Phishing and how to avoid taking the bait – Offboarding employees securely – Why old malware refuses to die

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Putting a precision payload on top of more generic malware makes perfect sense for malware operators

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There are various ways a departing employee could put your organization at risk of a data breach. How do you offboard employees the right way and ensure your data remains safe?

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If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck. Now, how do you apply the duck test to defend against phishing?

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The attack, which clocked in at 2.4 Tbps, targeted an Azure customer based in Europe

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The victims lost an average of nine days to downtime and two-and-a-half months to investigations, an analysis of disclosed attacks shows

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ESET research discovers ESPecter bootkit – FontOnLake targeting Linux – Fake SafeMoon app update

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ESET researchers discover a malware family with tools that show signs they’re used in targeted attacks

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Two-factor authentication is a simple way to greatly enhance the security of your account

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Cryptocurrencies rise and fall, but one thing stays the same – cybercriminals attempt to cash in on the craze

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ESET research discovers a previously undocumented UEFI bootkit with roots going back all the way to at least 2012

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New ESET Threat Report is out – Cybersecurity Awareness Month begins today – What organizations should do to secure their VPNs

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The campaign may last for a month, but we should remember that cybersecurity is a year-round affair

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Flaws in Apple Pay and Visa could allow criminals to make arbitrary contactless payments – no authentication needed, research finds

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A view of the T2 2021 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts

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What your organization should consider when it comes to choosing a VPN solution and hardening it against attacks

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The emergency release comes a mere three days after Google’s previous update that plugged another 19 security loopholes

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ESET unmasks FamousSparrow APT group – Stopping cloud data leaks – European cybercrime ring busted

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While Apple did issue a patch for the vulnerability, it seems that the fix can be easily circumvented

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