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Lukas Stefanko • 10 Apr 2024 • 17 min. read
ESET Research
eXotic Visit campaign: Tracing the footprints of Virtual Invaders
Jakub Kaloč • 20 Mar 2024 • 8 min. read
Rescoms rides waves of AceCryptor spam
Anh Ho, Facundo Muñoz, Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé • 07 Mar 2024 • 14 min. read
Evasive Panda leverages Monlam Festival to target Tibetans
Business Security, Digital Security
Delivering trust with DNS security
Privacy
7 reasons why cybercriminals want your personal data
ESET Research Podcast: Ransomware trashed data, Android threats soared in T3 2022
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the trends that defined the cyberthreat landscape in the final four months of 2022.
ESET Research • 28 Feb 2023
Video
One year on, how is the war playing out in cyberspace? – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
With the conflict in Ukraine passing the one-year mark, have its cyber-war elements turned out as expected?
Editor • 24 Feb 2023
Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center
A year of wiper attacks in Ukraine
ESET Research has compiled a timeline of cyberattacks that used wiper malware and have occurred since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022
ESET Research • 24 Feb 2023
WinorDLL64: A backdoor from the vast Lazarus arsenal?
The targeted region, and overlap in behavior and code, suggest the tool is used by the infamous North Korea-aligned APT group
Vladislav Hrčka • 23 Feb 2023
How To
Writing like a boss: How cybercriminals can use ChatGPT to scam you
It’s never been easier to write a convincing message that can trick you into handing over your money or personal data
Phil Muncaster • 22 Feb 2023
Business Security
ESET SMB Digital Security Sentiment Report: The damaging effects of a breach
SMBs need to not only reduce their odds of being hit by an attack, but also implement processes that they can follow if their defenses are breached
Editor • 21 Feb 2023
Malware
Will ChatGPT start writing killer malware?
AI-pocalypse soon? As stunning as ChatGPT’s output can be, should we also expect the chatbot to spit out sophisticated malware?
Cameron Camp • 20 Feb 2023
Search ads abused to spread malware – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Threat actors used search engine ads to impersonate makers of popular software and direct internet users to malicious websites
Editor • 17 Feb 2023
Security amidst a global frost
No longer relegated to a side-show, tech is embedded into virtually every new piece of gear entering the battlefield
Cameron Camp • 16 Feb 2023
These aren’t the apps you’re looking for: fake installers targeting Southeast and East Asia
ESET researchers have identified a campaign using trojanized installers to deliver the FatalRAT malware, distributed via malicious websites linked in ads that appear in Google search results
Matías Porolli and Fernando Tavella • 16 Feb 2023
Scams
10 signs that scammers have you in their sights
Don’t be their next victim – here’s a handy round-up of some the most common signs that should set your alarm bells ringing
Phil Muncaster • 15 Feb 2023
We Live Progress
ChatGPT, will you be my Valentine?
Spoiler alert: it turned me down. But that’s far from the only thing I learned while playing around with the bot that the world has fallen in love with so badly.
André Lameiras • 14 Feb 2023
PSYOP campaigns targeting Ukraine – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Cyber-insurance and vulnerability scanning – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
A peek behind the curtain: How are sock puppet accounts used in OSINT?
ESET Research Podcast: Neanderthals, Mammoths and Telekopye
Digital Security
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