Apr 13, 2016 | Malware and Exploits
BAE Systems has published an article on QBot returning that is “harder to detect and intercept”.. According to a BAE report, the malware has already infected more than 54,000 computers across thousands of organizations. ESET detects this threat as Win32/Qbot and...
Apr 13, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches, General Security
In a blog entry from WeLiveSecurity.com – the ESET blog, we learned that the FDIC has been breached. Their systems appear to have been compromised using the systems issued to or belonging to a former employee. The data was downloaded to the employee’s...
Apr 12, 2016 | General Security
FBI Director James Comey recently gave a speech about encryption and privacy, and he repeated his argument that “absolute privacy” hampers law enforcement. But in an an offhand remark during the Q&A session at Kenyon College something caught the...
Apr 11, 2016 | ESET Protection Products + News
One year after the release of the technical analysis of the Mumblehard Linux botnet, we are pleased to report that it is no longer active. ESET, in cooperation with the Cyber Police of Ukraine and CyS Centrum LLC, have taken down the Mumblehard botnet, stopping all...
Apr 11, 2016 | General Security
It has now been more than two years past the date when Microsoft ended support for Windows XP, the popular operating system that’s been around since 2001 and which many users simply don’t seem willing to let go. Microsoft did a lot to drag XP users into the news...
