CyberSecure Specialist

Business Security Deep cuts in cybersecurity spending risk creating ripple effects that will put many organizations at a higher risk of falling victim to cyberattacks Tony Anscombe 03 Jul 2025  •  , 4 min. read We often hear about cybersecurity fatigue, the mental and emotional strain that weighs on individuals and teams on the frontlines and leads to decreased productivity, burnout and, ultimately, increases the risk of a successful cyberattack. Add staffing and funding cuts…

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ESET Research ESET Research analyzes Gamaredon’s updated cyberespionage toolset, new stealth-focused techniques, and aggressive spearphishing operations observed throughout 2024 Zoltán Rusnák 02 Jul 2025  •  , 6 min. read Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, cyberespionage has played a crucial role in the broader threatscape. Russia-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) groups have relentlessly targeted Ukrainian entities, employing cyberattacks alongside disinformation campaigns. ESET Research has closely monitored these activities, regularly documenting cyber-operations carried…

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ESET Research Podcasts ESET experts discuss Sandworm’s new data wiper, relentless campaigns by UnsolicitedBooker, attribution challenges amid tool-sharing, and other key findings from the latest APT Activity Report ESET Research 01 Jul 2025  •  , 2 min. read In the latest episode of the ESET Research Podcast, ESET Distinguished Researcher Aryeh Goretsky is joined by ESET Security Awareness Specialist Rene Holt to dissect the key findings from ESET’s APT Activity Report. The first actor that…

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ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe looks at some of the report’s standout findings and their implications for organizations in 2025 01 Jul 2025 The ESET research team has released the H1 2025 issue of the ESET Threat Report, offering a detailed look at the key trends and developments that defined the cyberthreat landscape from December 2024 through May 2025. Among other things, the report describes how a novel social engineering technique called ClickFix has…

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From Australia’s new ransomware payment disclosure rules to another record-breaking DDoS attack, June 2025 saw no shortage of interesting cybersecurity news 28 Jun 2025 It’s that time of month when ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe looks at the most impactful cybersecurity news of the past 30 or so days. Here’s some of what caught his eye in June 2025: new legislation in Australia that mandates that certain organizations report ransomware payments within 72 hours…

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ESET Research Threat Reports A view of the H1 2025 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts Jiří Kropáč 26 Jun 2025  •  , 2 min. read From novel social engineering techniques to sophisticated mobile threats and major infostealer disruptions, the threat landscape in the first half of 2025 was anything but boring. One of the most striking developments this period was the emergence…

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