CyberSecurity Updates

When shopping for a new smartphone, you’re likely to look for the best bang for your buck. If you’re on the hunt for a top-of-the-range device but aren’t keen on paying top dollar for it, offerings from lesser-known manufacturers will probably make your shortlist. Indeed, in the fiercely competitive smartphone market you may be even spoiled for choice as some little-known but high-end contenders can, in many respects, rival the flagship products of established tech…

Digital Security Unwrapping a new gadget this holiday season will put a big smile on your face but things may quickly turn sour if the device and data on it aren’t secured properly Phil Muncaster 21 Dec 2023  •  , 4 min. read As the festive season approaches, we’re all looking forward to being pampered by our friends and family. Increasingly, this means our stockings will be full of technology come the big day. This…

Video How cybercriminals take advantage of the popularity of ChatGPT and other tools of its ilk to direct people to sketchy sites, plus other interesting findings from ESET’s latest Threat Report 22 Dec 2023 This week, the ESET research team released the H2 2023 issue of its Threat Report that looked at the key trends and developments that defined the threat landscape from June through November of this year. Here are just some interesting morsels…

ESET Research, Threat Reports A view of the H2 2023 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts Jiří Kropáč 19 Dec 2023  •  , 2 min. read The second half of 2023 witnessed significant cybersecurity incidents. Cl0p, a notorious cybercriminal group known for carrying out ransomware attacks on a major scale, garnered attention through its extensive “MOVEit hack”, which surprisingly did not involve ransomware…

ESET Research ESET researchers discuss the dynamics within and between various groups of scammers who use a Telegram bot called Telekopye to scam people on online marketplaces ESET Research 18 Dec 2023  •  , 1 min. read In this episode of our podcast, ESET malware researchers talk about the dynamics within and between various Neanderthal groups, the techniques that this horde of scammers uses to find and select the best Mammoths for hunting, and especially…