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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

Mekotio: These aren’t the security updates you’re looking for…

Mekotio: These aren’t the security updates you’re looking for…

ESET Research

Mekotio: These aren’t the security updates you’re looking for…

Another in our occasional series demystifying Latin American banking trojans

ESET Research13 Aug 2020


ESET Research

Stadeo: Deobfuscating Stantinko and more

Stadeo: Deobfuscating Stantinko and more

ESET Research

Stadeo: Deobfuscating Stantinko and more

We introduce Stadeo – a set of scripts that can help fellow threat researchers and reverse engineers to deobfuscate the code of Stantinko and other malware

Vladislav Hrčka07 Aug 2020


ESET Research

Beyond KrØØk: Even more Wi-Fi chips vulnerable to eavesdropping

Beyond KrØØk: Even more Wi-Fi chips vulnerable to eavesdropping

ESET Research

Beyond KrØØk: Even more Wi-Fi chips vulnerable to eavesdropping

At Black Hat USA 2020, ESET researchers delved into details about the KrØØk vulnerability in Wi-Fi chips and revealed that similar bugs affect more chip brands than previously thought

Miloš Čermák and Robert Lipovsky06 Aug 2020


ESET Research

Thunderspy attacks: What they are, who’s at greatest risk and how to stay safe

Thunderspy attacks: What they are, who’s at greatest risk and how to stay safe

ESET Research

Thunderspy attacks: What they are, who’s at greatest risk and how to stay safe

All you need to know about preventing adversaries from exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerabilities in the Thunderbolt interface

Aryeh Goretsky30 Jul 2020


Threat Reports

ESET Threat Report Q2 2020

ESET Threat Report Q2 2020

Threat Reports

ESET Threat Report Q2 2020

A view of the Q2 2020 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts

Roman Kováč29 Jul 2020


ESET Research

Mac cryptocurrency trading application rebranded, bundled with malware

Mac cryptocurrency trading application rebranded, bundled with malware

ESET Research

Mac cryptocurrency trading application rebranded, bundled with malware

ESET researchers lure GMERA malware operators to remotely control their Mac honeypots

Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé16 Jul 2020


ESET Research

Welcome Chat as a secure messaging app? Nothing could be further from the truth

Welcome Chat as a secure messaging app? Nothing could be further from the truth

ESET Research

Welcome Chat as a secure messaging app? Nothing could be further from the truth

ESET research uncovers a malicious operation that both spies on victims and leaks their data

Lukas Stefanko14 Jul 2020


ESET Research

More evil: A deep look at Evilnum and its toolset

More evil: A deep look at Evilnum and its toolset

ESET Research

More evil: A deep look at Evilnum and its toolset

ESET research gives a detailed picture of the operations of the Evilnum group and its toolkit deployed in attacks against carefully chosen targets in the fintech sector

Matías Porolli09 Jul 2020


ESET Research

Remote access at risk: Pandemic pulls more cyber-crooks into the brute-forcing game

Remote access at risk: Pandemic pulls more cyber-crooks into the brute-forcing game

ESET Research

Remote access at risk: Pandemic pulls more cyber-crooks into the brute-forcing game

Poorly secured remote access attracts mostly ransomware gangs, but can provide access to coin miners and backdoors too

Ondrej Kubovič29 Jun 2020