Award-winning news, views, and insight from the ESET security community
ESET Research • 30 Jan 2026 • 11 min. read
ESET Research
DynoWiper update: Technical analysis and attribution
Lukas Stefanko • 28 Jan 2026 • 9 min. read
Love? Actually: Fake dating app used as lure in targeted spyware campaign in Pakistan
ESET Research • 23 Jan 2026 • 2 min. read
ESET Research: Sandworm behind cyberattack on Poland’s power grid in late 2025
Business Security
Ransomware
Resilience in the face of ransomware: A key to business survival
Making it stick: How to get the most out of cybersecurity training
Telekopye: Hunting Mammoths using Telegram bot
Analysis of Telegram bot that helps cybercriminals scam people on online marketplaces
Radek Jizba • 24 Aug 2023
Scarabs colon-izing vulnerable servers
Analysis of Spacecolon, a toolset used to deploy Scarab ransomware on vulnerable servers, and its operators, CosmicBeetle
Jakub Souček • 22 Aug 2023
Scams
A Bard’s Tale – how fake AI bots try to install malware
The AI race is on! It’s easy to lose track of the latest developments and possibilities, and yet everyone wants to see firsthand what the hype is about. Heydays for cybercriminals!
Thomas Uhlemann • 21 Aug 2023
Video
Evacuation of 30,000 hackers – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
DEF CON, the annual hacker convention in Las Vegas, was interrupted on Saturday evening when authorities evacuated the event's venue due to a bomb threat
Editor • 18 Aug 2023
Digital Security
Secure Coding
DEF CON 31: US DoD urges hackers to go and hack ‘AI’
The limits of current AI need to be tested before we can rely on their output
Tony Anscombe • 18 Aug 2023
Mass-spreading campaign targeting Zimbra users
ESET researchers have observed a new phishing campaign targeting users of the Zimbra Collaboration email server.
Viktor Šperka • 17 Aug 2023
Internet of Things
Privacy
DEF CON 31: Robot vacuums may be doing more than they claim
When it comes to privacy, it remains complicated and near impossible for a consumer to make an informed decision.
Tony Anscombe • 16 Aug 2023
Critical Infrastructure
Cybercrime
Black Hat 2023: Hacking the police (at least their radios)
Hiding behind a black box and hoping no one will hack it has been routinely proven to be unwise and less secure.
Cameron Camp • 15 Aug 2023
We Live Progress
Black Hat 2023: How AI changes the monetization of search
Search engines, AI, and monetization in the new era
Tony Anscombe • 14 Aug 2023
Black Hat 2023: AI gets big defender prize money
Black Hat is big on AI this year, and for a good reason
Cameron Camp • 14 Aug 2023
Black Hat 2023: ‘Teenage’ AI not enough for cyberthreat intelligence
Current LLMs are just not mature enough for high-level tasks
Tony Anscombe • 12 Aug 2023
20k security folks in the desert – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Unsurprisingly, artificial intelligence took the center stage at this year's edition of Black Hat, one of the world's largest gatherings of cybersecurity professionals
Editor • 11 Aug 2023
Sign up for our newsletters