- ESET NeoCo tex, a state-of-the-a t fou datio al AI model powe i g ESET LiveCo tex, e ables deepe i cide t u de sta di g, eco st ucts missi g i cide t co text, a d p ovides ea ly i sight i to attack p og essio fo defe de s aimi g fo
“mi us-o e-day defe se” . - Via highly optimized t ai i g, cybe secu ity specializatio , a d sma t e gi ee i g, ESET NeoCo tex delive s
sig ifica tly mo e accu ate ,defe se-o ie ted esults at1/200th of the t ai i g cost of ge e al-pu pose AI models. - ESET NeoCo tex, with a
eve -go- ogue desig , employs multi-laye ed measu es i cludi g est icted sa dboxes, ead-o ly tools, co ti uous mo ito i g, a kill switch, a d huma expe t ove sight of c itical espo se decisio s. - Developed a d self-hosted withi ESET’s secu e e vi o me t, the model e su es that c itical wo kloads, se sitive secu ity data a d model ope atio s emai u de ESET’s co t ol, educi g exposu e to ab upt shifts i thi d-pa ty AI p ovide s, comme cial o geopolitical sphe es.
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ESET, a global leade i cybe secu ity, today i t oduced ESET NeoCo tex, its specialized, fou datio al cybe secu ity model powe i g ESET LiveCo tex. Available withi the ESET PROTECT Platfo m, ESET LiveCo tex co ects, e iches a d p io itizes f agme ted secu ity sig als to tu them i to actio able i cide ts.
Powe ed by ESET NeoCo tex, ESET LiveCo tex p ocesses billio s of aw telemet y eve ts daily, co elati g the sig als that matte i to actio able i cide ts. Just 0.00111% of those eve ts – app oximately 1 i 90,000 – co t ibute to i cide ts p ese ted to custome s, sepa ati g mea i gful activity f om oise. By educi g ale t fatigue a d p io itizi g i cide ts that wa a t atte tio , ESET’s AI tech ology st e gthe s huma expe tise a d helps defe de s act befo e attacke s each thei objectives.
“AI is accele ati g both cybe attacks a d cybe defe ses. With ESET NeoCo tex, we a e applyi g ou AI i vestme t to develop specialized fou datio al cybe secu ity i tellige ce that emai s u de ou co t ol a d st e gthe s, athe tha eplaces, huma expe tise,” said Ju aj Malcho, Chief Tech ology Office at ESET. “This is a impo ta t step towa d a ew ge e atio of p edictive, AI-powe ed secu ity ope atio s leve agi g wo ld-model a chitectu e.”
Built fo st uctu ed, time-depe de t a d adve sa ial secu ity data, NeoCo tex d aws o patte s lea ed f om eal secu ity i cide ts to a alyze activity i co text, ecog ize simila cases a d estimate a attacke ’s likely ext step.
The eed fo this co textual a alysis becomes especially clea du i g pe iods such as Black Octobe – specifically the week leadi g up to Oct 25, 2026 – whe c itical secu ity issues affecti g PHP, Li ux, GitLab a d othe key systems dema ded apid, p io itized espo ses. ESET NeoCo tex is desig ed to help a alysts make these c itical decisio s, while keepi g huma defe de s i co t ol.
Mode busi ess e vi o me ts ge e ate vast amou ts of aw secu ity data ac oss e dpoi ts, ide tities, cloud wo kloads, etwo ks, a d applicatio s. With sh i ki g time to detect a d espo d to attacks, the challe ge is to p ocess the i puts a d dete mi e which sig als belo g togethe , which poi t to a possible th eat, a d what actio to take ext.
Withi the ESET PROTECT Platfo m, ESET LiveCo tex acts as a e ve ce te fo busi ess p otectio . It co ects sig als that may appea ha mless i isolatio – such as sig -i a omalies, suspicious p ocess lau ches, u usual co ectio s, co figu atio cha ges a d subseque t attempts to access data – i to p io itized i cide ts. This gives defe de s a focused view, educes ma ual i vestigatio a d p eve ts epeated low-value ale ts f om co sumi g a alyst time.
