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>
ESET Research
MATCHBOIL: New tricks, same old evil intentions
ESET Research catalogs the changes of UAC-0099’s MATCHBOIL downloader from 2024 to 2026
Fernando Tavella • 08 Oct 2026
Beware the SparroWock: The backdoor that bites, the commands that catch
ESET researchers document SparroWocky, the new flagship backdoor of the FamousSparrow APT group
Alexandre Côté Cyr and Romain Dumont • 17 Sep 2026
Forgotten UEFI shims undermining Secure Boot
ESET researchers discovered 11 vulnerable UEFI shim bootloaders signed by Microsoft that allow attackers to bypass UEFI Secure Boot by exploiting decade-old vulnerabilities
Martin Smolár • 14 Jul 2026
Threat Reports
ESET Threat Report H1 2026
A view of the H1 2026 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts.
Jiří Kropáč • 08 Jul 2026
Gamaredon in 2025: Leveraging tunnels, workers, dead drops, and new alliances
ESET Research analyzes Gamaredon’s new toolset and the group’s growing reliance on legitimate online services to hide its C&C infrastructure and exfiltrate stolen data
Zoltán Rusnák • 25 Jun 2026
ESET takes part in Operation Endgame to disrupt Amadey and Stealc
ESET researchers assisted in the global disruption of the Amadey botnet and Stealc infostealer, providing technical analysis, infrastructure tracking, and affiliate-level insights
Jakub Tomanek and Tomáš Procházka • 24 Jun 2026
Killing me gently: Inside Gentlemen’s EDR killer framework
ESET Research shares the results of a months-long investigation into the suite of EDR killers maintained by the RaaS gang Gentlemen
Jakub Souček • 18 Jun 2026
FishMonger’s arsenal upgraded: SprySOCKS for Windows
ESET researchers have discovered SprySOCKS for Windows, FishMonger’s backdoor weaponizing a kernel driver for advanced stealthiness
ESET Research • 16 Jun 2026
OceanLotus: From external espionage to domestic targeting
A shift in operational pattern of the infamous Vietnam-aligned APT group
ESET Research • 11 Jun 2026