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ESET Research Podcast: Finding the mythical BlackLotus bootkit

July 12th 2023 at 11:30
Here's a story of how an analysis of a supposed game cheat turned into the discovery of a powerful UEFI threat
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Stop Cyberbullying Day: Prevention is everyone's responsibility

June 16th 2023 at 11:30
Strategies for stopping and responding to cyberbullying require a concerted, community-wide effort involving parents, educators and children themselves
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Android GravityRAT goes after WhatsApp backups

June 15th 2023 at 11:30
ESET researchers analyzed an updated version of Android GravityRAT spyware that steals WhatsApp backup files and can receive commands to delete files
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7 tips for spotting a fake mobile app

June 6th 2023 at 11:30
Plus, 7 ways to tell that you downloaded a sketchy app and 7 tips for staying safe from mobile security threats in the future
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Shedding light on AceCryptor and its operation

May 25th 2023 at 11:30
ESET researchers reveal details about a prevalent cryptor, operating as a cryptor-as-a-service used by tens of malware families
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ESET Research Podcast: Finding the mythical BlackLotus bootkit

By ESET Research — July 12th 2023 at 09:30

A story of how an analysis of a supposed game cheat turned into the discovery of a powerful UEFI threat

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ESET Threat Report H1 2023

By Roman Kováč — July 11th 2023 at 09:30

A view of the H1 2023 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts

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What’s up with Emotet?

By Jakub Kaloč — July 6th 2023 at 09:30

A brief summary of what happened with Emotet since its comeback in November 2021

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Android GravityRAT goes after WhatsApp backups

By Lukas Stefanko — June 15th 2023 at 09:30

ESET researchers analyzed an updated version of Android GravityRAT spyware that steals WhatsApp backup files and can receive commands to delete files

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Asylum Ambuscade: crimeware or cyberespionage?

By Matthieu Faou — June 8th 2023 at 09:30

A curious case of a threat actor at the border between crimeware and cyberespionage

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Shedding light on AceCryptor and its operation

By Jakub Kaloč — May 25th 2023 at 09:30

ESET researchers reveal details about a prevalent cryptor, operating as a cryptor-as-a-service used by tens of malware families

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Android app breaking bad: From legitimate screen recording to file exfiltration within a year

By Lukas Stefanko — May 23rd 2023 at 09:30

ESET researchers discover AhRat – a new Android RAT based on AhMyth – that exfiltrates files and records audio

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Evasive Panda APT group delivers malware via updates for popular Chinese software

By Facundo Muñoz — April 26th 2023 at 09:30

ESET Research uncovers a campaign by the APT group known as Evasive Panda targeting an international NGO in China with malware delivered through updates of popular Chinese software

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Linux malware strengthens links between Lazarus and the 3CX supply‑chain attack

By Peter Kálnai — April 20th 2023 at 09:30

Similarities with newly discovered Linux malware used in Operation DreamJob corroborate the theory that the infamous North Korea-aligned group is behind the 3CX supply-chain attack

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Discarded, not destroyed: Old routers reveal corporate secrets

By Cameron Camp — April 18th 2023 at 13:00

When decommissioning their old hardware, many companies 'throw the baby out with the bathwater'

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ESET Research Podcast: A year of fighting rockets, soldiers, and wipers in Ukraine

By ESET Research — March 30th 2023 at 09:30

ESET experts share their insights on the cyber-elements of the first year of the war in Ukraine and how a growing number of destructive malware variants tried to rip through critical Ukrainian systems

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Not‑so‑private messaging: Trojanized WhatsApp and Telegram apps go after cryptocurrency wallets

By Lukas Stefanko — March 16th 2023 at 10:30

ESET researchers analyzed Android and Windows clippers that can tamper with instant messages and use OCR to steal cryptocurrency funds

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The slow Tick‑ing time bomb: Tick APT group compromise of a DLP software developer in East Asia

By Facundo Muñoz — March 14th 2023 at 10:30

ESET Research uncovered a campaign by APT group Tick against a data-loss prevention company in East Asia and found a previously unreported tool used by the group

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Love scam or espionage? Transparent Tribe lures Indian and Pakistani officials

By Lukas Stefanko — March 7th 2023 at 10:30

ESET researchers analyze a cyberespionage campaign that distributes CapraRAT backdoors through trojanized and supposedly secure Android messaging apps – but also exfiltrates sensitive information

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MQsTTang: Mustang Panda’s latest backdoor treads new ground with Qt and MQTT

By Alexandre Côté Cyr — March 2nd 2023 at 10:30

ESET researchers tease apart MQsTTang, a new backdoor used by Mustang Panda, which communicates via the MQTT protocol

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BlackLotus UEFI bootkit: Myth confirmed

By Martin Smolár — March 1st 2023 at 10:30

The first in-the-wild UEFI bootkit bypassing UEFI Secure Boot on fully updated UEFI systems is now a reality

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ESET Research Podcast: Ransomware trashed data, Android threats soared in T3 2022

By ESET Research — February 28th 2023 at 10:30

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the trends that defined the cyberthreat landscape in the final four months of 2022.

