Almost a year ago we warned about the spreading of Remtasu malware, and far from lessening, we have been able to identify numerous instances of this threat being propagated further. Win32/Remtasu.Y variants are the most common in Latin America, mainly in Colombia but also in Turkey, Thailand, and other countries. One of the latest campaigns has been … More Malware used to take over Facebook accounts
Hard to believe it but Facebook has only just turned 12, meaning it is still young enough to have not been around at the turn of the millennium. Yet, it’s true. As its co-founder Mark Zuckerberg will tell you, it came into existence on February 4th, 2004. It’s funny, because, as one of the biggest … More Facebook at 12: Bigger, better and securer?
Two major cyberattacks have siphoned over $50 million and nearly $80 million from the Belgian bank Crelan and the Austrian aircraft parts manufacturer FACC, respectively. Official statements released by both firms this month were light on detail but indicated that they had fallen victim to a scam known as Business Email Compromise (BEC). The common … More European firms’ financial departments the target of cyberattacks
1. Win32/Bundpil Previous Ranking: 1 Percentage Detected: 4.17% Win32/Bundpil is a worm that spreads via removable media. The worm contains an URL from which it tries to download several files. The files are then executed and HTTP is used for communication with the command and control server (C&C) to receive new commands. The worm may … More Monthly Threat Report: January 2016
AV-Comparatives, an independent anti-malware testing organization, published its annual Summary Report 2015 providing a market-wide overview and analysis of security products. In this year’s report, ESET was one of the five vendors awarded AV-Comparative’s Top Rated Product badge. In addition to being named a Top Rated Product, ESET Smart Security 9 won the Silver Award … More ESET Earns ‘Top Rated’ Award from AV-Comparatives
