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<p>Some cybercriminals are sophisticated, cooperate with other attackers, and do everything to stay under the radar. Then there are threat actors like CosmicBeetle that lack the necessary skills set, yet still manage to...

<p>Telegram, with nearly a billion monthly users, is a juicy target for cybercriminals, especially if they can exploit a zero-day vulnerability. ESET malware researcher Lukáš Štefanko ran into such an exploit – which...

<p>In this episode, ESET Distinguished Researcher Aryeh Goretsky and his guest ESET Principal Threat Intelligence Researcher Robert Lipovsky detail recently discovered unusual adware called HotPage. This trojan caught...

<p>The I-SOON data leak has allowed us to identify FishMonger, a group notorious for the cyberattacks against Hong Kong universities back in 2019, as I-SOON. This contractor also developed a platform for tracking...

<p>In 2023, ESET detected over 675,000 attempts to access malicious domains abusing the popularity of ChatGPT; some offer bring-your-own-key web apps that can steal OpenAI API keys. Apart from AI, in H2 the Cl0p...

<p>In this episode, ESET researchers Radek Jizba and Jakub Souček talk about the dynamics within and between various Neanderthal groups, the techniques that this horde of scammers uses to find the best Mammoths, and...

<p>In H1 2023, intrusion vectors were closing left and right. This forced many cybercriminals to search for alternative ways to compromise devices of their victims. While some of the attackers tried revisiting old...

<p>What do Disco, NightClub, backdoors, espionage, and internet service providers in Belarus all have in common? They all are tied to the same MoustachedBouncer. It sounds like a bad joke, but it sums up some of the key...

<p>Towards the end of 2022, an unknown threat actor boasted online that they created a new and powerful UEFI bootkit called BlackLotus. Its most distinctive feature? It could mysteriously bypass UEFI Secure Boot, a...

<p>What do you need to break into a corporate network? ESET’s latest research suggests that interest in secondhand computer hardware, a bit of time, and $100 is more than enough. In this episode, ESET Specialized...

<p>Since the Russian invasion on February 24th, 2022, Ukrainians have had to defend their data against an unprecedented number of data-wiping malware variants. While Russian threat actors seem like the obvious culprits...

<p>In the last four months of 2022, Russia-aligned APT groups unleashed several data-destroying malware variants on Ukraine. Android detections grew rapidly, while most of the crimeware scene continued on a downward...

<p>Let’s say your network access gets shut off from the rest of the world due to a catastrophic event. Whether it is a natural disaster, an armed conflict, a decision of an authoritarian regime or your connection is...

<p>Looking at the ESET telemetry data from May through August 2022, it seems like the cybercriminal scene has taken taking its foot off the pedal in almost every possible area. But what is the reason for the drop? We...

<p>This is an ESET Research Podcast special, recorded at RSA Conference 2022, the world's largest conference devoted entirely to information security. It is also a double feature: first, ESET’s top machine-learning...