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Jean-Ian Boutin • 19 May 2025 • 3 min. read
ESET Research
Threat Reports
ESET APT Activity Report Q4 2024–Q1 2025
Matthieu Faou • 15 May 2025 • 18 min. read
Operation RoundPress
Facundo Muñoz • 30 Apr 2025 • 11 min. read
TheWizards APT group uses SLAAC spoofing to perform adversary-in-the-middle attacks
Business Security
Ransomware
Resilience in the face of ransomware: A key to business survival
Making it stick: How to get the most out of cybersecurity training
ESET Research Podcast: HotPage
ESET researchers discuss HotPage, a recently discovered adware armed with a highest-privilege, yet vulnerable, Microsoft-signed driver
ESET Research • 05 Sep 2024
The key considerations for cyber insurance: A pragmatic approach
Would a more robust cybersecurity posture impact premium costs? Does the policy offer legal cover? These are some of the questions organizations should consider when reviewing their cyber insurance options
Tony Anscombe • 04 Sep 2024
Malware
In plain sight: Malicious ads hiding in search results
Sometimes there’s more than just an enticing product offer hiding behind an ad
Márk Szabó • 03 Sep 2024
Video
Stealing cash using NFC relay – Week in Security with Tony Anscombe
The discovery of the NGate malware by ESET Research is another example of how sophisticated Android threats have become
Editor • 28 Aug 2024
Analysis of two arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities affecting WPS Office
Demystifying CVE-2024-7262 and CVE-2024-7263
Romain Dumont • 28 Aug 2024
Internet of Things
Old devices, new dangers: The risks of unsupported IoT tech
In the digital graveyard, a new threat stirs: Out-of-support devices becoming thralls of malicious actors
Márk Szabó • 27 Aug 2024
Mobile Security
Exploring Android threats and ways to mitigate them | Unlocked 403 cybersecurity podcast (ep. 5)
The world of Android threats is quite vast and intriguing. In this episode, Becks and Lukáš demonstrate how easy it is to take over your phone, with some added tips on how to stay secure
Editor • 26 Aug 2024
PWA phishing on Android and iOS – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Phishing using PWAs? ESET Research's latest discovery might just ruin some users' assumptions about their preferred platform's security
Editor • 23 Aug 2024
NGate Android malware relays NFC traffic to steal cash
Android malware discovered by ESET Research relays NFC data from victims’ payment cards, via victims’ mobile phones, to the device of a perpetrator waiting at an ATM
Lukas Stefanko and Jakub Osmani • 22 Aug 2024
How regulatory standards and cyber insurance inform each other
Should the payment of a ransomware demand be illegal? Should it be regulated in some way? These questions are some examples of the legal minefield that cybersecurity teams must deal with
Tony Anscombe • 21 Aug 2024
Be careful what you pwish for – Phishing in PWA applications
ESET analysts dissect a novel phishing method tailored to Android and iOS users
Jakub Osmani • 20 Aug 2024
How a BEC scam cost a company $60 million – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Business email compromise (BEC) has once again proven to be a costly issue, with a company losing $60 million in a wire transfer fraud scheme
Editor • 16 Aug 2024
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