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Martin Smolár • 14 Jul 2026 • 20 min. read
ESET Research
Forgotten UEFI shims undermining Secure Boot
Zoltán Rusnák • 25 Jun 2026 • 10 min. read
Gamaredon in 2025: Leveraging tunnels, workers, dead drops, and new alliances
Jakub Tomanek and Tomáš Procházka • 24 Jun 2026 • 15 min. read
ESET takes part in Operation Endgame to disrupt Amadey and Stealc
Business Security
Virtual machines, virtually everywhere – and with real security gaps
Cyber fallout from the Iran war: What to have on your radar
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
Tony Anscombe • 13 Aug 2026
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
Kids Online
Are AI tutors safe for your kids?
AI tutors can offer useful support, but their quality and safeguards vary widely. Here’s what parents should check before handing one to a child.
Phil Muncaster • 10 Aug 2026
Video
This month in security with Tony Anscombe – July 2026 edition
OpenAI models going rogue, the first documented agentic ransomware operation, and an emergent AI-driven supply chain threat made for a packed July roundup
Editor • 31 Jul 2026
Digital Security
Beyond the screenshot: Why you should verify what you see
The screenshot may look convincing, but it doesn’t necessarily prove that the payment, booking or conversation is genuine
Phil Muncaster • 30 Jul 2026
ESET researchers discovered 11 vulnerable UEFI shim bootloaders signed by Microsoft that allow attackers to bypass UEFI Secure Boot by exploiting decade-old vulnerabilities
Martin Smolár • 14 Jul 2026
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
This month in security with Tony Anscombe – June 2026 edition
Three-day patching deadlines, exposed fuel-tank systems, scams costing billions of dollars, and social media bans for children all gave Tony plenty to unpack in June 2026
Editor • 30 Jun 2026
Inside the inbox: Why cybercriminals want to break into your email account
Your inbox is an identity system all of its own: whoever owns it may own a lot more
Phil Muncaster • 29 Jun 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
ESET Research analyzes Gamaredon’s new toolset and the group’s growing reliance on legitimate online services to hide its C&C infrastructure and exfiltrate stolen data
Zoltán Rusnák • 25 Jun 2026
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