White Papers

The Research teams in ESET Latin America and ESET North America put their heads together in December 2009 to discuss the likely shape of things to come in the next 12 months in security and cybercrime.

A detailed analysis of the differences between traditional threat-specific detection and proactive detection by generic detection and behavior analysis.

A comprehensive analysis of Win32/Hodprot, one of the families of malware most used in banking fraud in Russia and its neighbours.

Describes the botnet phenomenon in detail: its origins and history, current trends, and what you need to do about it.

Evaluates research on susceptibility to phishing attacks, and looks at web-based educational resources such as phishing quizzes. Do phished institutions and security vendors promote a culture of dependence that discourages computer users from helping themselves? First published in 2007 Virus Bulletin Conference Proceedings.*

What is a potentially unwanted application (PUA)? This paper gives some examples of "potentially unwanted" and "potentially unsafe" applications, explaining how they differ from out-and-out malware.