Mitigating risk – data loss prevention helps prevent security disasters

Organisations have increasingly become targets of hacking that result in massive data breaches, calling to attention both the increasing importance of proper cybersecurity software, but also an overall change in security strategy. According to a recent report, the average cost of a data breach globally in 2022 reached a sum of $4.35 million, up from the … More Mitigating risk – data loss prevention helps prevent security disasters

Do you need to sacrifice privacy for security?

It is a commonly held belief of many people that using software that watches what happens on their devices means giving up their privacy. However, even though privacy and security are intertwined, they are not the same.  Security software usually works in either one of these four ways: All four of these options could sound … More Do you need to sacrifice privacy for security?

ESET Global Support Wins 2023 SC Awards in Excellence for Best Customer Service

ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, is proud to announce that the company has won a 2023 SC Award in the Excellence Award category for Best Customer Service.  The SC Awards program is cybersecurity’s most prestigious and competitive program, recognizing the solutions, organizations, and people driving innovation and success in information security. This award recognizes … More ESET Global Support Wins 2023 SC Awards in Excellence for Best Customer Service

WinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archives

A high-severity vulnerability has been fixed in WinRAR, the popular file archiver utility for Windows used by millions, that can execute commands on a computer simply by opening an archive, writes Bleeping Computer*. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2023-40477 and could give remote attackers arbitrary code execution on the target system after a specially crafted … More WinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archives