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Update WinRAR tools now: RomCom and others exploiting zero-day vulnerability
Bootkitty: Analyzing the first UEFI bootkit for Linux
The tap-estry of threats targeting Hamster Kombat players
Not-so-private messaging: Trojanized WhatsApp and Telegram apps go after cryptocurrency wallets
ESET Research discovered a zero-day vulnerability in WinRAR being exploited in the wild in the guise of job application documents; the weaponized archives exploited a path traversal flaw to compromise their targets
Anton Cherepanov, Peter Strýček, Damien Schaeffer • 11 Aug 2025 • 8 min. read
ESET researchers analyze the first UEFI bootkit designed for Linux systems
Martin Smolár and Peter Strýček • 27 Nov 2024 • 13 min. read
ESET researchers have discovered threats abusing the success of the Hamster Kombat clicker game
Lukas Stefanko and Peter Strýček • 23 Jul 2024 • 10 min. read
ESET researchers analyzed Android and Windows clippers that can tamper with instant messages and use OCR to steal cryptocurrency funds
Lukas Stefanko and Peter Strýček • 16 Mar 2023 • 17 min. read
