ESET Research has uncovered two previously undocumented Android spyware families, which ESET has named Android/Spy.ProSpy and ...

ESET says PromptLock runs gpt-oss:20b locally on an infected device to help it generate malicious code using hardcoded text prompts, though it might be a proof of concept.

While ESET considers PromptLock a proof of concept, the threat it represents is very real. Dubai, UAE - 29th August 2025: ESET researchers have uncovered a new type of ransomware that leverages ...

Cybercriminals are increasingly using generative AI tools to fuel their attacks, with new research finding instances of AI being used to develop ransomware.

North Korean hackers are intensifying their global campaign against cryptocurrency and Web3 developers, using a new backdoor ...

Keeping Pyongyang's coffers full North Korean-linked crews connected to the pervasive IT worker scams have upped their ...

A North Korean threat actor is supplying stolen developer information to the country’s horde of fraudulent IT workers, ESET ...

UPDATE (September 3 rd, 2025): ESET Research has been contacted by the authors of an academic study, Ransomware 3.0: Self-Composing and LLM-Orchestrated, whose research prototype closely resembles the ...

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 ...

A team at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering created PromptLock and warns that it shows the tech industry needs to take AI-enabled threats seriously.

Security researchers at ESET have identified a new malware strain called HybridPetya that combines traits of Petya and NotPetya ransomware with advanced boot-kit functionality to infect systems ...