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More than 30 years later, ESET remains at the forefront of cybersecurity research, operating 13 R&D centers across the world that analyze, monitor and anticipate new threats. In recent years alone, ESET researchers have made a number of significant discoveries that shed light on various malicious campaigns orchestrated by the world’s most advanced threat actors. They have also identified multiple high-impact vulnerabilities in third-party products and services.

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ESET Research

Wslink: Unique and undocumented malicious loader that runs as a server

Wslink: Unique and undocumented malicious loader that runs as a server

ESET Research

Wslink: Unique and undocumented malicious loader that runs as a server

There are no code, functionality or operational similarities to suggest that this is a tool from a known threat actor

Vladislav Hrčka27 Oct 2021


ESET Research

FontOnLake: Previously unknown malware family targeting Linux

FontOnLake: Previously unknown malware family targeting Linux

ESET Research

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 Hrčka07 Oct 2021


ESET Research

UEFI threats moving to the ESP: Introducing ESPecter bootkit

UEFI threats moving to the ESP: Introducing ESPecter bootkit

ESET Research

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 Cherepanov05 Oct 2021


Threat Reports, ESET Research

ESET Threat Report T2 2021

ESET Threat Report T2 2021

Threat Reports, ESET Research

ESET Threat Report T2 2021

A view of the T2 2021 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts

Roman Kováč30 Sep 2021


ESET Research

FamousSparrow: A suspicious hotel guest

FamousSparrow: A suspicious hotel guest

ESET Research

FamousSparrow: A suspicious hotel guest

Yet another APT group that exploited the ProxyLogon vulnerability in March 2021

Tahseen Bin Taj and Matthieu Faou23 Sep 2021


ESET Research

Numando: Count once, code twice

Numando: Count once, code twice

ESET Research

Numando: Count once, code twice

The (probably) penultimate post in our occasional series demystifying Latin American banking trojans.

ESET Research17 Sep 2021


ESET Research

BladeHawk group: Android espionage against Kurdish ethnic group

BladeHawk group: Android espionage against Kurdish ethnic group

ESET Research

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 Stefanko07 Sep 2021


COVID-19, ESET Research

Flaw in the Quebec vaccine passport: analysis

Flaw in the Quebec vaccine passport: analysis

COVID-19, ESET Research

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.Léveillé31 Aug 2021


The SideWalk may be as dangerous as the CROSSWALK

The SideWalk may be as dangerous as the CROSSWALK

The SideWalk may be as dangerous as the CROSSWALK

Meet SparklingGoblin, a member of the Winnti family

Thibaut Passilly and Mathieu Tartare24 Aug 2021