Category Archives: cyber
SMB cyber readiness: the road to resilience starts here
- Posted by rbetz
- Posted on June 27, 2026
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Your business may be small, but its attack surface is anything but. Readiness is the first step to resilience.
Gamaredon in 2025: Leveraging tunnels, workers, dead drops, and new alliances
- Posted by rbetz
- Posted on June 26, 2026
- cyber
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ESET Research analyzes Gamaredon’s new toolset and the group’s growing reliance on legitimate online services to hide its C&C infrastructure and exfiltrate stolen data
ESET takes part in Operation Endgame to disrupt Amadey and Stealc
- Posted by rbetz
- Posted on June 25, 2026
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ESET researchers assisted in the global disruption of the Amadey botnet and Stealc infostealer, providing technical analysis, infrastructure tracking, and affiliate-level insights
Killing me gently: Inside Gentlemen’s EDR killer framework
- Posted by rbetz
- Posted on June 19, 2026
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ESET Research shares the results of a months-long investigation into the suite of EDR killers maintained by the RaaS gang Gentlemen
Protecting legacy OT systems against modern cyberthreats
- Posted by rbetz
- Posted on June 18, 2026
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Many manufacturing plants depend on OT systems that stay in service for many years. That long run can hide significant cybersecurity risks.
FishMonger’s arsenal upgraded: SprySOCKS for Windows
- Posted by rbetz
- Posted on June 17, 2026
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ESET researchers have discovered SprySOCKS for Windows, FishMonger’s backdoor weaponizing a kernel driver for advanced stealthiness
EvilTokens: A phishing attack that doesn’t steal your password
- Posted by rbetz
- Posted on June 16, 2026
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A phishing kit subverting Microsoft’s legitimate authentication flow lets attackers break into accounts without stealing passwords or creating fake login pages
OceanLotus: From external espionage to domestic targeting
- Posted by rbetz
- Posted on June 12, 2026
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A shift in operational pattern of the infamous Vietnam-aligned APT group
SMB cyber-readiness: What makes or breaks it
- Posted by rbetz
- Posted on June 11, 2026
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A company that’s expecting a cyberattack but hasn’t actively prepared for it risks making the hardest decisions at the worst possible moment
Cybercriminals: the ‘auditors’ you never hired
- Posted by rbetz
- Posted on June 10, 2026
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Every organisation gets audited. The question is who does the auditing.
Lessons for life: Why children’s data is a long-term identity risk
- Posted by rbetz
- Posted on June 4, 2026
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Your child’s first data breach may happen before they’ve even opened a bank account. Here’s how to keep their digital life safe.
This month in security with Tony Anscombe – May 2026 edition
- Posted by rbetz
- Posted on May 30, 2026
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In this roundup, Tony looks at attacks against Polish water treatment facilities, how AI-directed attacks failed in Mexico, and what Google believes is the first AI-generated zero-day exploit
ESET APT Activity Report Q4 2025–Q1 2026
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- Posted on May 29, 2026
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An overview of the activities of selected APT groups investigated and analyzed by ESET Research in Q4 2025 and Q1 2026
What to consider before asking an AI chatbot for health advice
- Posted by rbetz
- Posted on May 28, 2026
- cyber
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Using chatbots for medical advice could elicit hallucinations and even expose you to security and privacy risks. Here’s what’s at stake and how to stay safe.
BTMOB: A stealthy RAT burrowing deep into Android devices
- Posted by rbetz
- Posted on May 27, 2026
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The malware pairs remote access capabilities with ready-made campaign tools, lowering the barrier for full device compromise




