Category Archives: cyber
Vulnerabilities in business VPNs under the spotlight
As adversaries increasingly set their sights on vulnerable enterprise VPN software to infiltrate corporate networks, concerns mount about VPNs themselves being a source of cyber risk
10 things to avoid posting on social media – and why
Do you often take to social media to broadcast details from your life? Here’s why this habit may put your privacy and security at risk.
PSYOP campaigns targeting Ukraine – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Coming in two waves, the campaign sought to demoralize Ukrainians and Ukrainian speakers abroad with disinformation messages about war-related subjects
Everything you need to know about IP grabbers
You would never give your personal ID to random strangers, right? So why provide the ID of your computer? Unsuspecting users beware, IP grabbers do not ask for your permission.
Operation Texonto: Information operation targeting Ukrainian speakers in the context of the war
A mix of PSYOPs, espionage and … fake Canadian pharmacies!
Watching out for the fakes: How to spot online disinformation
Why and how are we subjected to so much disinformation nowadays, and is there a way to spot the fakes?
Cyber-insurance and vulnerability scanning – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Here’s how the results of vulnerability scans factor into decisions on cyber-insurance and how human intelligence comes into play in the assessment of such digital signals
All eyes on AI | Unlocked 403: A cybersecurity podcast
Artificial intelligence is on everybody’s lips these days, but there are also many misconceptions about what AI actually is and isn’t. We unpack the basics and examine AI’s broader implications.
Deepfakes in the global election year of 2024: A weapon of mass deception?
As fabricated images, videos and audio clips of real people go mainstream, the prospect of a firehose of AI-powered disinformation is a cause for mounting concern
Ransomware payments hit a record high in 2023 – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Called a “watershed year for ransomware”, 2023 marked a reversal from the decline in ransomware payments observed in the previous year
The buck stops here: Why the stakes are high for CISOs
Heavy workloads and the specter of personal liability for incidents take a toll on security leaders, so much so that many of them look for the exits. What does this mean for corporate cyber-defenses?
Could your Valentine be a scammer? How to avoid getting caught in a bad romance
With Valentine’s Day almost upon us, here’s some timely advice on how to prevent scammers from stealing more than your heart
Grandoreiro banking malware disrupted – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
The banking trojan, which targeted mostly Brazil, Mexico and Spain, blocked the victim’s screen, logged keystrokes, simulated mouse and keyboard activity and displayed fake pop-up windows
VajraSpy: A Patchwork of espionage apps
ESET researchers discovered several Android apps carrying VajraSpy, a RAT used by the Patchwork APT group
ESET Research Podcast: ChatGPT, the MOVEit hack, and Pandora
An AI chatbot inadvertently kindles a cybercrime boom, ransomware bandits plunder organizations without deploying ransomware, and a new botnet enslaves Android TV boxes




