03.09.2010 ESET Announces new Mobile Security Solution for Smartphone Protection
ID : 2886

01.09.2010 ESET: Flexibility key to pre-empting malware attacks
ID : 2870

01.09.2010 ESET in India to sponsor "AARUUSH 2010"
ID : 2866

26.08.2010 ESET Releases Threat Center Application for Apple iPhone
ID : 2832

11.08.2010 ESET Sets Mark for Consecutive Wins with Record 63rd VB100 Award
ID : 2799

21.07.2010 ESET Analysis: Worm Win32/Stuxnet Targets Supervisory Systems in the U.S. and Iran

New Delhi – July 21, 2010 – ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, has issued a warning against a worm dubbed Win32/Stuxnet, which threatens users around the globe. Exploiting a vulnerability in Windows® Shell, this dangerous threat is detected by ESET as LNK/Autostart.A. It is used in targeted attacks to penetrate SCADA systems, especially in the United States and Iran. SCADA are supervisory and monitoring systems used in many industries, for instance in power engineering.

According to ESET Virus Lab, the worm has been active for several days, lately in the U.S. and Iran withalmost 58 percent of all infections being reported in the United States, 30 percent in Iran and slightly over four percent in Russia. The cyber attacks in the U.S. and heightened activity of the worm in Iran come in the wake of persisting tensions between the two nations over nuclear ambitions of this Middle Eastern country.

"This worm is an exemplary case of targeted attack exploiting a zero-day vulnerability, or, in other words, a vulnerability which is unknown to the public. This particular attack targets the industrial supervisory software SCADA. In short – this is an example of malware-aided industrial espionage. The question is why the chart of affected nations looks as it does," said Juraj Malcho, head of the Virus Lab at ESET's global headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Most of the damage caused by the worm is limited to industrial targets, with home users being much less affected. "So far, the number of infected PCs are in the tens of thousands, but likely to rise," elaborates Malcho. According to ESET analysis, the Stuxnet worm in and of itself poses no greater threat for home users than the average computer threat. The danger lies in the Windows® OS vulnerability connected with processing of LNK files. Experts expect even more malware families to begin to exploit this security gap in the near future.

An interesting angle to this story is how the worm spreads. "For a truly targeted attack it would have been coded to make specific checks to see that it only ran where it was supposed to and did not spread. Spreading increases the odds of detection. If the attack was aimed at only US systems, then the attacker would not want the code appearing all over the world. This fact might indicate a number of potential attackers," said Randy Abrams, director of technical education at ESET in the U.S. "The ability to attack power grids throughout the world would be very appealing to terrorist groups," concludes Abrams.

ESET security solutions effectively detect and clean this threat. A patch from Microsoft is expected to be issued soon as well.

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ESET develops software solutions that deliver instant, comprehensive protection against evolving computer security threats. ESET pioneered and continues to lead the industry in proactive threat detection. ESET NOD32 Antivirus consistently achieves the highest accolades in all types of comparative testing, and is the heart of the virus and spyware detection in ESET Smart Security. ESET Smart Security is an integrated antivirus, antispyware, antispam and personal firewall solution that combines accuracy, speed and an extremely small system footprint to create the most effective security solution in the industry. Both products have an extremely efficient code base that eliminates the unnecessarily large size found in some solutions. This means faster scanning that doesn't slow down computers or networks. ESET has global production headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia, with distribution headquarters for the Americas and Asia-Pacific located in San Diego, California. ESET also has offices in Buenos Aires, Prague, and Krakow and is represented by an extensive global partner network. For more information, visit http://www.esetindia.com/.

22.06.2010 ESET Ranked #1 Endpoint Security for Business

PassMark Grades ESET Smart Security "Fastest, Best Overall Performance"

10.06.2010 ESET Sets Mark for Consecutive Wins with Record 62nd VB100 Award
ID : 2653

10.06.2010 ESET releases Beta 2 for ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 for Mac and Linux
ID : 2650

27.05.2010 ESET India sponsor the 3rd edition of DQ Week Disti Summit 2010
ESS Software Distribution & Consulting (P) Ltd, the Exclusive Distributor of ESET products in India, will sponsor the 3rd edition of annual DQ week Disti Summit & Hall Of Fame Awards 2010 held at Leela Kempinski, Kovalam Beach, Kerala from May 28th to 30th 2010. ID : 2646

18.05.2010 ESET India to showcase its security solutions @ CRN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2010, Lavasa, Pune
ESS software Distribution & Consulting Pvt. Ltd (ESET India), Exclusive Distributor of ESET products in India, will join the CRN leadership submit 2010 at Lavasa, Pune from 20th May 2010 till 22nd May 2010. ID : 2644

21.04.2010 ESET Announces General Availability for ESET Remote Administrator 4
Advanced Active Directory Synchronization and Intuitive Policy Manager Streamline Management for Large-Scale Business Deployments ID : 2637

13.04.2010 ESET Secures 61st VB100 Award
Detects 100 Percent of In-The-Wild Viruses with Zero False Positives ID : 2630

12.03.2010 ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server Delivers Advanced Messaging Security
New Features Enhance Proactive Protection Against Email-borne Malware and Spam ID : 2598

12.03.2010 ESET Releases Service Build 4.2 for ESET Smart Security and ESET NOD32 Antivirus
ID : 2596

18.02.2010 ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server Release Candidate Now Available for Testing
ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server Release Candidate Now Available for Testing ID : 2488

11.02.2010 ESET Receives "Compatible with Windows 7" Logo from Microsoft
ESET Receives "Compatible with Windows 7" Logo from Microsoft ID : 2486

04.02.2010 ESET @ Techfest 2010, IIT Mumbai
Detects 100 Percent of In-The-Wild Viruses, Worms and Bots with Zero False Positives ID : 2484

04.02.2010 ESET: First Company to 60 VB100 Awards
Detects 100 Percent of In-The-Wild Viruses, Worms and Bots with Zero False Positives ID : 2476

27.01.2010 ESET Promotes Liz Fraumann to Head "Securing Our eCity" Initiative
Public Education Initiative Promotes Cyber Security Awareness ID : 2474