ESET NeoCo tex – a AI model built o wo ld-model a chitectu e – e ha ces the p ocess of educi g aw telemet y to focused i cide ts by lea i g how digital e vi o me ts behave, how eve ts elate a d what may happe ext, helpi g secu ity teams i vestigate i cide ts mo e efficie tly a d ide tify pote tial attack p og essio ea ly.
These i vestigatio capabilities equi e a model built specifically fo the st uctu e a d behavio of secu ity data. While ge e al-pu pose la ge la guage models a e desig ed to p oduce plausible espo ses ac oss a wide a ge of topics, secu ity ope atio s equi e co siste t a alysis of e tities, timestamps, i dicato s, p ocess elatio ships a d i complete obse vatio s ac oss a developi g i cide t.
ESET NeoCo tex is desig ed fo these equi eme ts. It ca eco st uct missi g i cide t co text, c eate compact ep ese tatio s of complex i cide ts a d ide tify a omalous eve ts withi a wide attack seque ce. Its wo ld-model app oach also estimates how a attack may p og ess, givi g defe de s a oppo tu ity to i te ve e befo e the ext stage u folds – a “mi us-o e-day defe se.” It does ot ope ate as a sta dalo e decisio make . It fo ms pa t of a laye ed secu ity a chitectu e combi i g specialized models, dete mi istic co t ols, co elatio logic, validatio , auditability a d expe t huma ove sight.
ESET’s i te al esea ch shows that a specialized model such as ESET NeoCo tex ca be t ai ed at a 200 times lowe cost tha a la ge ge e al easo i g model, while delive i g mo e accu ate, defe se-focused esults. These efficie cies come f om ESET- optimized t ai i g, focus o cybe secu ity vocabula y, pu pose-built secu ity e gi ee i g, lowe computi g equi eme ts a d p ivately ow ed ha dwa e.
Fo defe de s, this t a slates i to mo e f eque t updates to lea ed i cide t patte s, lowe i f ast uctu e ove head a d mo e p edictable costs, with computi g esou ces focused o secu ity a alysis athe tha b oad co ve satio al capabilities.
As AI becomes i teg al to cybe secu ity i f ast uctu e a d a ta get itself, ESET has desig ed ESET NeoCo tex to ope ate u de st ict safegua ds to e su e that the AI eve escapes a d eve “goes ogue” o the ope i te et. These i clude est icted sa dboxes, ead-o ly tools, co ti uous mo ito i g, defi ed usage a d toke limits, a kill switch a d huma expe t ove sight of c itical espo se decisio s.
Developed a d ope ated o ESET’s ow i f ast uctu e, ESET NeoCo tex keeps se sitive secu ity data a d model ope atio s u de ESET’s co t ol. This self-hosted app oach educes elia ce o thi d-pa ty AI p ovide s a d suppo ts st o ge data gove a ce, co siste t p otectio a d ope atio al co ti uity educi g custome exposu e to shifts i geopolitical, comme cial, a d AI p ovide sphe es.
ESET p otects o ga izatio s, c itical i f ast uctu e, a d i dividuals, helpi g them build digital esilie ce a d co fide ce i a i c easi gly AI-d ive wo ld. With mo e tha 35 yea s of cybe secu ity expe tise, ove 25 yea s of AI i ovatio , a d 11 global R&D ce te s, ESET develops p op ieta y tech ologies desig ed to p otect agai st evolvi g cybe th eats a d secu e the b oade AI ecosystem. G ou ded i scie tific igo a d taki g a p eemptive app oach to secu ity, ESET delive s effo tless p otectio that emai s u de expe t huma ove sight. Headqua te ed i the Eu opea U io a d p ivately ow ed, ESET p otects millio s of use s a d mo e tha 500,000 o ga izatio s ac oss 178 cou t ies. Committed to espo sible AI a d custome t ust, ESET p otects the p og ess that tech ology e ables. Fo mo e i fo matio , visit www.eset.com o follow ESET’s social media, podcasts, a d blogs.
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