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Martin Smolár • 16 Jan 2025 • 12 min. read
ESET Research
Under the cloak of UEFI Secure Boot: Introducing CVE-2024-7344
ESET Research • 20 Dec 2024 • 1 min. read
ESET Research Podcast: Telekopye, again
Jiří Kropáč • 16 Dec 2024 • 3 min. read
ESET Research, Threat Reports
ESET Threat Report H2 2024
Business Security
Untangling the hiring dilemma: How security solutions free up HR processes
MDR: Unlocking the power of enterprise-grade security for businesses of all sizes
Employee offboarding: Why companies must close a crucial gap in their security strategy
There are various ways a departing employee could put your organization at risk of a data breach. How do you offboard employees the right way and ensure your data remains safe?
Phil Muncaster • 14 Oct 2021
Scams
Don't get phished! How to be the one that got away
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck. Now, how do you apply the duck test to defend against phishing?
Tony Anscombe • 13 Oct 2021
Digital Security
Microsoft thwarts record-breaking DDoS attack
The attack, which clocked in at 2.4 Tbps, targeted an Azure customer based in Europe
Amer Owaida • 12 Oct 2021
Ransomware
Ransomware cost US companies almost $21 billion in downtime in 2020
The victims lost an average of nine days to downtime and two-and-a-half months to investigations, an analysis of disclosed attacks shows
Amer Owaida • 11 Oct 2021
Video
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET research discovers ESPecter bootkit – FontOnLake targeting Linux – Fake SafeMoon app update
Editor • 08 Oct 2021
FontOnLake: Previously unknown malware family targeting Linux
ESET researchers discover a malware family with tools that show signs they’re used in targeted attacks
Vladislav Hrčka • 07 Oct 2021
Google to turn on 2FA by default for 150 million users, 2 million YouTubers
Two-factor authentication is a simple way to greatly enhance the security of your account
Amer Owaida • 06 Oct 2021
To the moon and hack: Fake SafeMoon app drops malware to spy on you
Cryptocurrencies rise and fall, but one thing stays the same – cybercriminals attempt to cash in on the craze
Martina López • 06 Oct 2021
UEFI threats moving to the ESP: Introducing ESPecter bootkit
ESET research discovers a previously undocumented UEFI bootkit with roots going back all the way to at least 2012
Martin Smolár and Anton Cherepanov • 05 Oct 2021
New ESET Threat Report is out – Cybersecurity Awareness Month begins today – What organizations should do to secure their VPNs
Editor • 01 Oct 2021
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Why being cyber-smart matters
The campaign may last for a month, but we should remember that cybersecurity is a year-round affair
Amer Owaida • 01 Oct 2021
Hackers could force locked iPhones to make contactless payments
Flaws in Apple Pay and Visa could allow criminals to make arbitrary contactless payments – no authentication needed, research finds
Amer Owaida • 30 Sep 2021
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