The holiday season is here once again and before you dive headfirst into the holiday cheer, it’s that time of year when we ask you to channel your inner Scrooge—and no, we’re not talking about being mean but rather being shrewd when it comes to sharing information online. Over the past couple of years, we’ve … More The 12 Scams of Christmas 2024
Learn how a rather clumsy cybercrime group wielding buggy malicious tools managed to compromise a number of SMBs in various parts of the world Some cybercriminal groups are sophisticated, create advanced schemes, cooperate with other attackers and do everything to stay under the radar. Then there are threat actors like CosmicBeetle – they lack the … More ESET Research Podcast: CosmicBeetle
In the digital graveyard, a new threat stirs: Out-of-support devices becoming thralls of malicious actors. Outdated devices are often easy targets for attackers, especially if they have vulnerabilities that can be exploited and no patches are available due to their end-of-life status. Hacks of outdated or vulnerable devices are an issue, but why would anyone attempt … More Old devices, new dangers: The risks of unsupported IoT tech
It can be difficult to tell a legitimate website apart from an unsafe one – follow these steps to identify and protect yourself from bad websites. You probably visit tens, if not hundreds, of websites daily. You read a news article here, check your social media there, then you watch a TV show on a … More How to tell if a website is safe
Law enforcement steps in to thwart attacks leveraging the recently-disclosed Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities. The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has carried out a court-approved operation to “copy and remove” malicious web shells from hundreds of systems across the US that were compromised through the mass exploitation of zero-day flaws in Microsoft Exchange … More Authorities remove web shells from compromised Exchange servers
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