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Lukas Stefanko • 10 Apr 2024 • 17 min. read
ESET Research
eXotic Visit campaign: Tracing the footprints of Virtual Invaders
Jakub Kaloč • 20 Mar 2024 • 8 min. read
Rescoms rides waves of AceCryptor spam
Anh Ho, Facundo Muñoz, Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé • 07 Mar 2024 • 14 min. read
Evasive Panda leverages Monlam Festival to target Tibetans
Business Security, Digital Security
Delivering trust with DNS security
Privacy
7 reasons why cybercriminals want your personal data
Social Media
Facebook etiquette: Behaviors you should avoid
Sharing your thoughts or photos for the world to see is now as easy as pushing a button, but even a seemingly harmless post may come back to haunt you
Amer Owaida • 04 Feb 2021
COVID-19
Identity theft spikes amid pandemic
The US Federal Trade Commission received 1.4 million reports of identity theft last year, double the number from 2019
Amer Owaida • 03 Feb 2021
Kobalos – A complex Linux threat to high performance computing infrastructure
ESET researchers publish a white paper about unique multiplatform malware they’ve named Kobalos
Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé and Ignacio Sanmillan • 02 Feb 2021
Operation NightScout: Supply-chain attack targets online gaming in Asia
ESET researchers uncover a supply-chain attack used in a cyberespionage operation targeting online-gaming communities in Asia
Ignacio Sanmillan • 01 Feb 2021
Video
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Law enforcement disrupts Emotet – Wormable Android malware spreading via WhatsApp – Three iOS zero-day bugs squashed
Editor • 29 Jan 2021
Emotet botnet disrupted in global operation
The law enforcement action is one of the most significant operations against cybercriminal enterprises ever
Tomáš Foltýn • 28 Jan 2021
Kids Online
Data Privacy Day: Top tips for safe remote learning
As schools and students continue to contend with the very real cyber-risks of virtual classrooms, we share some advice for protecting children’s data and privacy
Amer Owaida • 28 Jan 2021
Mobile Security
Apple patches three iOS zero-days under attack
The company emits emergency updates to fix bugs affecting devices ranging from iPhones to Apple Watches
Amer Owaida • 27 Jan 2021
Wormable Android malware spreads via WhatsApp messages
“Download This application and Win Mobile Phone”, reads the message attempting to trick users into downloading a fake Huawei app
Amer Owaida • 26 Jan 2021
ESET research analyzes the Vadokrist banking trojan – Beware smishing scams – WhatsApp postpones privacy policy changes
Editor • 22 Jan 2021
Scams
Smishing: What it is and why we fall for these scams so easily
Here’s how to spot scams where criminals use deceptive text messages to hook and reel in their marks
Jake Moore • 22 Jan 2021
Vadokrist: A wolf in sheep's clothing
Another in our occasional series demystifying Latin American banking trojans
ESET Research • 21 Jan 2021
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