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Research has been at the core of ESET and its technology since the company's inception. The journey began in 1987, when ESET co-founders Miroslav Trnka and Peter Paško uncovered one of the world's first computer viruses, which they named "Vienna" and wrote a program to detect it. Many other discoveries quickly followed.

More than 30 years later, ESET remains at the forefront of cybersecurity research, operating 13 R&D centers across the world that analyze, monitor and anticipate new threats. In recent years alone, ESET researchers have made a number of significant discoveries that shed light on various malicious campaigns orchestrated by the world’s most advanced threat actors. They have also identified multiple high-impact vulnerabilities in third-party products and services.

Over the years, ESET’s experts have assisted law enforcement with disruptions of several notorious cybercrime operations. They also frequently present at leading industry conferences and are among the most referenced contributors to the MITRE ATT&CK® knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques.

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ESET Research

Hungry for data, ModPipe backdoor hits POS software used in hospitality sector

Hungry for data, ModPipe backdoor hits POS software used in hospitality sector

ESET Research

Hungry for data, ModPipe backdoor hits POS software used in hospitality sector

Backdoor authors show deep knowledge of the targeted POS software, decrypting database passwords from Windows registry values

Martin Smolár12 Nov 2020


Threat Reports, ESET Research

ESET Threat Report Q3 2020

ESET Threat Report Q3 2020

Threat Reports, ESET Research

ESET Threat Report Q3 2020

A view of the Q3 2020 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts

Roman Kováč28 Oct 2020


ESET Research

ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt Trickbot

ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt Trickbot

ESET Research

ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt Trickbot

Throughout its monitoring, ESET analyzed thousands of malicious samples every month to help this effort

Jean-Ian Boutin12 Oct 2020


ESET Research, Critical Infrastructure

XDSpy: Stealing government secrets since 2011

XDSpy: Stealing government secrets since 2011

ESET Research, Critical Infrastructure

XDSpy: Stealing government secrets since 2011

ESET researchers uncover a new APT group that has been stealing sensitive documents from several governments in Eastern Europe and the Balkans since 2011

Matthieu Faou02 Oct 2020


ESET Research

LATAM financial cybercrime: Competitors-in-crime sharing TTPs

LATAM financial cybercrime: Competitors-in-crime sharing TTPs

ESET Research

LATAM financial cybercrime: Competitors-in-crime sharing TTPs

ESET researchers discover surprisingly many indicators of close cooperation among Latin American banking trojans’ authors

ESET Research01 Oct 2020


ESET Research

APT-C-23 group evolves its Android spyware

APT-C-23 group evolves its Android spyware

ESET Research

APT-C-23 group evolves its Android spyware

ESET researchers uncover a new version of Android spyware used by the APT-C-23 threat group against targets in the Middle East

Lukas Stefanko30 Sep 2020


ESET Research

Who is calling? CDRThief targets Linux VoIP softswitches

Who is calling? CDRThief targets Linux VoIP softswitches

ESET Research

Who is calling? CDRThief targets Linux VoIP softswitches

ESET researchers have discovered and analyzed malware that targets Voice over IP (VoIP) softswitches

Anton Cherepanov10 Sep 2020


ESET Research

KryptoCibule: The multitasking multicurrency cryptostealer

KryptoCibule: The multitasking multicurrency cryptostealer

ESET Research

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 Cyr02 Sep 2020


ESET Research

Grandoreiro banking trojan impersonates Spain’s tax agency

Grandoreiro banking trojan impersonates Spain’s tax agency

ESET Research

Grandoreiro banking trojan impersonates Spain’s tax agency

Beware the tax bogeyman – there are tax scams aplenty

ESET Research and Josep Albors21 Aug 2020