Anton Cherepanov

Anton Cherepanov

Senior Malware Researcher


Education: Specialist degree in IT

Favorite activities? Traveling, reading

What is your golden rule for cyberspace? Use common sense

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? In 1996 a 486DX4-100

Favorite computer game/activity? CTF games


32 articles by Anton Cherepanov

ESET research

Watering hole deploys new macOS malware, DazzleSpy, in Asia

Watering hole deploys new macOS malware, DazzleSpy, in Asia

ESET research

Watering hole deploys new macOS malware, DazzleSpy, in Asia

Hong Kong pro-democracy radio station website compromised to serve a Safari exploit that installed cyberespionage malware on site visitors’ Macs

Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé and Anton Cherepanov25 Jan 202210 min. read


ESET research

UEFI threats moving to the ESP: Introducing ESPecter bootkit

UEFI threats moving to the ESP: Introducing ESPecter bootkit

ESET research

UEFI threats moving to the ESP: Introducing ESPecter bootkit

ESET research discovers a previously undocumented UEFI bootkit with roots going back all the way to at least 2012

Martin Smolár and Anton Cherepanov05 Oct 202115 min. read


ESET research

Anatomy of native IIS malware

Anatomy of native IIS malware

ESET research

Anatomy of native IIS malware

ESET researchers publish a white paper putting IIS web server threats under the microscope

Zuzana Hromcová and Anton Cherepanov06 Aug 20218 min. read


ESET research

Lazarus supply-chain attack in South Korea

Lazarus supply-chain attack in South Korea

ESET research

Lazarus supply-chain attack in South Korea

ESET researchers uncover a novel Lazarus supply-chain attack leveraging WIZVERA VeraPort software

Anton Cherepanov and Peter Kálnai16 Nov 202015 min. read


ESET research

Who is calling? CDRThief targets Linux VoIP softswitches

Who is calling? CDRThief targets Linux VoIP softswitches

ESET research

Who is calling? CDRThief targets Linux VoIP softswitches

ESET researchers have discovered and analyzed malware that targets Voice over IP (VoIP) softswitches

Anton Cherepanov10 Sep 20205 min. read


ESET research

Digging up InvisiMole’s hidden arsenal

Digging up InvisiMole’s hidden arsenal

ESET research

Digging up InvisiMole’s hidden arsenal

ESET researchers reveal the modus operandi of the elusive InvisiMole group, including newly discovered ties with the Gamaredon group

Zuzana Hromcová and Anton Cherepanov18 Jun 20207 min. read


ESET research

Fleecing the onion: Darknet shoppers swindled out of bitcoins via trojanized Tor Browser

Fleecing the onion: Darknet shoppers swindled out of bitcoins via trojanized Tor Browser

ESET research

Fleecing the onion: Darknet shoppers swindled out of bitcoins via trojanized Tor Browser

ESET researchers discover a trojanized Tor Browser distributed by cybercriminals to steal bitcoins from darknet market buyers

Anton Cherepanov18 Oct 20196 min. read


ESET research

Windows zero-day CVE-2019-1132 exploited in targeted attacks

Windows zero-day CVE-2019-1132 exploited in targeted attacks

ESET research

Windows zero-day CVE-2019-1132 exploited in targeted attacks

ESET research discovers a zero-day exploit that takes advantage of a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows

Anton Cherepanov10 Jul 20193 min. read


ESET research

Plead malware distributed via MitM attacks at router level, misusing ASUS WebStorage

Plead malware distributed via MitM attacks at router level, misusing ASUS WebStorage

ESET research

Plead malware distributed via MitM attacks at router level, misusing ASUS WebStorage

ESET researchers have discovered that the attackers have been distributing the Plead malware via compromised routers and man-in-the-middle attacks against the legitimate ASUS WebStorage software

Anton Cherepanov14 May 20195 min. read