Analysis of ESET Live Grid, a sophisticated malware reporting and tracking system, shows that the highest number of detections this month, with almost 5.30% of the total, was scored by the INF/Autorun class of threat. Ever received a “Londoning” scam? Urban Schrott – ESET Ireland The concept of the “Londoning” scam is far from new, but … More Monthly Threat Report: October 2012

Analysis of ESET Live Grid, a sophisticated malware reporting and tracking system, shows that the highest number of detections this month, with almost 5.46% of the total, was scored by the INF/Autorun class of threat. Phishing Phrenzy David Harley, ESET Senior Research Fellow The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has recently made available its “Phishing Activity … More Monthly Threat Report: July 2012

1. HTML/ScrInject.B Previous Ranking: 1 Percentage Detected: 6.75% Generic detection of HTML web pages containing script obfuscated or iframe tags that that automatically redirect to the malware download. 2. HTML/Iframe.B Previous Ranking: 3 Percentage Detected: 4.54% Type of infiltration: Virus HTML/Iframe.B is generic detection of malicious IFRAME tags embedded in HTML pages, which redirect the … More Monthly Threat Report: April 2012

1. HTML/ScrInject.B Previous Ranking: 1 Percentage Detected: 5.60% Generic detection of HTML web pages containing script obfuscated or iframe tags that that automatically redirect to the malware download. 2. INF/Autorun Previous Ranking: 2 Percentage Detected: 5.19% This detection label is used to describe a variety of malware using the file autorun.inf as a way of … More Monthly Threat Report: March 2012

Do you think you’re safe online? Urban Schrott, IT Security & Cybercrime Analyst, ESET Ireland Time and again we’ve discussed how, no matter what sort of antivirus protection people use, they themselves are still the weakest link in cyber-security. Clicking on things, running programs or visiting links they shouldn’t, exposing themselves to risks constantly. At … More Monthly Threat Report: October 2011