ESET announced today that it is expanding its Cyber Threat Analysis Center with ex-Castle Cops founder, Paul Laudinski joining the team. Building on the success of ESET’s existing global research resources, CTAC is committed to working to further protect ESET’s business and home use customers by collaborating with universities, law enforcement, internet service providers and other agencies that combat cybercrime on the current cyber threat landscape.
“ESET has a proven track record and dedication to helping computer and internet users understand and protect themselves against today’s ever-changing cyber threats by conducting quantitative and behavioral research,” said Laudanski. “With education being a critical component to staying safe online, I look forward to being a part of the CTAC team and continuing to reinforce the importance of approaching cybersecurity from a holistic viewpoint and cultivating threat data that allows us to help educate consumers.”
Prior to joining ESET, Laudanski was senior manager of investigations, Digital Crimes Unit for Microsoft. In his role, he managed criminal and civil enforcement investigations pertaining to phishing, spam, online advertising fraud, child pornography, lottery and advanced fee fraud scams, botnet-driven fraud, other email scams and online abuse. He also led the development of Internet Fraud Alert, an industry clearinghouse of exposed consumer credentials. Before Microsoft, Laudanski founded and ran CastleCops®, alongside Robin Laudanski, a volunteer security community focused on making the internet a safer place. All services to the public were free, including malware and rootkit cleanup of infected computers, malware and phish investigations and terminations.
With the enhancement to the CTAC, some of the research will be turned into technology which both ESET NOD32 Antivirus and ESET Smart Security will benefit from.
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