Tag: memory

Q&A with an ESET Malware Researcher – Cyberattack via UEFI rootkit

October 23, 2018

ESET researchers discovered the first-ever known cyberattack conducted via a UEFI rootkit. We sat down with Jean-Ian Boutin, ESET Senior Malware Researcher who led the research and asked a few questions to shed more light on his team’s discovery and its consequences. In your white paper, you claim to have discovered the first-ever UEFI rootkit in the … More Q&A with an ESET Malware Researcher – Cyberattack via UEFI rootkit

22,000 USB sticks found by UK dry cleaners each year

January 14, 2016

ESET study reveals that only 53 percent of devices get returned to owners, which begs the question – what happens to the other 10,004? A new study from internet security firm ESET has revealed that memory sticks, mobiles phones and dead rats are just some of the items dry cleaners find in dirty clothes each … More 22,000 USB sticks found by UK dry cleaners each year