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A compromise of the kernel.org servers that host Linux kernel development lasted from 2009 well into 2011, with a rootkit known as Phalanx being used to effect entry, the Slovakian security firm ESET says in a detailed report published on Tuesday.

A hitherto unknown group of attackers has used legitimate certificates signed by Microsoft to attack companies in Asia, the security firm Symantec claims.

Microsoft has issued patches for 38 vulnerabilities, including three zero-days, in its Patch Tuesday fixes for May. Seven of these fixes are rated critical, with the other 31 rated as important.

Global PC vendor Lenovo has fixed two vulnerabilities in some of its laptop models that could lead to a disabling of secure boot, thus exposing a user to the injection of malicious code at boot time.

ESET researchers have analysed three malicious Android applications targeting customers of eight Malaysian banks.

Security vendor Eset says it has begun to integrate Intel threat detection technology into its security suite.

Security vendor Eset says a Hong Kong pro-democracy news website has been compromised to deliver cyberespionage malware to visitors' Macs.

COMPANY NEWS: ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, has been recognised as a Major Player in two IDC MarketScape reports – the Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security Enterprise 2021 Vendor Assessment and the Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security SMB 2021 Vendor Assessment. Together, the reports assess vendors’ endpoint security offerings across the SMB and enterprise markets.

Security vendor Eset has updated its consumer products Eset Nod32 Antivirus, Eset Internet Security, and Eset Smart Security Premium with improved protection and new features.

Researchers from the Slovakian security firm ESET claim to have discovered a new malware family that targets systems that run Linux but have not yet discovered how the malware infects such systems.

ESET, a provider of cybersecurity, has been named as a Challenger in the Omdia Market Radar – Mobile Security Management Solutions report.

A team at security shop SentinelLABS has released detailed research about a threat actor it has dubbed EGoManiac, which operated between 2010 and 2016 and messed with Turkish TV journalists at OdaTV in order to place incriminating documents and malware on their devices.

With stalkerware vulnerabilities endangering both victims and stalkers, without the knowledge of victims, ESET Research is shining a light on this problem for Android smartphone users.

Android malware, which has been given the name Flubot, has spread across a number of unspecified European countries, the Slovakian security firm ESET says, adding that once infected, the entire device is open to the malware.

The number of APT groups "exploiting the latest Exchange vulnerabilities grows, with thousands of email servers under siege" according to security company ESET.

Slovakian security firm ESET says it has detected at least three additional threat groups using a zero-day in Microsoft Exchange Server in attacks, even as the US Government issued an emergency directive telling all US federal bodies to patch Exchange and report on exploitation by noon on Friday.

Hardly three months after a series of Mac computers, powered by new M1 chips, was launched, a security researcher has discovered malware written specifically for this platform.

An intrusion campaign which targets monitoring software from the French company CENTREON has been reported to have breached several French institutions between late 2017 and 2020. The systems that were hit were running CentOS, a free version of Red Hat's Enterprise Linux distribution.

Researchers at the Slovakian security firm ESET say they have discovered a new supply-chain attack that targets the update infrastructure of NoxPlayer, an Android emulator for PCs and Macs.

According to security vendor Eset, 68% of Australian consumers use a free fintech application or platform, but less than half of them don't know whether their data is being sold.