This week, ESET researchers released their findings on Winnti Group's MSSQL backdoor and showed how they'd tracked down the operator of an adware campaign that victimized millions of Android users.
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The study tested 81 IoT devices to analyze their behavior and tracking habits, and in some cases brought rather surprising findings
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How is the social network preparing to curtail the spread of misinformation as the election season heats up?
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ESET researchers discovered a year-long adware campaign on Google Play and tracked down its operator. The apps involved, installed eight million times, use several tricks for stealth and persistence.
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As cities turn to IoT to address long-standing urban problems, what are the risks of leaving cybersecurity behind at the planning phase?
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The company says that the incident, going back to March 2018, affected only 1 out of its 3,000 servers
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Notorious cyberespionage group debases MSSQL
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This week, ESET experts described recent shenanigans of The Dukes and the Winnti Group, vulnerabilities in Amazon Echo and Kindle, and a fake Tor Browser stealing cryptocurrency
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ESET researchers discover a trojanized Tor Browser distributed by cybercriminals to steal bitcoins from darknet market buyers
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ESET Smart Home Research Team uncovers Echo, Kindle versions vulnerable to 2017 Wi-Fi vulnerabilities
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ESET researchers describe recent activity of the infamous espionage group, the Dukes, including three new malware families
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Do you know what kind of data your streaming device may be collecting while you binge watch?
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New ESET white paper released describing updates to the malware arsenal and campaigns of this group known for its supply-chain attacks
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This week, ESET researchers published an analysis of a new cyber-espionage platform and described a system enabling them to explore the UEFI landscape in an efficient way
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What are the scenarios that may prove to be challenging to manage in the 5G world?
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ESET researchers discover a previously unreported cyberespionage platform used in targeted attacks against privacy-concerned users in diplomatic missions and governmental institutions
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An ESET survey of thousands of people in North America provides a peek into how they perceive the privacy and security of their smart home connected devices
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We sat down with internet pioneer and Farsight Security CEO Dr. Paul Vixie, who co-invented some of the services that are central to the internet’s fabric, to discuss a range of issues affecting internet security and privacy
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The ESET survey polled 4,000 people to get a sense of their attitudes towards the privacy and security implications of smart home technology
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ESET experts describe how they trained a machine-learning model to recognize a handful of unwanted UEFI components within a flood of millions of harmless samples
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