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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, Threat Reports

ESET APT Activity Report Q4 2023–Q1 2024

ESET APT Activity Report Q4 2023–Q1 2024

ESET Research, Threat Reports

ESET APT Activity Report Q4 2023–Q1 2024

An overview of the activities of selected APT groups investigated and analyzed by ESET Research in Q4 2023 and Q1 2024

Jean-Ian Boutin14 May 2024


ESET Research

eXotic Visit campaign: Tracing the footprints of Virtual Invaders

eXotic Visit campaign: Tracing the footprints of Virtual Invaders

ESET Research

eXotic Visit campaign: Tracing the footprints of Virtual Invaders

ESET researchers uncovered the eXotic Visit espionage campaign that targets users mainly in India and Pakistan with seemingly innocuous apps

Lukas Stefanko10 Apr 2024


ESET Research

Rescoms rides waves of AceCryptor spam

Rescoms rides waves of AceCryptor spam

ESET Research

Rescoms rides waves of AceCryptor spam

Insight into ESET telemetry statistics about AceCryptor in H2 2023 with a focus on Rescoms campaigns in European countries

Jakub Kaloč20 Mar 2024


ESET Research

Evasive Panda leverages Monlam Festival to target Tibetans

Evasive Panda leverages Monlam Festival to target Tibetans

ESET Research

Evasive Panda leverages Monlam Festival to target Tibetans

ESET researchers uncover strategic web compromise and supply-chain attacks targeting Tibetans

Anh Ho, Facundo Muñoz, Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé07 Mar 2024


ESET Research, Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center

Operation Texonto: Information operation targeting Ukrainian speakers in the context of the war

Operation Texonto: Information operation targeting Ukrainian speakers in the context of the war

ESET Research, Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center

Operation Texonto: Information operation targeting Ukrainian speakers in the context of the war

A mix of PSYOPs, espionage and … fake Canadian pharmacies!

Matthieu Faou21 Feb 2024


ESET Research

VajraSpy: A Patchwork of espionage apps

VajraSpy: A Patchwork of espionage apps

ESET Research

VajraSpy: A Patchwork of espionage apps

ESET researchers discovered several Android apps carrying VajraSpy, a RAT used by the Patchwork APT group

Lukas Stefanko01 Feb 2024


ESET Research

ESET Research Podcast: ChatGPT, the MOVEit hack, and Pandora

ESET Research Podcast: ChatGPT, the MOVEit hack, and Pandora

ESET Research

ESET Research Podcast: ChatGPT, the MOVEit hack, and Pandora

An AI chatbot inadvertently kindles a cybercrime boom, ransomware bandits plunder organizations without deploying ransomware, and a new botnet enslaves Android TV boxes

ESET Research31 Jan 2024


ESET Research

ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt the Grandoreiro banking trojan

ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt the Grandoreiro banking trojan

ESET Research

ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt the Grandoreiro banking trojan

ESET provided technical analysis, statistical information, known C&C servers and was able to get a glimpse of the victimology

ESET Research30 Jan 2024


ESET Research

NSPX30: A sophisticated AitM-enabled implant evolving since 2005

NSPX30: A sophisticated AitM-enabled implant evolving since 2005

ESET Research

NSPX30: A sophisticated AitM-enabled implant evolving since 2005

ESET researchers have discovered NSPX30, a sophisticated implant used by a new China-aligned APT group we have named Blackwood

Facundo Muñoz24 Jan 2024