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ESET Research • 05 Jun 2025 • 25 min. read
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BladedFeline: Whispering in the dark
Tomáš Procházka • 22 May 2025 • 12 min. read
Danabot: Analyzing a fallen empire
Jakub Tomanek • 21 May 2025 • 13 min. read
ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt Lumma Stealer
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
Digital Security
Top tips for security- and privacy-enhancing holiday gifts
Think outside the (gift) box. Here are a few ideas for security and privacy gifts to get for your relatives – or even for yourself. Some don’t cost a penny!
Phil Muncaster • 13 Dec 2022
We Live Progress
Cybersecurity Trends 2023: Securing our hybrid lives
ESET experts offer their reflections on what the continued blurring of boundaries between different spheres of life means for our human and social experience – and especially our cybersecurity and privacy
Editor • 12 Dec 2022
Video
Diamond industry under attack – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET researchers uncover a new wiper and its execution tool, both attributed to the Iran-aligned Agrius APT group
Editor • 09 Dec 2022
Xenomorph: What to know about this Android banking trojan
Xenomorph pilfers victims' login credentials for banking, payment, social media, cryptocurrency and other apps with valuable data
Fantasy – a new Agrius wiper deployed through a supply-chain attack
ESET researchers analyzed a supply-chain attack abusing an Israeli software developer to deploy Fantasy, Agrius’s new wiper, with victims including the diamond industry
Adam Burgher • 07 Dec 2022
Tractors vs. threat actors: How to hack a farm
Forget pests for a minute. Modern farms also face another – and more insidious – breed of threat.
Jake Moore • 05 Dec 2022
ScarCruft updates its toolset – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Deployed against carefully selected targets, the new backdoor combs through the drives of compromised systems for files of interest before exfiltrating them to Google Drive
Editor • 02 Dec 2022
Top tips to save energy used by your electronic devices
With the rapidly rising energy prices putting a strain on many households, what are some quick wins to help reduce the power consumption of your gadgets?
Phil Muncaster • 01 Dec 2022
Who’s swimming in South Korean waters? Meet ScarCruft’s Dolphin
ESET researchers uncover Dolphin, a sophisticated backdoor extending the arsenal of the ScarCruft APT group
Filip Jurčacko • 30 Nov 2022
Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center
RansomBoggs: New ransomware targeting Ukraine
ESET researchers spot a new ransomware campaign that goes after Ukrainian organizations and has Sandworm's fingerprints all over it
Editor • 28 Nov 2022
Spyware posing as VPN apps – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
The Bahamut APT group distributes at least eight malicious apps that pilfer victims' data and monitor their messages and conversations
Editor • 25 Nov 2022
How To
Know your payment options: How to shop and pay safely this holiday season
'Tis the season for shopping and if you too are scouting for bargains, make sure to keep your money safe when snapping up those deals
André Lameiras • 25 Nov 2022
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