Jan 6, 2017 | Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits
KillDisk is a destructive malware that gained notoriety as a component of successful attacks performed by the BlackEnergy group against the Ukrainian power grid in December 2015 and for attacks against one of the country’s main news agencies in November 2015. KillDisk...
Oct 11, 2016 | General Security
Just when Yahoo email users thought they had settled their long-running privacy dispute with the company, Reuter’s Joseph Menn has revealed that those users’ emails weren’t just being scanned to improve targeted advertising: Yahoo Inc last year secretly built a custom...
May 16, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches, General Security
By Stephen Cobb Security professionals gave a large collective sigh of sadness this past weekend when BoingBoing published this headline by Cory Doctorow: “Half of Americans reluctant to shop online due to privacy & security fears.” Sarcastic remarks like “No...
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...
May 1, 2016 | General Security
“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...
