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Playing your part in building a safer digital world: Why cybersecurity matters

Playing your part in building a safer digital world: Why cybersecurity matters

Playing your part in building a safer digital world: Why cybersecurity matters

In an increasingly complex and interconnected digital landscape, personal cybersecurity empowers you to protect your data, privacy and digital well-being

ESET Blog3. Oct 20236 min read


Hybrid work: Turning business platforms into preferred social spaces

Hybrid work: Turning business platforms into preferred social spaces

Hybrid work: Turning business platforms into preferred social spaces

Hybrid work and hybrid play now merge into hybrid living, but where is the line between the two? Is there one?

ESET Blog9. Jan 20237 min read


11 things you can do to protect against ransomware, including Cryptolocker

11 things you can do to protect against ransomware, including Cryptolocker

11 things you can do to protect against ransomware, including Cryptolocker

Ransomware is malicious software that cyber criminals use to hold your computer or computer files for ransom, demanding payment from you to…

ESET Blog20. Dec 201811 min read7.1k views


Abandoning a domain name can come back to bite you, research shows

Abandoning a domain name can come back to bite you, research shows

Abandoning a domain name can come back to bite you, research shows

A domain name once left behind can catch up with you – by giving fraudsters access to a treasure trove of sensitive…

ESET Blog18. Sep 20183 min read5.5k views


ESET to expose latest security and privacy risks of smart home devices at Mobile World Congress 2018

ESET to expose latest security and privacy risks of smart home devices at Mobile World Congress 2018

ESET to expose latest security and privacy risks of smart home devices at Mobile World Congress 2018

February 8, 2018 – ESET, the leading IT security vendor based in the European Union, will launch its latest IoT security solutions…

ESET Blog8. Feb 20183 min read5.7k views


Security and Education

Security and Education

Security and Education

Journalist Kevin Townsend asked me a few months ago for commentary on phishing, for an article he was researching. He said: Phishing…

ESET Blog29. Aug 201713 min read5.1k views


IDC: 1 in 4 companies have no clue GDPR is coming their way

IDC: 1 in 4 companies have no clue GDPR is coming their way

IDC: 1 in 4 companies have no clue GDPR is coming their way

New consent rules, broadened European privacy rights, fines going up to millions of euros, as well as stricter procedures and public disclosure…

ESET Blog13. May 20173 min read4.7k views


Anti-trust, EU complaints and the anti-malware industry

Anti-trust, EU complaints and the anti-malware industry

Anti-trust, EU complaints and the anti-malware industry

Last week Eugene Kaspersky posted a blog about his company’s – and more importantly the entire industry’s – struggle to ensure consumers…

ESET Blog13. May 20173 min read4.3k views


When PR and reality collide: The truth about machine learning in cybersecurity

When PR and reality collide: The truth about machine learning in cybersecurity

When PR and reality collide: The truth about machine learning in cybersecurity

When you’ve been fighting black-hat hackers for decades, you learn a thing or two about them. Obviously, they are bad, and they…

ESET Blog9. May 20174 min read5.7k views


Don’t buy the elixir of youth: Machine learning is not magic

Don’t buy the elixir of youth: Machine learning is not magic

Don’t buy the elixir of youth: Machine learning is not magic

If someone told you they had a magic elixir that would heal all your illnesses or injuries, and make you young again,…

ESET Blog12. Apr 20174 min read4.9k views


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