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Revisiting CVE-2025-50165: A critical flaw in Windows Imaging Component
A comprehensive analysis and assessment of a critical severity vulnerability with low likelihood of mass exploitation ESET researchers examined CVE‑2025‑50165, a serious Windows vulnerability described to grant remote code execution by merely opening a specially crafted JPG file – one of the most widely used image formats. The flaw, found and documented by Zscaler ThreatLabz, piqued our interest, as Microsoft assessed its severity as critical but deemed its exploitability as
ESET Expert
Dec 29, 2025


First known AI-powered ransomware uncovered by ESET Research
The discovery of PromptLock shows how malicious use of AI models could supercharge ransomware and other threats ESET researchers have discovered what they called "the first known AI-powered ransomware". The malware, which ESET has named PromptLock, has the ability to exfiltrate, encrypt and possibly even destroy data, though this last functionality appears not to have been implemented in the malware yet. While PromptLock was not spotted in actual attacks and is instead though
ESET Expert
Aug 28, 2025


ESET Research: Hamster Kombat game misused by cybercriminals as spyware and infostealer
ESET researchers have discovered threats abusing the success of the Hamster Kombat clicker game. The Hamster Kombat game’s success has...
ESET Expert
Jul 24, 2024


Cursed tapes: Exploiting the EvilVideo vulnerability on Telegram for Android
ESET researchers discovered a zero-day Telegram for Android exploit that allows sending malicious files disguised as videos. ESET...
ESET Expert
Jul 23, 2024


ESET Threat Report H1 2024
A view of the H1 2024 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts....
ESET Expert
Jul 1, 2024


ESET Research: Arid Viper group targets Middle East, poisons Palestinian app with spyware
ESET researchers have identified five campaigns that employ trojanised apps to target Android users. ESET Research discovered multistage...
ESET Expert
Jun 13, 2024


Valuable targets attract advanced threat actors. How to defend against quiet and persistent attacks
C-level executives, diplomats, and high-ranking IT managers usually have access to sensitive information, huge amounts of data, finances,...
ESET Expert
Jun 13, 2024


ESET Research: Lunar arsenal to target & spy on European diplomats
ESET Research discovered two previously unknown backdoors — which we named LunarWeb and LunarMail — compromising a European ministry of...
ESET Expert
May 20, 2024


Ebury is alive but unseen: 400k Linux servers compromised for cryptocurrency theft and financial gain
One of the most advanced server-side malware campaigns is still growing, with hundreds of thousands of compromised servers, and it has...
ESET Expert
May 16, 2024


ESET Research Podcast: Neanderthals, Mammoths and Telekopye
ESET researchers discuss the dynamics within and between various groups of scammers who use a Telegram bot called Telekopye to scam...
ESET Expert
Dec 19, 2023
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