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WinorDLL64: A backdoor from the vast Lazarus arsenal?

By Vladislav Hrčka — February 23rd 2023 at 10:30

The targeted region, and overlap in behavior and code, suggest the tool is used by the infamous North Korea-aligned APT group

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These aren’t the apps you’re looking for: fake installers targeting Southeast and East Asia

By Matías Porolli — February 16th 2023 at 10:30

ESET researchers have identified a campaign using trojanized installers to deliver the FatalRAT malware, distributed via malicious websites linked in ads that appear in Google search results

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Introducing IPyIDA: A Python plugin for your reverse‑engineering toolkit

By Rene Holt — January 12th 2023 at 10:30

ESET Research announces IPyIDA 2.0, a Python plugin integrating IPython and Jupyter Notebook into IDA

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StrongPity espionage campaign targeting Android users

By Lukas Stefanko — January 10th 2023 at 10:30

ESET researchers identified an active StrongPity campaign distributing a trojanized version of the Android Telegram app, presented as the Shagle app – a video-chat service that has no app version

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Unmasking MirrorFace: Operation LiberalFace targeting Japanese political entities

By Dominik Breitenbacher — December 14th 2022 at 10:30

ESET researchers discovered a spearphishing campaign targeting Japanese political entities a few weeks before the House of Councillors elections, and in the process uncovered a previously undescribed MirrorFace credential stealer

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Fantasy – a new Agrius wiper deployed through a supply‑chain attack

By Adam Burgher — December 7th 2022 at 10:30

ESET researchers analyzed a supply-chain attack abusing an Israeli software developer to deploy Fantasy, Agrius’s new wiper, with victims including the diamond industry

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Who’s swimming in South Korean waters? Meet ScarCruft’s Dolphin

By Filip Jurčacko — November 30th 2022 at 10:30

ESET researchers uncover Dolphin, a sophisticated backdoor extending the arsenal of the ScarCruft APT group

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Bahamut cybermercenary group targets Android users with fake VPN apps

By Lukas Stefanko — November 23rd 2022 at 10:30

Malicious apps used in this active campaign exfiltrate contacts, SMS messages, recorded phone calls, and even chat messages from apps such as Signal, Viber, and Telegram

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Domestic Kitten campaign spying on Iranian citizens with new FurBall malware

By Lukas Stefanko — October 20th 2022 at 09:30

APT-C-50’s Domestic Kitten campaign continues, targeting Iranian citizens with a new version of the FurBall malware masquerading as an Android translation app

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POLONIUM targets Israel with Creepy malware

By Matías Porolli — October 11th 2022 at 09:30

ESET researchers analyzed previously undocumented custom backdoors and cyberespionage tools deployed in Israel by the POLONIUM APT group

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Amazon‑themed campaigns of Lazarus in the Netherlands and Belgium

By Peter Kálnai — September 30th 2022 at 10:00

ESET researchers have discovered Lazarus attacks against targets in the Netherlands and Belgium that use spearphishing emails connected to fake job offers

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You never walk alone: The SideWalk backdoor gets a Linux variant

By Vladislav Hrčka — September 14th 2022 at 09:30

ESET researchers have uncovered another tool in the already extensive arsenal of the SparklingGoblin APT group: a Linux variant of the SideWalk backdoor

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RDP on the radar: An up‑close view of evolving remote access threats

By Aryeh Goretsky — September 7th 2022 at 09:30

Misconfigured remote access services continue to give bad actors an easy access path to company networks – here’s how you can minimize your exposure to attacks misusing Remote Desktop Protocol

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Worok: The big picture

By Thibaut Passilly — September 6th 2022 at 09:30

Focused mostly on Asia, this new cyberespionage group uses undocumented tools, including steganographically extracting PowerShell payloads from PNG files

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ESET Research Podcast: Hot security topics at RSA or mostly hype?

By ESET Research — July 20th 2022 at 09:30

Listen to Cameron Camp, Juraj Jánošík, and Filip Mazán discuss the use of machine learning in cybersecurity, followed by Cameron’s insights into the security of medical devices

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I see what you did there: A look at the CloudMensis macOS spyware

By Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé — July 19th 2022 at 09:30

Previously unknown macOS malware uses cloud storage as its C&C channel and to exfiltrate documents, keystrokes, and screen captures from compromised Macs

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