Award-winning news, views, and insight from the ESET security community
Anton Cherepanov • 13 Dec 2016 • 11 min. read
Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center
The rise of TeleBots: Analyzing disruptive KillDisk attacks
ESET's Anton Cherepanov analyzes the work of TeleBots, a malicious toolset that was used in focused cyberattacks against targets in Ukraine's financial sector.
Anton Cherepanov • 13 Dec 2016
Ransomware
Android ransomware spreads further, with new methods in its toolbox
ESET lifts the lid on Android ransomware - the picture doesn't look good. It's on the increase and extremely sophisticated.
Ondrej Kubovič • 05 Dec 2016
New decryption tool for Crysis ransomware
ESET has developed a free tool to decrypt files and recover the information that might have been compromised by Crysis.
Diego Perez • 24 Nov 2016
Critical Infrastructure
Election hacking FAQ: 2016 US presidential election edition
Stephen Cobb, senior security researcher at ESET answers the 10 most frequently asked questions on election hacking.
Stephen Cobb • 26 Oct 2016
Ransomware: Expert advice on how to keep safe and secure
ESET's Lysa Myers offers a detailed and comprehensive overview on how to stay safe against ransomware attacks, a threat that is growing in prominence.
Lysa Myers • 10 Oct 2016
How encryption molded crypto-ransomware
Recently ESET has seen significantly increasing volumes of a particular type of ransomware known as crypto-ransomware, reports Cassius Puodzius.
Cassius Puodzius • 13 Sep 2016
The economics of ransomware recovery
When it comes to ransomware, the question of 'to pay or not to pay' is the source of some debate. WeLiveSecurity takes a closer look at the economics.
David Harley • 07 Sep 2016
School ransomware: A threat to be aware of
Ransomware that targets schools is a threat that needs to be understood, explains ESET's Lysa Myers. Top cybersecurity efforts are needed to keep it at bay.
Lysa Myers • 06 Sep 2016
TorrentLocker: Crypto-ransomware still active, using same tactics
ESET has carried out analysis of new samples of the crypto-ransomware family TorrentLocker, to compare the 2016 campaigns against its research in late 2014.
Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé • 01 Sep 2016