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Phil Muncaster • 16 Sep 2026 • 8 min. read
Business Security
Cyberthreats are moving faster than SMBs: Readiness must accelerate
As AI adoption expands the attack surface and adds to the security workload, businesses need automation backed by experts
Phil Muncaster • 16 Sep 2026
GuardBreaker: Derailing AI-assisted malware analysis with a code comment
LLM-based code scanners won’t help attackers build a nuclear weapon, but that refusal could work in their favor
Tomáš Foltýn • 10 Sep 2026
How QR-code phishing can slip past corporate security measures
Quishing has become a popular alternative to traditional phishing. Here’s how businesses can close the gap.
Phil Muncaster • 17 Aug 2026
Black Hat USA 2026: Will vulnerability discovery eventually decline in the AI era?
And will today’s surge in AI-driven vulnerability discovery eventually make tomorrow’s software safer?
Tony Anscombe • 13 Aug 2026
Black Hat USA 2026: What the Hugging Face hack tells us about human responsibility
The incident involving OpenAI models shows that autonomous hacks make human oversight more important, not less
Black Hat USA 2026: AI is racing ahead of cybersecurity controls
AI took center stage, but the clearest lesson was less about what AI can do than about who is accountable when something goes wrong
Tony Anscombe • 12 Aug 2026
ESET Research
Threat Reports
ESET Threat Report H1 2026
A view of the H1 2026 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts.
Jiří Kropáč • 08 Jul 2026
Cyber readiness for SMBs: Getting the basics right
AI is changing cybercrime, but SMB cyber readiness still largely depends on closing the familiar gaps
Phil Muncaster • 03 Jul 2026
SMB cyber readiness: the road to resilience starts here
Your business may be small, but its attack surface is anything but. Readiness is the first step to resilience.
Phil Muncaster • 26 Jun 2026