A regularly updated directory of press releases related to cyber security.

Issued by: ESET

20/1/2021

BRATISLAVA – ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, has received recognition with an Outstanding Product Award in AV-Comparatives’ Public Consumer Main Test Series for 2020. ESET Internet Security was assessed by the leading independent test lab, achieving Advanced+ level in all of AV-Comparatives’ tests. For the 2020 Public Consumer Main Test Series, AV-Comparatives subjected 17 consumer security products for Windows…

Issued by: ESET

12/1/2021

BRATISLAVA, MONTREAL – In 2020, ESET researchers observed several attacks exclusively targeting Colombian entities, which have collectively been dubbed Operation Spalax. These attacks are ongoing and are focused on both government institutions and private companies, especially in the energy and metallurgical industries. The attackers rely on the use of remote access trojans, most likely to…

Issued by: Kaspersky

11/1/2021

Woburn, MA – January 11, 2021 – On December 13, 2020, FireEye, Microsoft and SolarWinds announced the discovery of a large, sophisticated supply chain attack that deployed a new, previously unknown malware, Sunburst, against SolarWinds’ Orion IT customers. Today, Kaspersky announced that its experts found various specific code similarities between Sunburst and known versions of Kazuar backdoors – malware that…

Issued by: Cision

5/1/2021

CHICAGO, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Following the launch last October of OverDryve™ 8 Pro II – the next generation of its powerful, top-end trucking device – Rand McNally today announced the availability of the OverDryve™ 7 Pro II. Just like its larger-screened predecessor, the OverDryve™ 7 Pro II is designed for best-in-class navigating, playing SiriusXM® radio, recording dash cam footage, calling and…

Issued by: Kaspersky

4/1/2021

Woburn, MA – January 4, 2020 – Kaspersky today announces that it has acquired a stake in Nexway, a leading e-commerce and payment platform, to strengthen its position and increase opportunities for the company’s online sales channel. Nexway will remain a separate entity, managed by its current leadership team in accordance with the European rules and regulations, with Kaspersky’s…

Issued by: Kaspersky

23/12/2020

Woburn, MA – December 23, 2020 – In the autumn of 2020, Kaspersky researchers identified two APT incidents that targeted entities related to COVID-19 research. The researchers have now assessed with high confidence that the activities, which targeted a Ministry of Health body and a pharmaceutical company, can be attributed to the infamous Lazarus group. As the pandemic…

Issued by: ESET

22/12/2020

BRATISLAVA – ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, has been commended with Top Product awards in the latest AV-TEST Product Review and Certification reports in both the business and home consumer categories. ESET Endpoint Security 7.3 and ESET Internet Security 13.2 – ESET  security products for Windows in the business and consumer lineups, respectively – achieved Top Product awards with perfect Protection and Usability scores…

Issued by: ESET

21/12/2020

BRATISLAVA – ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, has been named a Strategic Leader in the Endpoint Prevention and Response (EPR) Comparative Report, one of the most comprehensive tests of endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions and endpoint security products ever performed by AV-Comparatives. The ESET PROTECT Enterprise bundle, comprising the ESET PROTECT management console, ESET Endpoint Security 7.3, and…

Issued by: Kaspersky

17/12/2020

Kaspersky North America has been named a silver winner in the “Support Department of the Year” category of the Best in Biz Awards, the tenth annual business awards program judged by prominent editors and reporters from top-tier North American publications. The award was achieved by the Kaspersky North American support and services department, which delivers a wide…

Issued by: Sophos

16/12/2020

OXFORD, U.K. – Dec. 16, 2020 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today published new research into the SystemBC malware, “Ransomware operators use SystemBC RAT as off-the-shelf Tor backdoor.”  The research shows how SystemBC has developed into a fully-fledged remote access tool that acts as a Tor proxy and is being used in ransomware-as-a-service attacks…