With Irish tax return deadline advertised, scammers are stepping up their efforts

October 13, 2014

ESET Ireland finds more elaborate Irish Tax and Customs faked emails targeting Irish mailboxes with “tax refund” phishing. ESET Ireland has seen a steady increase of Revenue-related phishing scams in Irish mailboxes over time. The latest one has been around since last weekend and is cleverly constructed. It appears to come from an email address … More With Irish tax return deadline advertised, scammers are stepping up their efforts

Sednit espionage group now using custom exploit kit

October 8, 2014

For at least five years the Sednit group has been relentlessly attacking various institutions, most notably in Eastern Europe. The group used several advanced pieces of malware for these targeted attacks, in particular the one we named Win32/Sednit, also known as Sofacy. We recently came across cases of legitimate financial websites being redirected to a … More Sednit espionage group now using custom exploit kit

Google faced with $100m legal action over naked celebrity photos

October 6, 2014

Google is facing a threat of expensive legal action over the recent leaked naked celebrity photographs, according to IT Pro. The basis for the legal threat is built on the idea that the search giant didn’t do enough to prevent people seeing the photographs after the initial leak. The Telegraph reports that “the company allegedly failed to remove … More Google faced with $100m legal action over naked celebrity photos

FBI Director “very concerned” with smartphone encryption

October 2, 2014

With Apple, Google and other tech companies responding to users’ demands for privacy with further smartphone encryption options, not everyone is happy. FBI Director James Comey is “very concerned” about increased mobile OS encryption, according to TechSpot. In a statement reported by The Huffington Post, Comey stated that while he understood the need for privacy, … More FBI Director “very concerned” with smartphone encryption

The phishing assault on Ireland shows no signs of letting up

September 30, 2014

ESET Ireland is warning about another pair of phishing emails doing the rounds, one trying to grab Eircom passwords, the other pushing a trojan infection I really wish we could once send out an email saying “nothing to worry about” and one day (perhaps when temperatures in Hell drop substantially) we might be able to, … More The phishing assault on Ireland shows no signs of letting up