cybercriminals

7 reasons why cybercriminals want your personal data

Sonia Domínguez Waisbrod, the writer at ESET explains here what drives cybercriminals to relentlessly target the personal information of other people and why you need to guard your data like your life...

ESET Threat Report highlights remarkable adaptability of cybercriminals

ESET has released its latest Threat Report, which summarizes threat landscape trends seen in ESET telemetry from December 2022 through May 2023. In H1 2023, we observed developments highlighting cyber...

Ransomware payments creates a new record in 2021

Ransomware payments hit new records in 2021 as cybercriminals increasingly turned to Dark Web “leak sites” where they pressured victims to pay up by threatening to release sensitive data, ...

How to protect loyalty rewards from cybercriminals

Phil Muncaster, guest writer at ESET checks whether is loyalty fraud on your radar? Here’s why your hard-earned reward points and air miles may be easy pickings for cybercriminals.

Cybercriminals may target Tokyo Olympics

Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET highlights that cybercriminals may target the popular event with ransomware, phishing, or DDoS attacks in a bid to increase their notoriety or make money.

Cyberattacks targeting gaming industry skyrocket

Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET highlights that during the COVID-19 pandemic period the cyberattacks targeting the gaming industry skyrocket, with web attacks more than tripling year-on-year in 2...

How to protect yourself against the cybercriminals

Efi Dahan, Managing Director in PayPal for Central and Eastern Europe and Israel shares  his tips on how to protect yourself against the cybercriminals in the global data chaos, which has seen a big i...

Cybercriminals are the greatest threat to business infrastructure during Covid-19 era, according to KPMG study of UAE CISO survey 2020

After a new study by KPMG, a majority of chief information security officers (CISOs) rank cybercriminals as one of the biggest risks they currently face for business infrastructures. The first-ever UA...

Know the risks that may come with sharing selfies

Tomas Foltyn, security writer at ESET discusses the risks that may come with sharing selfies, especially for kids and also shares few steps to safeguard kids against such risks.