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Jakub Souček • 19 Mar 2026 • 20 min. read
ESET Research
EDR killers explained: Beyond the drivers
ESET Research • 10 Mar 2026 • 12 min. read
Sednit reloaded: Back in the trenches
Lukas Stefanko • 19 Feb 2026 • 13 min. read
PromptSpy ushers in the era of Android threats using GenAI
Business Security
Virtual machines, virtually everywhere – and with real security gaps
Cyber fallout from the Iran war: What to have on your radar
Privacy
ProtonMail forced to log user’s IP address after order from Swiss authorities
Following the incident the company has updated its website and privacy policy to clarify its legal obligations to users
Amer Owaida • 07 Sep 2021
BladeHawk group: Android espionage against Kurdish ethnic group
ESET researchers have investigated a mobile espionage campaign that targets the Kurdish ethnic group and has been active since at least March 2020
Lukas Stefanko • 07 Sep 2021
Video
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Vaccination passports - what you need to know. A guide to kids' smartphone security. CISA lists single-factor authentication as bad practice.
Editor • 03 Sep 2021
Kids Online
A parent’s guide to smartphone security
Smartphones are kids’ trusty companions both in- and outside the classroom, and as they return to their desks, we’ve prepared some handy tips on how to keep their devices secure.
Amer Owaida • 03 Sep 2021
Social Media
Twitter introduces new feature to automatically block abusive behavior
Dubbed Safety Mode, the feature will temporarily block authors of offensive tweets from being able to contact or follow users.
Amer Owaida • 02 Sep 2021
COVID-19
Flaw in the Quebec vaccine passport: analysis
ESET cybersecurity expert Marc-Étienne Léveillé analyses in-depth the Quebec vaccine proof apps VaxiCode and VaxiCode Verif.
Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé • 31 Aug 2021
Digital Security
Don’t use single-factor authentication, warns CISA
The federal agency urges organizations to ditch the bad practice and instead use multi-factor authentication methods
Amer Owaida • 31 Aug 2021
Vaccine passports: Is your personal data in safe hands?
Vaccination passports may facilitate the return to normalcy, but there are also concerns about what kinds of personal data they collect and how well they protect it. Here’s what you should know.
Tony Anscombe • 31 Aug 2021
ESET research discovers SideWalk backdoor – Why data breach costs have never been higher – 620,000 personal pictures stolen from iCloud accounts
Editor • 27 Aug 2021
Beyond the pandemic: Why are data breach costs at an all-time high?
It might be tempting to blame the record-high costs of data breaches on the COVID-19 pandemic alone. But dig deeper and a more nuanced picture emerges.
Phil Muncaster • 27 Aug 2021
Cybercrime
Man impersonates Apple support, steals 620,000 photos from iCloud accounts
The man was after sexually explicit photos and videos that he would then share online or store in his own collection
Amer Owaida • 26 Aug 2021
Microsoft Power Apps misconfiguration exposes millions of records
The caches of data that were publicly accessible included names, email addresses and social security numbers
Amer Owaida • 24 Aug 2021
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