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Lukas Stefanko • 22 Jul 2024 • 5 min. read
ESET Research
Cursed tapes: Exploiting the EvilVideo vulnerability on Telegram for Android
Romain Dumont • 18 Jul 2024 • 23 min. read
HotPage: Story of a signed, vulnerable, ad-injecting driver
Jiří Kropáč • 27 Jun 2024 • 2 min. read
ESET Research, Threat Reports
ESET Threat Report H1 2024
Business Security
Untangling the hiring dilemma: How security solutions free up HR processes
MDR: Unlocking the power of enterprise-grade security for businesses of all sizes
Lead-offering business booming as usual!
…but there are no conferences or exhibitions???
Righard Zwienenberg • 08 Sep 2020
Kids Online
TikTok Family Pairing: Curate your children's content and more
With TikTok being all the rage especially with teens, we look at a feature that gives parents greater control over how their children interact with the app
Amer Owaida • 07 Sep 2020
Video
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET research dissects KryptoCibule malware family – Why close unused accounts rather than just remove apps – Microsoft's new deepfake detector
Editor • 04 Sep 2020
Digital Security
Microsoft debuts deepfake detection tool
As the US presidential election nears, the company’s new tech should also help assure people that an image or video is authentic
Amer Owaida • 03 Sep 2020
Social Media
Houseparty – should I stay or should I go now?
What’s the benefit of deleting your Houseparty – or any other unused – account, rather than just uninstalling the app?
Jake Moore • 03 Sep 2020
Norway’s parliament struck by hackers
Unknown threat actors were able to exfiltrate information from the email accounts of several parliamentarians
Amer Owaida • 02 Sep 2020
KryptoCibule: The multitasking multicurrency cryptostealer
ESET researchers analyze a previously undocumented trojan that is spread via malicious torrents and uses multiple tricks to squeeze cryptocoins from its victims while staying under the radar
Matthieu Faou and Alexandre Côté Cyr • 02 Sep 2020
Security flaw allows bypassing PIN verification on Visa contactless payments
The vulnerability could allow criminals to rack up fraudulent charges on the cards without needing to know the PINs
Amer Owaida • 31 Aug 2020
Canada's government services hit by cyberattacks – Vishing attacks surge amid COVID-19 pandemic – DDoS extortionists strike again
Editor • 28 Aug 2020
Cybercrime
DDoS extortion campaign targets financial firms, retailers
The extortionists attempt to scare the targets into paying by claiming to represent some of the world’s most notorious APT groups
Amer Owaida • 27 Aug 2020
New Chrome, Firefox versions fix security bugs, bring productivity features
Chrome gets a new way of managing tabs while Firefox now features a new add-ons blocklist
Amer Owaida • 26 Aug 2020
COVID-19
FBI, CISA warn of spike in vishing attacks
Cybercriminals take aim at teleworkers, setting up malicious duplicates of companies' internal VPN login pages
Amer Owaida • 25 Aug 2020
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