This month in security with Tony Anscombe – January 2026 edition
The trends from January offer useful clues about the risks and priorities that security teams are likely to contend with throughout the year
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The trends from January offer useful clues about the risks and priorities that security teams are likely to contend with throughout the year
ESET researchers present technical details on a recent data destruction incident affecting a company in Poland’s energy sector
Has your inbox recently been deluged with unwanted and even outright malicious messages? Here are 10 possible reasons – and how to stem the tide.
As children turn to AI chatbots for answers, advice, and companionship, questions emerge about their safety, privacy, and emotional development
Here’s how the most common scams targeting Apple Pay users work and what you can do to stay one step ahead
AI is changing cybercrime, but SMB cyber readiness still largely depends on closing the familiar gaps
Three-day patching deadlines, exposed fuel-tank systems, scams costing billions of dollars, and social media bans for children all gave Tony plenty to unpack in June 2026
Your inbox is an identity system all of its own: whoever owns it may own a lot more
Your business may be small, but its attack surface is anything but. Readiness is the first step to resilience.
ESET Research shares the results of a months-long investigation into the suite of EDR killers maintained by the RaaS gang Gentlemen
Many manufacturing plants depend on OT systems that stay in service for many years. That long run can hide significant cybersecurity risks.
A company that's expecting a cyberattack but hasn’t actively prepared for it risks making the hardest decisions at the worst possible moment