Press Clippings November 2011
November 10, 2011
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Author: ESET Ireland
ESET receives 70th VB100 Award from Virus Bulletin
November 9, 2011
ESET, the leader in proactive protection against cyber-threats, has been awarded the prestigious “VB100“ award from Virus Bulletin – UK’s independent testing antivirus authority. The latest award is ESET’s 70th, adding to its long track record of great results in this testing. ESET NOD32 Antivirus holds the world record of VB100 Awards of all security … More ESET receives 70th VB100 Award from Virus Bulletin
Facebook hoaxes, botnets and data mining
November 4, 2011
Creating a fake Facebook account has always been a violation of Facebook’s terms and conditions so, on the face of it, researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) have just racked up a bunch of violations. How? As reported by TechCrunch and PC World, they created a network of about 100 bots that acted … More Facebook hoaxes, botnets and data mining
Monthly Threat Report: October 2011
November 2, 2011
Do you think you’re safe online? Urban Schrott, IT Security & Cybercrime Analyst, ESET Ireland Time and again we’ve discussed how, no matter what sort of antivirus protection people use, they themselves are still the weakest link in cyber-security. Clicking on things, running programs or visiting links they shouldn’t, exposing themselves to risks constantly. At … More Monthly Threat Report: October 2011
Linux Tsunami hits OS X
October 27, 2011
Hackers adapt Linux malware to attack Macs. ESET’s researchers have just come across an IRC controlled backdoor that enables the infected machine to become a bot for Distributed Denial of Service attacks. The interesting part about it is that it’s a Mach-O binary – targeting Mac OS X. ESET’s research team compared this to samples … More Linux Tsunami hits OS X
