Category: Security News

CEO Fraud – How to stay protected against this modern day deception

September 2, 2016

So, you’re minding your own business working through your day-to-day battle of never ending emails and sorting through all the stuff you should have finished yesterday. Suddenly an urgent email drops into your inbox from the boss, asking for an urgent transfer of £8000 to a designated bank account. It’s not overly unusual: it’s from … More CEO Fraud – How to stay protected against this modern day deception

TorrentLocker: Crypto-ransomware still active, using same tactics

September 1, 2016

In December 2014, ESET released a white paper about TorrentLocker, a crypto-ransomware family spreading, via spam, email messages that impersonated local postal service, energy or telecom companies. The paper described its distribution scheme, its core functionalities, its network protocol and exposed some similarities with the Hesperbot banking trojan. During the last few months, we decided to … More TorrentLocker: Crypto-ransomware still active, using same tactics

Irish mailboxes bombarded with App Store phishing spam

August 31, 2016

ESET Ireland is detecting an increased number of phishing emails, pretending to come from Apple’s App Store ESET Ireland has analysed a number of spam emails, that look like they are from Apple’s App Store, but actually use a Norwegian domain email address, which claim the user has subscribed to “YouTube Music Key through the … More Irish mailboxes bombarded with App Store phishing spam

Lax ALM security ‘contributed’ to Ashley Madison data breach

August 30, 2016

Avid Life Media (ALM), recently rebranded as Ruby Corp, has been heavily criticized for its lax cybersecurity measures, which contributed to the Ashley Madison data breach. According to a joint investigation by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, ALM had “inadequate security safeguards and policies” … More Lax ALM security ‘contributed’ to Ashley Madison data breach

21st century cybercriminals: The threat landscape has evolved

August 29, 2016

There are more connected devices, connected people and connected things than at any time in history and, as the 21st century progresses, this trend is set to continue. For many people, all this innovation is going to make the world a smarter, sharper and more captivating place to be, with new technologies offering us plenty … More 21st century cybercriminals: The threat landscape has evolved