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Security Threat Reports

2011-01 Global Threat Report

Feature Article: Stuxnet: conspiracy or sensationalism? Tweetie Pie How effective are phishing attacks? Merry-go-round: the AMTSO wheel of pain The Top Ten Threats

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2011-03 Global Threat Report

Feature Article: BlackHat Japanning Spring is Here Unwanted Flattery And the Firewalls Came Tumbling Down? The Hole in the Wall Gang Rides Again The Top Ten Threats

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2011-04 Global Threat Report

Feature Article: 419s Still a la Mode ESET Researchers at Virus Bulletin TDSS: the Next Generation Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organisation World Backup Day SC Magazine - Cybercrime Corner The Top Ten Threats

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2011-05 Global Threat Report

Feature Article: Don't be silly online, please Facebook privacy: security concerns Cybersecurity symposium in San Diego Return of the password reset attack The Top Ten Threats

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2011-06 Global Threat Report

Feature Article: Ireland: Password Security Improving Survey Reveals Chasm between Users’ Concerns and Behavior CTAC tile (staying in touch with ESET research) INF/Autorun: Threat Losing Thread? Support Scams Not Gone, Not Forgotten The Top Ten Threats

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2011-07 Global Threat Report

Real Men Don’t Do Safe Hex, The Russia House, 1 in 20 mobile devices infected next year?, Stop spam/botnets? Follow the money, Latin America chosen for Trojan bankers attack and Hotmail accounts, The Top Ten Threats

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2011-08 Global Threat Report

One third of the Irish enjoy holiday gloating while another third prefer secret holiday destinations. With the holiday season nearly over we wanted to know, how much of their holiday plans or activities the Irish reveal on social media? This security issue goes beyond announcing that your house will be empty in a certain period and thus inviting burglary. Lately, cybercriminals often contact their target’s social media friends with some sort of financial scam that involves the holiday destination. (This is sometimes refered to as Londoning, though it’s by no means confined to imaginary London, as explained here.)

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2011-02 Global Threat Report

Feature Article: From Russia with Spam Misplaced trust in trustworthy names? Nothing exceeds like Stuxnet AMTSO anticipation RSA The Top Ten Threats

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2011-10 Global Threat Report

Feature Article: Do you think you’re safe online? Social Engineering and Social Media, Virus bulletin 2011: fake but free, OSX/Tsunami.A, a Mac OS X Trojan, The Top Ten Threats, Top Ten Threats at a Glance (graph).

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2011-12 Global Threat Report

ESET Ireland’s research in 2011 showed that 1 in 4 Irish computer users has had his or her computer crashed or otherwise damaged by viruses or malware. We found that 1 in 5 users had experienced a malware infection or data theft while 14 percent said they were hacked or had their social media accounts hijacked. Nearly ten percent of the survey population had been cheated, had their credit cards or private information abused, or found their system was used to transmit spam. We think these numbers reflect the following trends that we observed in 2011, both in Ireland and around the world.

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2012-02 Global Threat Report

David Harley and a Russian research colleague, Aleksandr Matrosov, explain that the most widely spread banking trojan in Russia is now trying to steal money from Facebook users. ESET researchers noted that Win32/Carberp used bootkit components from malware called Ronix, which was also the subject of scrutiny in February.

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2012-03 Global Threat Report

Do you let your employees use their own computers for work? How about smartphones, iPads and other tablet devices? If so, you are not alone. The phenomenon of allowing or encouraging employees to use their own devices for work--known as Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD--is now widespread in many countries. On the plus side, you may get more work from people when they can work in more places and at more times of the day (from the breakfast table in the morning to the kitchen table at night and the coffee shop in between). There can be cost savings too: equipment outlays can be reduced if employees use their own devices instead of the company buying them.

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2012-04 Global Threat Report

Now Google Privacy Policy Reaches the Cloud, How to recognize a PC support scam, Pirated software: an update from Ireland, The Top Ten Threats.

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