With Halloween here, ESET Ireland has the safety of online users on their mind once again. So what are the surfers to steer clear of on this day? And what is the scariest zombie malware out there? Let’s have a look at both security tips and take a look at the scariest zombie botnets. ESET … More ESET Reviews Scariest Zombie Botnets and Offers Safe Online Tips for Halloween
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
ESET Ireland detects Irish mailboxes receiving emails with attachments claiming to be “voice messages”, carrying trojan malware. Just a week ago we reported the Tax Refund email scam making the rounds in Ireland and already it is followed by another mass spam run. This time it pretends to be sending people “voice messages” they have … More ESET Warning: Trojan masked as “voice messages” attached to emails
Which malicious code would be most frightening if sinister pieces of malware could rise from the dead on Halloween? Well, malware researchers spend all their time working with the creations of people who intend others harm, so you might expect they would be pretty immune to nervousness about the effects of malicious code. And it … More Scary code top 5 on Halloween
New research shows a startling decrease of online security practices among Irish computer users, worse results in all categories of a comparative 2011/2013 survey. In 2011 ESET Ireland has commissioned the first survey with Amárach Research, to determine how Irish computer users comply with their Antivirus software’s warnings. The results weren’t optimistic back then, as … More Has Irish online security decreased over the last two years?
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