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Fake Google Play Minecraft Apps Flood Users With Scams And Ads
87 fake Minecraft apps have been discovered, with a combined total of 990,000 installs
Adult FriendFinder Sex And Dating Website Allegedly Hacked Again
Surely not? Hackers claim to have penetrated (ahem) online sex and swinger website yet again
Security Researchers Discover First Twitter-Controlled Botnet
Twitoor, uncovered by ESET, can plague Android devices with malicious malware
Security Researchers Find 215 Fake Pokemon Go Apps And Issue Android Ransomware Warning
Pokemon Go’s popularity is inspiring cybercriminals as first ever Android lock screen app is found
InfoSec 2016: Why Ransomware Should Be Your Number One Concern
VIDEO: ESET’s Mark James tells us how to best protect from particularly painful malware
TeslaCrypt Ransomware Criminals ‘Retire’, Hand Over Master Key
Ransomware gang closes down and gives crypto key to ESET, but reasons are unknown
Ransomware Makes Up Quarter Of UK Malware Attacks, Warns ESET
Britain continues to be ransomware epicentre, as ESET researchers warn of a sudden spike in attacks
Mumblehard Linux Spamming Botnet Finally Taken Offline
Thousands of servers running Linux and BSD had been affected by one of world’s most damaging botnets
Clean Clothes A Data Loss Risk As 22,000 USB Sticks Lost At Dry Cleaners In 2015
More than 22,000 USB sticks and mobile phones forgotten as security precautions get taken to the cleaners
BlackEnergy Trojan ‘Used In Ukraine Power Grid Attack’
BlackEnergy malware was used to black out power in parts of Ukraine last month, according to Eset researchers
IT Departments Warned About Device Loss Risk At Christmas Parties
ESET says 138,000 phones and laptops are lost in bars each year – 61 percent of which aren’t protected
Are You Banking Without Protection?
ESET survey reveals nearly a quarter of Brits don’t have adequate knowledge of online banking security
UK Workers Fail ‘Cyber IQ’ Test
ESET study reveals British workers are dangerously lacking in cyber awareness
New Lockerpin Ransomware Steals PINs And Locks Devices For Ever
ESET researchers say Lockerpin is the first such kind of ransomware ever detected
Senseless Jane Austen Virus May Offend Your Sensibilities
Computer hackers are hiding malicious code in passages of text from some of the world’s greatest novels
Third Of British Firms Targeted By Ransomware
New study reveals alarming number of British firms have been held to ransom by hackers
Facebook Users Receive Free Malware Scanning Tool
Facebook and ESET team up to reduce threat of malware on the social network
New Android Malware Is Spreading Through Third-Party App Markets
ESET sounds the alarm after Krysanec RAT is found piggybacking on top of its own security app
Operation Windigo Infects 25,000 Linux Servers Over Two Years
An unidentified hacker group possesses the capability to send 35,000,000 spam messages and redirect half a million visitors to malicious websites every day
Darkleech Campaign Escalates To Breach Thousands More Apache Servers
Tens of thousands of IPs are serving up the Blackhole exploit kit thanks to Darkleech
Super Stealthy Backdoor Spreads To Hit Hundreds Of Thousands Of Web Users
Cdorked almost matches Stuxnet for sophistication, researcher tells TechWeek
Thousands Threatened By Super Stealthy Apache Backdoor
Hundreds of servers affected, leaving thousands open to infection, ESET warns
The Botnet That Stole 16,000 Facebook Logins
Attackers show off potential for mass theft of Facebook passwords
China Implicated In Hack Of French G20 Files
Hackers using Chinese web addresses tried to steal G20 documents from the French finance ministry