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Winnti Group’s skip‑2.0: A Microsoft SQL Server backdoor
Notorious cyberespionage group debases MSSQL
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
This week, ESET experts described recent shenanigans of The Dukes and the Winnti Group, vulnerabilities in Amazon Echo and Kindle, and a fake Tor Browser stealing cryptocurrency
Fleecing the onion: Darknet shoppers swindled out of bitcoins via trojanized Tor Browser
ESET researchers discover a trojanized Tor Browser distributed by cybercriminals to steal bitcoins from darknet market buyers
What was wrong with Alexa? How Amazon Echo and Kindle got KRACKed
ESET Smart Home Research Team uncovers Echo, Kindle versions vulnerable to 2017 Wi-Fi vulnerabilities
Operation Ghost: The Dukes aren’t back – they never left
ESET researchers describe recent activity of the infamous espionage group, the Dukes, including three new malware families
Streaming devices track viewing habits, study finds
Do you know what kind of data your streaming device may be collecting while you binge watch?
Connecting the dots: Exposing the arsenal and methods of the Winnti Group
New ESET white paper released describing updates to the malware arsenal and campaigns of this group known for its supply-chain attacks
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
This week, ESET researchers published an analysis of a previously unknown cyber-espionage platform and described a system enabling them to explore the UEFI landscape in an efficient way
EU warns of cyber‑risks as 5G looms
What are the scenarios that may prove to be challenging to manage in the 5G world?
ESET discovers Attor, a spy platform with curious GSM fingerprinting
ESET researchers discover a previously unreported cyberespionage platform used in targeted attacks against diplomatic missions and governmental institutions, and privacy-concerned users
How concerned are you about the privacy challenges of your IoT devices?
An ESET survey of thousands of people in North America provides a peek into how they perceive the privacy and security of their smart home connected devices
Internet pioneer Dr. Paul Vixie on global internet security
We sat down with internet pioneer and Farsight Security CEO Dr. Paul Vixie, who co-invented some of the services that are central to the 'Net's fabric, to discuss a range of issues affecting security and privacy
Inside consumer perceptions of security and privacy in the connected home
An ESET survey polled 4,000 people to get a sense of their attitudes towards the privacy and security implications of smart home technology
Needles in a haystack: Picking unwanted UEFI components out of millions of samples
ESET experts describe how they trained a machine-learning model to recognize a handful of unwanted UEFI components within a flood of millions of harmless samples
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET researchers publish an in-depth analysis of the Casbaneiro banking trojan that targets banks and cryptocurrency services in Brazil and Mexico
Hospitals in US, Australia hobbled by ransomware
The incidents send medical staff back to the days of pen and paper
Casbaneiro: Dangerous cooking with a secret ingredient
Número dois in our series demystifying Latin American banking trojans
Do apps need all the permissions?
Why you should ensure that all those apps on your smartphone only run with the permissions they reasonably need to do their job
Cyber Security Awareness Month starts today!
October is upon us, reminding us to make choices every day that will scare cybersecurity threats away
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET researchers break down a revamped set of tools that the Sednit group has added to its Zebrocy malware family