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Teenager earns US$1 million in bug bounties
Tomas Foltyn, security writer at ESET discusses how a ‘white hat’ from Argentina has come a long way since winning his first reward of US$50 in 2016.
ESET bags gold and silver awards
ESET, recently announced that it has been recognized with gold and silver awards in a report from an independent testing organization, AV-Comparatives that uses one of the largest sample collections w...
ESET launches new blog for Android users
Today, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ESET unveiled its new blog named Android App Watch to help Android users protect themselves against insecure applications.
Europe orders recall of children’s smartwatch over privacy concerns
The European Commission has issued a recall order for a smartwatch aimed at children due to concerns that it represents a serious risk for the privacy and security of its wearers.
Celebrating Safer Internet Day
Beginning in 2004, Safer Internet Day has grown to become one of the landmark events in the online safety calendar. And this year’s theme, ‘Together for a better internet’, encapsulates a lot of the d...
Spy bug compromises Apple’s security
Tomas Foltyn, security writer at ESET discusses the latest security debacle with Apple after a spy bug was discovered in Apple’s video and audio call app FaceTime that can be easily exploited to spy o...
New Year’s resolutions should include strong passwords
Tomas Foltyn, security writer at ESET explains the importance of strong passwords to protect ourselves and the need to include fixing the unhygienic passwords as part of our new year resolutions just ...
How to protect against the threat of scam apps grows
Lysa Myers, Security Researcher at ESET explains how to safeguard yourself against the growing threat from deceptive practices by advertisers and app developers to scam iOS and Android users.
Cryptojacking will continue to grow in 2019
Cases of cryptocurrency mining and cryptojacking will continue to grow in 2019, as attackers target smart devices and home assistants to build cryptomining farms, according to ESET’s latest trends rep...