ProSpy and ToSpy: New spyware families impersonating secure messaging apps
ESET researchers have found two Android spyware campaigns aimed at people looking for secure messaging apps such as Signal and ToTok. The attackers spread the spyware through …
North Korean IT workers use fake profiles to steal crypto
ESET Research has published new findings on DeceptiveDevelopment, also called Contagious Interview. This North Korea-aligned group has become more active in recent years and …
Researchers believe Gamaredon and Turla threat groups are collaborating
ESET Research has discovered evidence of collaboration between the Gamaredon and Turla threat groups. Both groups are linked to Russia’s primary intelligence agency, the FSB, …
HybridPetya: (Proof-of-concept?) ransomware can bypass UEFI Secure Boot
ESET researchers have discovered HybridPetya, a bootkit-and-ransomware combo that’s a copycat of the infamous Petya/NotPetya malware, augmented with the capability of …
New threat group uses custom tools to hijack search results
ESET Research has identified a new threat group called GhostRedirector. In June 2025, this group broke into at least 65 Windows servers, mostly in Brazil, Thailand, Vietnam, …
Agentic AI coding assistant helped attacker breach, extort 17 distinct organizations
Cybercriminals have started “vibe hacking” with AI’s help, AI startup Anthropic has shared in a report released on Wednesday. An attacker used the agentic AI …
Fake macOS help sites push Shamos infostealer via ClickFix technique
Criminals are taking advantage of macOS users’ need to resolve technical issues to get them to infect their machines with the Shamos infostealer, Crowdstrike researchers …
WinRAR zero-day was exploited by two threat actors (CVE-2025-8088)
The RomCom attackers aren’t the only ones that have been leveraging the newly unveiled WinRAR vulnerability (CVE-2025-8088) in zero-day attacks: according to Russian …
WinRAR zero-day exploited by RomCom hackers in targeted attacks
ESET researchers have discovered a previously unknown vulnerability in WinRAR, exploited in the wild by Russia-aligned group RomCom. If you use WinRAR or related components …
AsyncRAT evolves as ESET tracks its most popular malware forks
AsyncRAT is an open-source remote access trojan that first appeared on GitHub in 2019. It includes a range of typical RAT capabilities, such as keylogging, screen capture, …
ClickFix attacks skyrocketing more than 500%
ClickFix, a deceptive attack method, saw a surge of more than 500% in the first half of 2025, making it the second most common attack vector after phishing, according to …
DanaBot botnet disrupted, QakBot leader indicted
Operation Endgame, mounted by law enforcement and judicial authorities from the US, Canada and the EU, continues to deliver positive results by disrupting the DanaBot botnet …
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