Tag: keyloggers

CyberThreats Daily: Support scams continue, Ireland no exception

April 1, 2011

We regularly warn our readers about the dangers of “support scams”, where calls from supposed tech support companies offer remotely fixing computers as well as installing some actual or bogus antivirus product for a fee. Since we’re getting increased reports about such activities in Ireland as well, it would be useful to read ESET researcher … More CyberThreats Daily: Support scams continue, Ireland no exception

Security Feature: Misplaced trust in trustworthy names?

March 3, 2011

Just the other day a journalist commented to me, as so many have before, that “surely people can be relatively safe online, if they just avoid dodgy sites” (and by dodgy sites, they usually mean porn or piracy sites). After all the years of telling people about malicious code injections, about drive-by downloads, and about … More Security Feature: Misplaced trust in trustworthy names?