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Another wave of malware hits Europe, mainly downloading ‘Locky’ ransomware, Ireland affected

May 26, 2016

ESET finds Ireland among the top countries affected by new Danger.Script malware. ESET LiveGrid® telemetry shows a spike in detections of the JS/Danger.ScriptAttachment malware in several European countries. The most notable detection ratios are seen in Luxembourg (67%), Czech Republic (60%), Austria (57%), Netherlands (54%) and the United Kingdom (51%), but Ireland follows closely with … More Another wave of malware hits Europe, mainly downloading ‘Locky’ ransomware, Ireland affected

Critical infrastructure: It’s time to make security a priority

May 25, 2016

The security of industrial systems has been a matter of analysis and debate for years, especially after the onset of threats against them such as the Stuxnet worm in 2010, and the recognition of the vulnerability of these systems to external attacks. Six years after Stuxnet and in the wake of other threats that followed, such … More Critical infrastructure: It’s time to make security a priority

If you were a victim of cybercrime, should you report it?

May 24, 2016

The short answer is – yes! But ESET Ireland takes a closer look at how to go about reporting cybercrime. Ireland is increasingly under attack by scammers, ransomware and other types of online financial fraud. Most victims, however, worry most about restoring their data or securing their credit cards, rather than reporting the incident to … More If you were a victim of cybercrime, should you report it?

Teenager charged over Mumsnet hack and DDoS attack

May 24, 2016

An 18-year-old man has been charged by British police in connection with an internet attack that saw Mumsnet hacked, users’ accounts breached, passwords stolen, and the site blasted offline. David Gerrard Buchanan, 18, from Haslemere, Surrey, was charged by the Metropolitan Police’s Cyber Crime Unit (MPCCU) with two counts under section 1 of the Computer … More Teenager charged over Mumsnet hack and DDoS attack