New security solutions from ESET provide added cyber protection

SAN DIEGO – October 25, 2016 – Internet users now have more ways to stay protected from the latest cyber threats with the introduction of two new security solutions released today by IT security company ESET®: ESET Smart Security Premium and ESET Internet Security. ESET’s newly introduced lineup helps individuals stay protected from common cyber threats like webcam spying,…

US transport agency guidance on vehicle cybersecurity irks lawmakers

Guidance from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for improving motor vehicle cybersecurity has attracted criticism from lawmakers who said that mandatory security standards were required. “This new cybersecurity guidance from the Department of Transportation is like giving a take-home exam on the honor code to failing students,” said Senators Edward J. Markey, a Democrat…

Black Hat Europe 2016 S:  How Artificial Intelligence Will Liberate Security

T. Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolution outlined an episodic model in which periods of “normal science” were interrupted by periods of “revolutionary science.” It challenges us as a society to consider new paradigms, to change the rules of the game, our standards and our best practices. The advent of applied Artificial Intelligence (AI), also…

Cybercrime not slowing down anytime soon

In Q3 2016, cybercriminals were increasingly more ingenious, using innovative technologies and new tools to spread their wares. This is confirmed by the 18 million new malware samples captured by PandaLabs in this quarter alone, an average of 200,000 each day. Measuring cybercrime is very complex. Cybersecurity professionals who combat these threats on a daily…

GM Bot: Alive and Upgraded, Now on Android M

IBM X-Force Research detected a recently updated version of the GM Bot mobile banking malware designed to deploy on Android 6 operating systems and bypass new security applied to the platform. Android officially released this Marshmallow OS, code-named M, in October 2015. The GM Bot version we analyzed can work on all Android versions up…

Software updates are critical, so automate them

Why do we need to update our software, anyway? Well, the first thing to understand is that there are different kinds of updates. Some of them add new features or improve existing ones. Others make your software compatible with other programs, different protocols, new or updated operating systems, and so forth. With greater compatibility you’ll…