ESET Ireland warns of increased number of Revenue related scams targeting Irish mailboxes and mobile devices. We’ve been seeing the same pattern for several years now, with the quantity of Irish Tax and Customs related email and text scams intensifying at the end of the year. In the past weeks we’ve seen several varieties appearing … More Irish Revenue email and text scams abundant
Ransomware, spear phishing, exploit kits. These are just a few of the threats targeting one of the most vulnerable links in any cybersecurity architecture – the unaware human. Security software and tools can help to mitigate even this risk, but without at least basic security awareness it is difficult to avoid all the pitfalls. However, … More Know your enemy: Training can help avoid cybersecurity pitfalls
Security fatigue in online users is “exposing them to risk”, according to a study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The paper found that people feel “overwhelmed” with having to be on constant alert from cyberattacks, as well as negatively affected by the proliferation in online security measures to protect themselves. As … More Security fatigue is preventing us from being safe online
We all know how much you enjoy playing – socially, professionally or casually – video games, which is why we want to take this opportunity to share more information about safe online gaming. Previously we have discussed how to protect yourself while playing, with professional online gamers offering advice based on their knowledge and experience as … More Top 5 threats for online gamers and how to avoid them
ESET Ireland is detecting an increased number of phishing emails, pretending to come from Apple’s App Store ESET Ireland has analysed a number of spam emails, that look like they are from Apple’s App Store, but actually use a Norwegian domain email address, which claim the user has subscribed to “YouTube Music Key through the … More Irish mailboxes bombarded with App Store phishing spam
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