Attacker Relentlessly Scans for Credentials by Impersonating AI Bots
The threat actor lurked behind bots posing as agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and others to find exposed data.
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The threat actor lurked behind bots posing as agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and others to find exposed data.
Interesting research: Abstract: Vision-language models (VLMs) can solve visual CAPTCHAs without task-specific training, but the agents built on them approach every challenge from...
The resurgence of one of Russia’s most notorious APT groups
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 th...
In this roundup, Tony looks at how opportunistic threat actors are taking advantage of weak authentication, unmanaged exposure, and popular AI tools
The attack involved data-wiping malware that ESET researchers have now analyzed and named DynoWiper
A shift in operational pattern of the infamous Vietnam-aligned APT group
An overview of the activities of selected APT groups investigated and analyzed by ESET Research in Q4 2025 and Q1 2026
ESET researchers describe new tools and techniques that the Webworm APT group recently added to its arsenal
ESET researchers uncovered new activities attributed to FrostyNeighbor, updating its compromise chain to support the group’s continual cyberespionage operations
Threat actors are using AI to supercharge tried-and-tested TTPs. When attacks move this fast, cyber-defenders need to rethink their own strategy.
The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been attributed to a cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation FlashHole targeting at least three organizations in South Korea spanning the...