Left to their own devices: Security for employees using personal devices for work

As personal devices within corporate networks make for a potentially combustible mix, a cavalier approach to BYOD security won’t cut it. Since it helped organizations ride out the disruption wrought by the pandemic, remote work (that later often morphed into hybrid work) has cemented its staying power. With the boundaries between work and home becoming blurrier than ever, many … More Left to their own devices: Security for employees using personal devices for work

Could your Valentine be a scammer? How to avoid getting caught in a bad romance

With Valentine’s Day almost upon us, here’s some timely advice on how to prevent scammers from stealing more than your heart. Online dating has revolutionized how people connect and find love. Now, any of us can flick through an online catalog of potential love interests in the palm of their hands – no more terrible … More Could your Valentine be a scammer? How to avoid getting caught in a bad romance

ESET Research discovers espionage apps utilizing romance scams

ESET Research discovered a new cyberespionage campaign that, with a high level of confidence, ESET attributes to the Patchwork APT group. ESET researchers have identified 12 Android espionage apps that share the same malicious code; six were available on Google Play. All the observed applications were advertised as messaging tools, apart from one that posed … More ESET Research discovers espionage apps utilizing romance scams

ESET Research Podcast: ChatGPT, the MOVEit hack, and Pandora

An AI chatbot inadvertently kindles a cybercrime boom, ransomware bandits plunder organizations without deploying ransomware, and a new botnet enslaves Android TV boxes. In this episode of the ESET Research Podcast, we dissect the most interesting findings of the ESET Threat Report H2 2023, including threat actors trying to leverage the AI hype, probably the … More ESET Research Podcast: ChatGPT, the MOVEit hack, and Pandora

ESET Research joins global operation to disrupt the Grandoreiro banking trojan operating in Latin America and Spain

ESET worked alongside the Federal Police of Brazil in an attempt to disrupt the Grandoreiro botnet. ESET collaborated with the Federal Police of Brazil in an attempt to disrupt the Grandoreiro botnet. ESET contributed to the project by providing technical analysis, statistical information, and known command and control (C&C) server domain names and IP addresses. … More ESET Research joins global operation to disrupt the Grandoreiro banking trojan operating in Latin America and Spain