# ESET Threat Report H2 2025

DevFeed: [ESET Threat Report H2 2025](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/eset-threat-report-h2-2025-8366.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/eset-threat-report-h2-2025/>)

Author: Jiří Kropáč

Published: 2025-12-16T09:50:45Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [WeLiveSecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/welivesecurity.md>)

Topics: [Threat Research](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/threat-research.md>), [ESET research](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/eset-research.md>), [Malware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/malware.md>), [ransomware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ransomware.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [ClickFix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clickfix.md>)

Tags: [2025](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2025.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [clickfix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickfix.md>), [eset-research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eset-research.md>), [malware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/malware.md>), [nfc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nfc.md>), [ransomware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ransomware.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [threat-detection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/threat-detection.md>), [threat-report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/threat-report.md>)

## AI overview

ESET's H2 2025 threat report describes rapid changes in the threat landscape, including the emergence of AI-driven malware such as PromptLock, major shifts in malware distribution, growth in ransomware activity, and increasingly sophisticated Android NFC threats.

## Source excerpt

A view of the H2 2025 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts