ESET LiveGrid® telemetry shows a spike in detections of the JS/Danger.ScriptAttachment malware in several European countries.
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Beware Burger King WhatsApp scam: It’s a trap
Just when it seemed that the recent raft of WhatsApp scams were coming to a close, we have discovered a new one. This time it involves Burger King.
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Phishing attacks on the rise
There has been a notable escalation in phishing attacks in 2016, according to a new report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG).
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GDPR Day: countdown to a global privacy and security regimen?
This thing called GDPR will impact data security and privacy policy at many US firms when it takes effect two years from today. Start learning what the EU General Data Protection Regulation means to your business.
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Financial industry ‘needs to come together to fight cybercrime’
The financial industry needs to come together to better understand the threat of cybercrime, according to an expert.
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Expert insight from the author of the ESET TeslaCrypt decryptor
WeLiveSecurity sits down with Igor Kabina, the ESET malware researcher who ultimately created the universal ESET TeslaCrypt decryption tool.
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Don’t want ransomware to rock your universe? Add this to your towel
These days, it is not Vogon poetry that’s the most widespread risk one can encounter in the universe, but rather ransomware, explains ESET’s Ondrej Kubovič.
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SWIFT announces security boost to thwart cyberattacks
Following a spate of recent incidents involving some of its customers, SWIFT has announced new measures it is looking to implement to keep cyberattacks at bay.
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Critical infrastructure: It’s time to make security a priority
The importance of ensuring information security on critical infrastructure has been recognized for years, yet there are still cases that illustrate the need for improvement.
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Teenager charged over Mumsnet hack and DDoS attack
An 18-year-old man has been charged by British police in connection with an internet attack that saw Mumsnet hacked, users’ accounts breached, passwords stolen, and the site blasted offline.
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