There’s no doubt that 2011 was a year of threat proliferation in cyberspace. Old threats were revived and new attack vectors opened up. For example, sales of smartphones and tablets soared, all of them potential attack platforms, and we saw social engineering on the rise in social media and targeted email attacks like spear-phishing. Meanwhile, … More 2011: Not all bad news on the cyber-front
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
Backup strategy for home users David Harley CITP FBCS CISSP, ESET Senior Research Fellow A shorter version of this article previously appeared in SC Magazine’s Cybercrime Corner. Years ago, when I was a security analyst/administrator at a medical research organization in the UK, one of the units (not one I was personally responsible for, fortunately) … More Monthly Threat Report: September 2011
The Top Ten Threats 1. INF/Autorun Previous Ranking: 1 Percentage Detected: 6.40% This detection label is used to describe a variety of malware using the file autorun.inf as a way of compromising a PC. This file contains information on programs meant to run automatically when removable media (often USB flash drives and similar devices) are … More Monthly Threat Report: August 2011
Real Men Don’t Do Safe Hex Urban Schrott, IT Security & Cybercrime Analyst, ESET Ireland Expressions based on puns about practicing Safe Hex – always use protection! – seems to have lost their popularity nowadays, even though security hygiene remains as important as sexual hygiene (though in very different contexts). When an antivirus message pops … More Monthly Threat Report: July 2011
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