A view of the Q1 2020 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts. The first quarter of 2020 was, without a doubt, defined by the outbreak of COVID-19 – now a pandemic that has put much of the world under lockdown, disrupting people’s lives … More ESET Threat Report
Analysis of ESET LiveGrid®, a sophisticated malware reporting and tracking system, shows that the highest number of detections this month, with 8.40% of the total, was scored by JS/Danger.ScriptAttachment. 1. JS/Danger.ScriptAttachment Previous Ranking: 3 Percentage Detected: 8.40% JS/Danger.ScriptAttachment is a generic detection of suspicious e-mail attachments. 2. JS/TrojanDownloader.Nemucod Previous Ranking: 2 Percentage Detected: 6.71% JS/TrojanDownloader.Nemucod … More Monthly Threat Report: May 2016
The Top Ten Threats 1. WIN32/Bundpil Previous Ranking: 1 Percentage Detected: 3.78% Win32/Bundpil.A is a worm that spreads via removable media. The worm contains an URL address, and it tries to download several files from the address. The files are then executed and the HTTP protocol is used. The worm may delete the following folders: … More Monthly Threat Report: July 2013
1. INF/Autorun Previous Ranking: 1 Percentage Detected: 6.28% This detection label is used to describe a variety of malware using the file autorun.inf as a way of compromising a PC. This file contains information on programs meant to run automatically when removable media (often USB flash drives and similar devices) are accessed by a Windows … More Monthly Threat Report: June 2012
Backup strategy for home users David Harley CITP FBCS CISSP, ESET Senior Research Fellow A shorter version of this article previously appeared in SC Magazine’s Cybercrime Corner. Years ago, when I was a security analyst/administrator at a medical research organization in the UK, one of the units (not one I was personally responsible for, fortunately) … More Monthly Threat Report: September 2011
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