Prevention is the best option but people continue to search for the easiest way out. When you work in IT and you’re at a dinner party and somebody asks, ‘What do you do?’ you can usually see the blood run from their face as they’re like, “Oh my God, why me? My one night out this … More The cyber insurance question
This installment in our series of articles to mark Antimalware Day tells the stories behind two creations that are representative of the 1980s: a virus viewed as the first-ever PC virus and a worm that caused the greatest damage ever wrought by a piece of malware up to that point. As promised on Friday when we … More Malware of the 1980s: Looking back at the Brain Virus and the Morris Worm
Celebrated annually on November 3, Antimalware Day is an opportunity to recognize the work of cybersecurity professionals. Since 2017, November 3 has been celebrated as Antimalware Day. Established by ESET, Antimalware Day aims to honor the work done by researchers in the field of information security and in the technology industry as a whole. As … More Antimalware Day: The evolution of malicious code
ESET’s analysis of a recent backdoor used by TeleBots – the group behind the massive NotPetya ransomware outbreak – uncovers strong code similarities to the Industroyer main backdoor, revealing a rumored connection that was not previously proven. Among the most significant malware-induced cybersecurity incidents in recent years were the attacks against the Ukrainian power grid – which … More New TeleBots backdoor: First evidence linking Industroyer to NotPetya
The study found that the more time users spent on pirate sites the higher the likelihood that some type of malware would compromise their computers. It is hardly a surprise to learn that navigating to pirate websites entails a higher risk of running into malware. But a researcher from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, US, … More Pirate websites expose users to more malware, study finds
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