makes for happier holidays: 12 simple safety tips

The 2012 holiday shopping season is fast approaching and digital devices are sure to play a bigger role in the holiday shopping process than ever before, from pre-purchase research on the home or office computer, to in-store price checking on the smartphone. And of course, online holiday shopping is available 7×24, from before Black Friday, … More Safer cyber-shopping makes for happier holidays: 12 simple safety tips

Digital photos demand a second look as picture-stealing threat develops

How many image files do you have on your computer? Would you be happy to send them all to a stranger? How about the photos on your smartphone? These are some of the questions I pondered this past weekend in light of several seemingly unrelated events from the previous week. (As a random data point, … More Digital photos demand a second look as picture-stealing threat develops