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Video With just weeks to go before the US presidential election, the FBI and the CISA are warning about attempts to sow distrust in the electoral process 20 Sep 2024 With just weeks to go before the US presidential election, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are urging the public to ignore claims of stolen voter information. The agencies emphasize that “having access to voter registration data…

Video How do analyst relations professionals ‘sort through the noise’ and help deliver the not-so-secret sauce for a company’s success? We spoke with ESET’s expert to find out. 19 Sep 2024 The sixth episode of ESET’s Unlocked 403 cybersecurity podcast has host Alžbeta Kovaľová picking the brains of Zuzana Legáthová, ESET’s Senior Manager of Analyst and Tester Relations, about topics that run the gamut: Zuzana’s role at ESET and the importance of analyst relations programs…

ESET Research ESET researchers discuss how they uncovered a zero-day Telegram for Android exploit that allowed attackers to send malicious files posing as videos ESET Research 17 Sep 2024  •  , 1 min. read Telegram, with nearly a billion monthly users, is a juicy target for cybercriminals, especially if they can exploit a zero-day vulnerability to spread malicious code. ESET malware researcher Lukáš Štefanko ran into one such exploit – which ESET named EvilVideo –…

Business Security Proper disclosure of a cyber-incident can help shield your business from further financial and reputational damage, and cyber-insurers can step in to help Tony Anscombe 18 Sep 2024  •  , 4 min. read ‘Seek legal advice’, this has to be my top recommendation if you have suffered a cyber-incident that could be deemed material, involves personally identifiable information, or if your business is classed as critical infrastructure. Cybersecurity teams around the globe are…

Digital Security Artificial intelligence is just a spoke in the wheel of security – an important spoke but, alas, only one Cameron Camp 16 Sep 2024  •  , 3 min. read That was fast. While the RSA Conference was oozing AI (with or without merit) from every orifice, the luster faded quickly. With a recent spate of AI-infested startups launching against a backdrop of pre-acquisition-as-a-service posturing, and stuffed with caches of freshly minted “AI experts”…

Video, Ransomware ESET research also finds that CosmicBeetle attempts to exploit the notoriety of the LockBit ransomware gang to advance its own ends 13 Sep 2024 This week, ESET researchers published a deep dive into the recent activities of the CosmicBeetle cybercrime group. Among other notable things, CosmicBeetle was found to abuse the infamy of the LockBit ransomware gang for its own ends. Also, the analysis revealed that CosmicBeetle is likely to be a new…