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LAGOS — November 12, 2026 — ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, today announced the expansion of its ESET Threat Intelligence offering with the launch of ESET Threat Intelligence Investigation Lab, a toolset designed to help security analysts deliver trusted, actionable answers for faster and more confident incident triage. ESET Investigation Lab was developed to help enterprise SOCs, government organizations, CERTs, and MSSPs use incident response time more eff

To connect or not to connect? That is the question. It’s Monday, 10 a.m. The weekend fog has finally lifted. Blue- and white-collar workers are settling into the rhythm of the day, their keyboard click-clacks blending with the low rumble of trams carrying hundreds of people beneath the office windows. The city is awake, moving, functioning. Then everything stops. Screens go dark. Keyboards fall silent. Trams screech to a halt. Phones come out. Emergency alerts follow: The loc

ESET Research describes Turla’s Cereal toolset, featuring a novel Exchange email collection module, a unique C&C mechanism, and sophisticated .NET execution tricks On a compromised Exchange server, the most interesting activity is not always the message that arrives in a user’s inbox. Somewhere in a national government office, an official sends an email to a colleague at a transnational military alliance. The message goes out through a Microsoft Exchange server, exactly as it

ESET Research analyzes a DNS hijacking operation abusing insecure HTTP communications in Windows versions of Sogou Input Method At ESET, we have been tracking the DarkVigil toolset (also known as FDMTP) and its operator, the SlippyNunchucks threat actor, since 2025. Across the campaigns we have analyzed, one behavior has remained consistent: DarkVigil implants are typically deployed through popular Chinese applications. By abusing these applications, the SlippyNunchucks threa

Temu is a legitimate, recognized online marketplace, and that makes it a target for scammers. This article talks about marketing place risks and related scams, and shows you how to spot fake offers and scam links. There’s a big difference between online shopping and visiting a mall. Bricks-and-mortar retailers need to be located near their customers. They need to buy and stock products in multiple locations, and they are physically present if you have a problem. Online retail

To connect or not to connect? That is the question. It’s Monday, 10 a.m. The weekend fog has finally lifted. Blue- and white-collar workers are settling into the rhythm of the day, their keyboard click-clacks blending with the low rumble of trams carrying hundreds of people beneath the office windows. The city is awake, moving, functioning. Then everything stops. Screens go dark. Keyboards fall silent. Trams screech to a halt. Phones come out. Emergency alerts follow: The loc

Inside ESET NeoCortex, the cybersecurity model that will never go rogue. Defenders today process an overwhelming amount of raw data that needs to be boiled down to an understandable cybersecurity incident. Instead of just reiterating analysts’ findings and adding more noise, cybersecurity technologies should support them by identifying what matters and help them act before the attackers can achieve their goals. That is the problem ESET’s correlation engine ESET LiveCortex, an

A Nigerian cybersecurity advisory has warned of a malware campaign involving counterfeit software websites and malicious installers. The incident highlights why downloading familiar applications from unverified sources can expose computers and business networks to serious risks. Downloading software has become a routine part of using computers. Whether installing a browser, productivity application, PDF tool or device utility, users regularly search online for applications th

A fraudulent website impersonating Nigeria's device verification portal is attempting to exploit public trust. Here is what users need to know before sharing personal information online. Digital services have made it easier for Nigerians to access information, verify devices and complete important processes online. However, the growing reliance on these services has also created opportunities for cybercriminals to impersonate trusted institutions and exploit unsuspecting user

ESET researchers uncover Gorbag, a Russia-aligned group using simple infostealers to harvest data from Ukrainian organizations near the front line ESET researchers have been tracking a Russia-aligned threat actor that we named Gorbag. While elements of the group’s tooling – most notably the GIFTEDCROOK infostealer, which CERT-UA attributes to UAC-0226 – have previously appeared in public reporting, Gorbag’s targeting and overall activity have remained largely unexamined. Acti