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Webworm: New burrowing techniques
ESET researchers describe new tools and techniques that the Webworm APT group recently added to its arsenal
May 20, 2026 UTC
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FrostyNeighbor: Fresh mischief and digital shenanigans
ESET researchers uncovered new activities attributed to FrostyNeighbor, updating its compromise chain to support the group’s continual cyberespionage operations
May 14, 2026 UTC
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Fake call logs, real payments: How CallPhantom tricks Android users
ESET researchers uncovered fraudulent apps on Google Play that claim to provide the call history “for any number” and had been downloaded more than seven million times before being...
May 7, 2026 UTC
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A rigged game: ScarCruft compromises gaming platform in a supply-chain attack
ESET researchers have investigated an ongoing attack by the ScarCruft APT group that targets the Yanbian region via backdoor-laced Windows and Android games
May 5, 2026 UTC
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GopherWhisper: A burrow full of malware
ESET Research has discovered a new China-aligned APT group that we’ve named GopherWhisper, which targets Mongolian governmental institutions
Apr 23, 2026 UTC
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New NGate variant hides in a trojanized NFC payment app
ESET researchers discover another iteration of NGate malware, this time possibly developed with the assistance of AI
Apr 21, 2026 UTC
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MythicRatatoskr: An Yggdrasil-enabled backdoor deployed in a UAC-0099-Sandworm collaboration
ESET researchers uncover MythicRatatoskr – a previously unknown Go-based backdoor hiding its C&C server inside the Yggdrasil mesh network – that paved the way for a destructive att...
Oct 22, 2026 UTC
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MATCHBOIL: New tricks, same old evil intentions
ESET Research catalogs the changes of UAC-0099’s MATCHBOIL downloader from 2024 to 2026
Oct 8, 2026 UTC
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Beware the SparroWock: The backdoor that bites, the commands that catch
ESET researchers document SparroWocky, the new flagship backdoor of the FamousSparrow APT group
Sep 17, 2026 UTC
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Forgotten UEFI shims undermining Secure Boot
ESET researchers discovered 11 vulnerable UEFI shim bootloaders signed by Microsoft that allow attackers to bypass UEFI Secure Boot by exploiting decade-old vulnerabilities
Jul 14, 2026 UTC
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ESET Threat Report H1 2026
A view of the H1 2026 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts.
Jul 8, 2026 UTC