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ESET Research reveals how cybercriminals have improved their malicious campaigns. In the current AI era, cyber-threats are evolving so quickly that even blog posts only a few weeks old can become outdated in the blink of an eye. During Black Friday 2025, we wrote about new threats targeting Android users ahead of the shopping season and, oh boy, it looks like it’s time to update the list. Since then, ESET researchers have identified new AI‑powered threats as well as updates

The education sector is notoriously short on cash, but rich in assets for threat actors to target. How can managed detection and response (MDR) help learning institutions regain the initiative? For the education sector, cybersecurity isn’t just about preserving reputation and minimizing financial damage. It plays a critical role in protecting student wellbeing and ensuring every child and young adult fulfils their learning potential. The challenge that schools, colleges and u

The education sector is notoriously short on cash, but rich in assets for threat actors to target. How can managed detection and response (MDR) help learning institutions regain the initiative? For the education sector, cybersecurity isn’t just about preserving reputation and minimizing financial damage. It plays a critical role in protecting student wellbeing and ensuring every child and young adult fulfils their learning potential. The challenge that schools, colleges and u

Has your inbox recently been deluged with unwanted and even outright malicious messages? Here are 10 possible reasons – and how to stem the tide. For all our modern obsession with social media and messaging apps, email remains a daily staple for many of us. Modern email providers are pretty good at filtering out unsolicited messages known as spam, their checks don’t necessarily work all the time. Much like with unwanted phone calls , sometimes it can feel like the internet go

As children turn to AI chatbots for answers, advice, and companionship, questions emerge about their safety, privacy, and emotional development AI chatbots have become a big part of all of our lives since they burst onto the scene more than three years ago. ChatGPT, for example, says  it has around 700 million weekly active users, many of whom are “young people.” A UK study from July 2025 found that nearly two-thirds (64%) of children use such tools. A similar share of paren

Developments around renewable energy are moving fast. How can the sector ensure that cybersecurity keeps up in face of destructive attacks? he world is going electric. Transportation, heating & cooling, and energy distribution are increasingly being supplied via fossil-fuel-free methods. Regulations are being introduced in parallel, with mandates in some regions seeking a reduction of emissions by as much as 55% by 2030 .  Across the world, businesses of all sizes are driving

Once again, data shows an uncomfortable truth: the habit of choosing eminently hackable passwords is alive and well ‘123456’ continues to reign supreme as the most commonly-used password among people across the world, according to two reports, from NordPass  and Comparitech , respectively. A full 25 percent of the top 1,000 most-used passwords are made up of nothing but numerals. In addition, ‘123456’ appealed to people of various age cohorts, as it was the most-favored optio

The business social networking site is a vast, publicly accessible database of corporate information. Don’t believe everyone on the site is who they say they are. In November, Britain’s Security Service began notifying members of parliament (MPs) and their staff of an audacious foreign intelligence-gathering scheme. It claimed two profiles on LinkedIn were approaching individuals working in British politics in order to solicit “insider insights”. The revelations from MI5 pre

The latest ESET research sheds light on an advanced phishing technique that SOCs might find hard to catch. We’ve written about spearphishing before, highlighting ESET Research’s telemetry finds concerning this insidious, highly personalized attack type.  However, the story isn’t over. In their latest findings, researchers have gone on to detail a series of successful phishing attempts by the Iran-aligned MuddyWater APT group, using a very specific attack technique — internal

Have you ever received a package you never ordered? It could be a warning sign that your data has been compromised, with more fraud to follow. Global e-commerce sales are predicted to exceed $6.4 trillion in 2025. And a large share of these will come via marketplaces. But while they ostensibly offer convenience and safety for consumers and expanded reach for businesses, there is a darker side to the industry. In 2024, Amazon alone proactively blocked  over 275 million suspec