ESET's Lucas Paus looks at a new WhatsApp scam that is making the rounds. The fraudsters behind it claim that users can get Netflix free for a year.
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New WhatsApp scam: Netflix free for a year
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Huge ransomware outbreak disrupts IT systems worldwide, WannaCryptor to blame
Ransomware called WannaCryptor spread rapidly around the world today, encrypting files in as many as 100 countries by using the leaked NSA eternalblue SMB exploit.
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Malicious registry keys: Reflective injection
In recent months, we have started to receive various reports about suspicious and malicious registry keys that had been created on users’ equipment. ESET's Diego Perez explores.
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WannaCryptor aka WannaCry: Key questions answered
WannaCryptor, aka WannaCry, is one of the biggest cybersecurity stories of 2017. We’ve put together this Q&A, bringing together some of the key points.
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Apple users advised to update their software now, as new security patches released
Welcome to the post-WannaCryptor world, where every computer user understands the importance of creating secure backups and applying security patches in a timely fashion.
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Security updates belong in the limelight, not in the dustbin of history
Without regular security updates, your endpoint will be left standing alone against an entire army of cybercriminals who see you as easy prey.
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Check-EternalBlue: Is your PC patched against the WannaCryptor worm vulnerability?
In this post, ESET's Cassius Puodzius addresses what we can learn from WannaCryptor ransomware attack, and what we can expect.
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New Pirates of the Caribbean film ‘stolen by cybercriminals’
Cybercriminals are reportedly demanding a ransom to prevent them from releasing Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
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WannaCryptor wasn’t the first to use EternalBlue: Miners misused it days after Shadow Brokers leak
The massive campaign that spread the WannaCry ransomware wasn’t the only large-scale infection misusing the EternalBlue and DoublePulsar exploits.
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Reuben Paul still at it with connected toys hack
Cybersecurity genius Reuben Paul demonstrates that connected toys can be used for malicious purposes at the World Forum in The Hague.
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WannaCryptor: Are governments and financial regulators to blame?
Are governments and financial regulators to blame for WannaCryptor, aka WannaCry, asks Tony Anscombe in this insightful feature.
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Are you protected against WannaCryptor and other forms of ransomware?
Technology evangelist Marc Saltzman asks: Are you protected against WannaCryptor, aka WannaCry, and other forms of ransomware?
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Ignoring software updates? You’re making one of five basic security mistakes
Cybersecurity is now a worldwide problem. But far too many citizens, businesses and governments are still making the same old, basic errors.
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Keys for Crysis released, as decryption efforts of WannaCryptor files continue
ESET have prepared a new Crysis decrypting tool. Victims who still have their encrypted files can now download the decryptor from its utilities page.
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Zomato working with ‘ethical hacker’ to improve security
Zomato has confirmed that it has been communicating with the hacker responsible for stealing the data of around 17 million of its customers.
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Is the world ready for GDPR? Privacy and cybersecurity impacts are far-reaching
Enforcement of GDPR, the General Data Protection Regulation, begins in May of 2018, imposing data privacy and security requirements on many organizations in the US and other countries. Are you impacted?
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XData ransomware making rounds amid global WannaCryptor scare
A week after the global outbreak of WannaCryptor, also known as WannaCry, another ransomware, known as XData, has been making rounds.
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WannaCryptor, aka WannaCry interview with Stephen Cobb and Marc Saltzman
Stephen Cobb, a senior security researcher at ESET, talks about one of the biggest cyberattacks of 2017 – WannaCryptor, aka WannaCry with radio and TV personality Marc Saltzman.
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ICO urges businesses to focus on becoming GDPR compliant
The ICO says businesses should stop focussing on the consequences of non-compliance and instead be motivated by the advantages of getting GDPR right.
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3 types of employees that can cause a data breach
When it comes to cybersecurity, what type of employee is most likely to cause a data breach? And how can companies protect themselves?
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