May 2, 2016 | ESET Protection Products + News, Malware and Exploits
“The USB Thief is, in many aspects different from the more common malware types that we’re used to seeing flooding the internet,” Mr. Gardoň notes. “This one uses only USB devices for propagation, and it does not leave any evidence on the compromised computer. Its...
Apr 25, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits
(Reuters) The cyber-attackers who stole approximate $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank probably hacked into software from the SWIFT financial platform that is at the heart of the global financial system, said security researchers at British defense...
Apr 24, 2016 | General Security, Malware and Exploits
An outdated computer is an infection waiting to happen. This isn’t our opinion, it’s a widely known fact in information security. There are patches released regularly by your software providers, and more than 80% of those patches or upgrades are to fix...
Apr 18, 2016 | Data Breaches, Malware and Exploits
The Windows Club has released a nice list of Ransomware Decryption Tools – and while we would ordinarily just give you a link to this article, because there is a risk that the resource might become a target of a dDoS attack, we’re copying the content here...
Apr 18, 2016 | Malware and Exploits
US-Cert is recommending that you remove Quicktime for Windows. The warning comes on the heels of an article from Trend Micro, which is reporting that Apple has ended support for the popular software, and worse still, that there are active zero-day exploits available...
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...
