ESET Threat Blog

 I spent a couple of days last week at the National Cyber Crime Conference in Sheffield*, UK.

I was invited there to talk about those PC support scams that have been raising my blood pressure for a while. (That’s a topic I’ll be returning to sooner rather than later.) While I very much enjoyed the opportunity … Read More…

Al-Qaida appears to have had its web communications hit by hackers, thwarting its continued effort at updating the world about its activities. It appears that a good portion of their global web presence has been affected. A year ago a similar style attack halted their web communications.
According to Evan Kohlmann from Flashpoint Global Partners, which … Read More…

Gadi Evron drew my attention in an article for Dark Reading to a piece in IT Pro by Asavin Wattanajantra. The piece quotes Dr. Steve Marsh, of the UK's Cabinet Office (the Office of Cyber Security, to be precise) as saying that botnet operators are interested in money-generating attacks on the private sector, not causing … Read More…

I was amused (and not the only one, either) to notice that the UK’s Cabinet Office has recently launched a "Template Twitter strategy for Government Departments": I wonder if they’re thinking of reconsidering in view of the proven fragility and security-shakiness of Twitter, but I suspect not.
I am tempted to make a cheap shot related to the … Read More…

Having worked quite a lot in recent years in the public sector in the UK, I’m not at all surprised that RIM (Research in Motion) is bullish about being assessed by CESG as suitable for use with restricted government data. However, it’s not altogether clear from the documentation published by RIM what this actually means.
Blackberry … Read More…