When it comes to data security, attackers continue to exploit the biggest weakness of all – people. We look at 10 security mistakes humans continue to make on a daily basis. 1. Poor patching The sad reality is that most data breaches owe not only to a human mistake, like clicking on a malicious link, … More 10 security mistakes you probably keep on making
The 37 million users of hacked infidelity site Ashley Madison are at risk of having their names, as well as private and financial details, leaked, reports The Verge. The site, which has the slogan “Life is short. Have an affair.”, was attacked by a group calling itself the Impact Team, which claims to have gained complete access … More 37 million relationship cheats could be exposed by Ashley Madison hack
British teen Seth Nolan Mcdonagh, aka “narko” has been sentenced for his role in a 2013 attack which slowed the internet around the world. Mcdonagh was sentenced at Southwark crown court to 240 hours of community service for the attack, thought to be the “biggest cyber attack in history”. The massive DDoS attack targeted junk … More British teen sentenced for massive internet attack
The Top Ten Threats 1. Win32/Bundpil Previous Ranking: 2 Percentage Detected: 3.36% Win32/Bundpil.A 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 C&C to receive new commands. The worm may … More Monthly Threat Report: June 2015
The European Commission’s Director-General for Research and Innovation Robert-Jan Smits paid a visit this week to the ESET Research Center at the Slovak University of Technology (SUT) and Comenius University (CU) in Bratislava, the two largest universities in Slovakia. ESET, ranked the top IT security company* in the European Union by both IDC* and Gartner*, … More Top EU Official for Research and Innovation Visits ESET Lab
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