Black Friday is increasingly being exploited by scammers, turning it into “Black Fraud Day,” according to Britain’s cybersecurity chief.According to The Guardian*, criminals are using AI to create sophisticated scams, targeting shoppers eager to save money during the cost-of-living crisis. The festive season is now a prime time for cybercriminals, with over 16,000 reports of … More Black Friday turning into Black Fraud Day
The slow and painful recovery process. Back in May 2023, I wrote the blogpost You may not care where you download software from, but malware does as a call to arms, warning about the risks of running software downloaded from so-called “trusted sources” of pirated software. Of course, those files were anything but trustworthy and contained malware, … More My information was stolen. Now what?
Tired of dodging all those ‘scam likely’ calls? Here’s what’s behind the label and how to stay one step ahead of phone scammers. Despite all the wonders of modern technology, it is often the old ways that we rely on most. That’s certainly true of communications. We may have email, video conferencing, text, social media … More What is “scam likely”? Putting the phone down on unwanted calls
Put an end to gaming threats and interruptions with ESET HOME Security. For all gamers out there, we are about to tell you a horror story. Ready? To proceed in the main quest, you need to spend hours doing the same, repetitive task in several different locations. Of course, while completing the task, you find … More The true horror of gaming: Annoyance
ESET researchers introduce the Gamaredon APT group, detailing its typical modus operandi, unique victim profile, vast collection of tools and social engineering tactics. When describing state-backed threat actors, one would probably expect a super sophisticated, stealthy group capable of avoiding all alarms and defenses with surgical precision. With Gamaredon, most of that goes out the … More Cyberespionage the Gamaredon way
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