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Gamaredon and Turla Team Up to Target High-Profile Ukrainian Entities

September 30, 2025

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ESET Research has uncovered the first known cases of collaboration between Gamaredon and Turla. Both threat groups are associated with the main Russian intelligence agency, the FSB, and in tandem attacked high-profile targets in Ukraine.

Features

Reinventing Security to Protect Unmanned Remote Facilities in Middle East

September 22, 2025

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At the edge of the Rub’ al Khali desert, beyond the horizon of Oman’s oil fields and Saudi Arabia’s solar farms, unmanned infrastructure sits in silence. From pipelines snaking through sand to isolated warehouses on the outskirts of industrial zones in the UAE,

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ESET Discovers UEFI-Compatible HybridPetya Ransomware

September 15, 2025

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ESET Research has discovered a HybridPetya bootkit and ransomware uploaded from Poland to the malware-scanning platform VirusTotal. The sample is a copycat of the infamous Petya/NotPetya malware; however, it adds the capability of compromising

Cyber Security

ESET Discovers PromptLock, the First AI-Powered Ransomware

August 29, 2025

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ESET researchers have uncovered a new type of ransomware that leverages generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to execute attacks. Named PromptLock, the malware runs a locally accessible AI language model to generate malicious scripts in real time.

Features

Smart Storage Powering the Future of Intelligent Video Surveillance

August 26, 2025

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On a warm evening in Dubai, the rhythmic flow of traffic moves across Sheikh Zayed Road, watched closely by an invisible network of digital eyes. Cameras perched atop traffic lights, embedded into metro stations, and spread across malls silently capture millions of moments every hour.

Cyber Security

ESET Reveals RomCom Group Targeting Companies in Europe and Canada

August 25, 2025

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ESET researchers have discovered a previously unknown vulnerability in WinRAR, exploited in the wild by Russia-aligned group RomCom. According to ESET telemetry, malicious archives were used in spearphishing campaigns between July 18 to July 21, 2025,

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ESET PROTECT Elite Wins the CRN Tech Innovator Award

August 18, 2025

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ESET announced that CRN has named ESET PROTECT Elite a winner in the 2025 CRN Tech Innovator Awards for the Endpoint Protection/Extended Detection and Response Security category. The annual CRN Tech Innovator Awards

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ESET Joins Europol’s Cyber Intelligence Extension Programme

August 7, 2025

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ESET announce its participation in the pilot phase of the Cyber Intelligence Extension Programme (CIEP), a new initiative launched by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3).

Features

Unifying Physical and Cybersecurity in the Middle East

July 31, 2025

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In a region where smart cities, digital transformation, and critical infrastructure projects are accelerating at unprecedented speed, the Middle East is confronting a new kind of security challenge—one where physical and cyber threats

Expert Corner

Hidden risks of browser extensions

July 30, 2025

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Phil Muncaster, guest writer at ESET, explains that not all browser add-ons are handy helpers – some may contain far more than you have bargained for

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ESET Strengthen its position in Latest Gartner Magic Quadrant

July 23, 2025

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ESET announces that it is one of only two vendors, out of fifteen evaluated, to improve its relative position in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP). This year, ESET has advanced its position, reflecting a stronger Ability to Execute and enhanced Completeness of Vision.

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ESET Grows 9% in 2024 to End the Year with €691 million

July 3, 2025

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ESET announced its financial results, with global revenue growth reaching 9 per cent year-on-year to €691 million, led by the EMEA region at 15 per cent.

Azeem Aleem, Global Executive Director, Cyber Resilience Services at CPX

Expert Corner

Time to Rethink: OT Strategies Are Failing

August 21, 2025

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Azeem Aleem, Executive Director of Cyber Resilience Services at CPX, stresses that securing OT environments demands Trusted Advisors, secure-by-design practices, and collaboration to protect critical infrastructure and ensure resilience and safety.

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