When cybersecurity vendors invest heavily into sophisticated malware replication mechanisms studying real-life malware behavior in isolated environments, one may ask what the point of malware tracking is. What do we learn by extracting data from malicious code without it running or communicating with a command and control (C&C) server? Using the Grandoreiro banking trojan as … More Why botnet tracking is so effective
ESET a global leader in digital security, today announces the launch of a new initiative, ‘Heroes of Progress’ – where it will be searching for visionary thinkers who have contributed to progress across a variety of industries, with technology at the core of the progress made. Behind all forms of progress, sits a team of … More ESET launches a global search for ‘Heroes of Progress’, looking for the most progressive minds of the 21st century
Press play for the first episode as host Aryeh Goretsky is joined by Zuzana Hromcová to discuss native IIS malware. Did you ever wonder why researchers behind a cybersecurity discovery chose to go down that particular rabbit hole? What made them curious about that specific malware family, variant, or campaign? Did they come up with … More Launching ESET Research Podcast: A peek behind the scenes of ESET discoveries
Without ever setting foot in the lab, a threat actor could dupe DNA researchers into creating pathogens, according to a study describing “an end-to-end cyber-biological attack” Researchers have described a theoretical cyberattack that could be used to dupe unsuspecting scientists into producing dangerous biological substances, toxins and synthetic viruses. The paper, authored by researchers from Israel’s Ben-Gurion … More Cyberattackers could trick scientists into producing dangerous substances
A view of the Q3 2020 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts. As the world braces for a pandemic-ridden winter, COVID-19 appears to be losing steam at least in the cybercrime arena. With coronavirus-related lures played out, crooks seem to have gone “back … More ESET Threat Report Q3 2020
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