ESET Threat Blog

If you’re going to be attending RSA in San Francisco next week, stop by our booth (#1751) and say hi!
ESET bloggers Jeff Debrosse, David Harley, and I will be there.  Jeff and I will take turns presenting “Security’s Rosetta Stone: Translating security to human behavior”.
You can also enter a drawing to win some cool Intel … Read More…

Ahhh that was a coworker’s favorite saying each time administrators would make idiotic decisions because they weren’t in the trenches to see the effects of their decisions.
There is a result from the National Cyber Security Alliance survey that I find specifically interesting. First, let me preface this by saying the thing you learn most from … Read More…

The NCSA (National Cyber Security Alliance) just released the detail of a survey of educators and technologists concerning both cybersecurity and cyberethics education in the schools. Cyberethics is prevention. It attempts to decrease cybercrime by teaching that it really is still crime and not very nice.  Cybersecurity is teaching defense.
If I covered the whole report … Read More…

A report was recently released which examined the accuracy of the information within the WHOIS system. WHOIS services are intended to provide free public access to information about the registrants of Internet domain names. This report was commissioned by ICANN, the body that oversees the allocation & registration of Internet domain names.
Probably the most concerning … Read More…

So how bad was the roll out of Google Buzz? Let’s start with a little bit of history first.
Either before or after you read this blog, I would appreciate your impressions of how Google rolled out buzz. I have a survey up at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JSS79XJ
Several years ago, Microsoft initiated their SDL, Security Design Lifecycle to improve … Read More…

Two new white papers have been posted on the white papers page at http://www.eset.com/download/whitepapers.php.
(1) "Ten Ways to Dodge CyberBullets" by David Harley
Around New Year it seems that everyone wants a top 10: the top 10 most stupid remarks made by celebrities, the 10 worst-dressed French poodles, the 10 most embarrassing political speeches and so on. … Read More…

[Part 10 of an occasional series, updating a blog series I ran in early 2009 to reflect changes in the threat landscape. This series is also available shortly at http://www.eset.com/download/whitepapers.php as a white paper.]
Don’t be a Crackhead
Don’t use cracked/pirated software. Such programs provide an easy avenue for introducing malware into (or exploiting weaknesses in) a system. The … Read More…

[Part 9 of an occasional series, updating a blog series I ran in early 2009 to reflect changes in the threat landscape. This series is now available as a white paper at http://www.eset.com/download/whitepapers.php.]
Be Wireless, not Careless
Don’t connect to just any “free Wi-Fi” access point: it might alter your DNS queries or be the “evil twin” of a … Read More…

Some of you may be aware that some users have recently encountered problems with one of Microsoft's security updates. Some user's systems would crash with a "Blue Screen Of Death" (BSOD) after installing Microsoft's latest batch of security updates.
The problem has been narrowed down to the MS10-015 update. It seems that systems that have been … Read More…

I came across an interesting side effect of Google forcing Gmail to be a social networking site.
A young lady in middle school replied to a Buzz about what you think about Buzz. Her response?
“I am just getting the hang of Buzz right now too. I don't really go on blogging websites since my mom won't … Read More…