Press Clippings February 2012
February 14, 2012
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Author: ESET Ireland
Monthly Threat Report: January 2012
February 8, 2012
The Top Ten Threats 1. HTML/ScrInject.B Previous Ranking: 1 Percentage Detected: 4.98% Generic detection of HTML web pages containing script obfuscated or iframe tags that that automatically redirect to the malware download. 2. INF/Autorun Previous Ranking: 2 Percentage Detected: 4.41% This detection label is used to describe a variety of malware using the file autorun.inf … More Monthly Threat Report: January 2012
Valentine’s Day Scams: For the love of money
February 8, 2012
Scam artists and cybercriminals are looking to turn romance into profit now that Valentine’s Day approaches, possibly taking over your computer in the process. According to ESET researchers in Latin America, we can expect the quest for love to be leveraged as an effective social engineering ploy to enable the bad guys to infect unsuspecting … More Valentine’s Day Scams: For the love of money
Focus on Child Safety on Safer Internet Day
February 7, 2012
February 7th is international Safer Internet Day and it focuses mainly on safe internet use among children and young people. Just very recently ESET Ireland has ordered a survey to show if children are supervised online. The results are shocking as they reveal that up to 73% of children are left entirely unsupervised online. We … More Focus on Child Safety on Safer Internet Day
Has the web become a nanny for Irish parents?
February 6, 2012
A new survey by ESET Ireland reveals the majority of children over 13 are left unsupervised by parents when online. Imagine the Internet is like a large city. Like any large bustling city, with everything fun and useful it offers, the Internet also has its shady streets and underpasses full of criminal and malicious activity. … More Has the web become a nanny for Irish parents?
