Cybersecurity research and insight for the AI era · Moving soon to the ESET Blog
Cybersecurity research and insight for the AI era · <a href='https://www.eset.com/blog/en/' target='_blank'>Moving soon to the ESET Blog</a>
Anton Cherepanov and Peter Strýček • 22 Oct 2026 • 16 min. read
ESET Research
MythicRatatoskr: An Yggdrasil-enabled backdoor deployed in a UAC-0099-Sandworm collaboration
Fernando Tavella • 08 Oct 2026 • 15 min. read
MATCHBOIL: New tricks, same old evil intentions
Alexandre Côté Cyr and Romain Dumont • 17 Sep 2026 • 17 min. read
Beware the SparroWock: The backdoor that bites, the commands that catch
Business Security
The SMB cybersecurity squeeze: AI agents at work, old attacks in overdrive
GuardBreaker: Derailing AI-assisted malware analysis with a code comment
Video
Cyber-insurance and vulnerability scanning – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Here's how the results of vulnerability scans factor into decisions on cyber-insurance and how human intelligence comes into play in the assessment of such digital signals
Editor • 16 Feb 2024
What is AI, really? | Unlocked 403 cybersecurity podcast (ep. 1)
Artificial intelligence is on everybody’s lips these days, but there are also many misconceptions about what AI actually is and isn’t. We unpack AI's basics, applications and broader implications.
Editor • 15 Feb 2024
Cybercrime
The art of digital sleuthing: How digital forensics unlocks the truth
Learn how the cyber variety of CSI works, from sizing up the crime scene and hunting for clues to piecing together the story that the data has to tell
Tomáš Foltýn • 14 Feb 2024
Digital Security
Deepfakes in the global election year of 2024: A weapon of mass deception?
As fabricated images, videos and audio clips of real people go mainstream, the prospect of a firehose of AI-powered disinformation is a cause for mounting concern
Phil Muncaster • 13 Feb 2024
Ransomware
Ransomware payments hit a record high in 2023 – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Called a "watershed year for ransomware", 2023 marked a reversal from the decline in ransomware payments observed in the previous year
Editor • 09 Feb 2024
The buck stops here: Why the stakes are high for CISOs
Heavy workloads and the specter of personal liability for incidents take a toll on security leaders, so much so that many of them look for the exits. What does this mean for corporate cyber-defenses?
Phil Muncaster • 08 Feb 2024
Left to their own devices: Security for employees using personal devices for work
As personal devices within corporate networks make for a potentially combustible mix, a cavalier approach to BYOD security won’t cut it
Tomáš Foltýn • 06 Feb 2024
Scams
Could your Valentine be a scammer? How to avoid getting caught in a bad romance
With Valentine’s Day almost upon us, here’s some timely advice on how to prevent scammers from stealing more than your heart
Imogen Byers • 05 Feb 2024
Grandoreiro banking malware disrupted – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
The banking trojan, which targeted mostly Brazil, Mexico and Spain, blocked the victim’s screen, logged keystrokes, simulated mouse and keyboard activity and displayed fake pop-up windows
Editor • 02 Feb 2024
VajraSpy: A Patchwork of espionage apps
ESET researchers discovered several Android apps carrying VajraSpy, a RAT used by the Patchwork APT group
Lukas Stefanko • 01 Feb 2024
Podcasts
ESET Research Podcast: ChatGPT, the MOVEit hack, and Pandora
An AI chatbot inadvertently kindles a cybercrime boom, ransomware bandits plunder organizations without deploying ransomware, and a new botnet enslaves Android TV boxes
ESET Research • 31 Jan 2024
ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt the Grandoreiro banking trojan
ESET provided technical analysis, statistical information, known C&C servers and was able to get a glimpse of the victimology
ESET Research • 30 Jan 2024
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