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Critical Infrastructure, Malware

Black Hat 2023: Cyberwar fire-and-forget-me-not

Black Hat 2023: Cyberwar fire-and-forget-me-not

Critical Infrastructure, Malware

Black Hat 2023: Cyberwar fire-and-forget-me-not

What happens to cyberweapons after a cyberwar?

Cameron Camp11 Aug 2023


Malware

Will ChatGPT start writing killer malware?

Will ChatGPT start writing killer malware?

Malware

Will ChatGPT start writing killer malware?

AI-pocalypse soon? As stunning as ChatGPT’s output can be, should we also expect the chatbot to spit out sophisticated malware?

Cameron Camp20 Feb 2023


Malware

How Emotet is changing tactics in response to Microsoft’s tightening of Office macro security

How Emotet is changing tactics in response to Microsoft’s tightening of Office macro security

Malware

How Emotet is changing tactics in response to Microsoft’s tightening of Office macro security

Emotet malware is back with ferocious vigor, according to ESET telemetry in the first four months of 2022. Will it survive the ever-tightening controls on macro-enabled documents?

Rene Holt16 Jun 2022


Malware

Virus Bulletin: Old malware never dies – it just gets more targeted

Virus Bulletin: Old malware never dies – it just gets more targeted

Malware

Virus Bulletin: Old malware never dies – it just gets more targeted

Putting a precision payload on top of more generic malware makes perfect sense for malware operators

Cameron Camp15 Oct 2021


Malware

FBI removes web shells from compromised Exchange servers

FBI removes web shells from compromised Exchange servers

Malware

FBI removes web shells from compromised Exchange servers

Authorities step in to thwart attacks leveraging the recently-disclosed Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities

Amer Owaida14 Apr 2021


Malware

Backdoor added to PHP source code in Git server breach

Backdoor added to PHP source code in Git server breach

Malware

Backdoor added to PHP source code in Git server breach

Had the incident gone unnoticed, the attackers could have taken over websites using the tainted code

Amer Owaida30 Mar 2021


Malware

Stantinko’s new cryptominer features unique obfuscation techniques

Stantinko’s new cryptominer features unique obfuscation techniques

Malware

Stantinko’s new cryptominer features unique obfuscation techniques

ESET researchers bring to light unique obfuscation techniques discovered in the course of analyzing a new cryptomining module distributed by the Stantinko group’s botnet

Vladislav Hrčka19 Mar 2020


Malware

Guildma: The Devil drives electric

Guildma: The Devil drives electric

Malware

Guildma: The Devil drives electric

The fourth installment of our occasional series demystifying Latin American banking trojans

ESET Research05 Mar 2020


Malware

Banking Trojans continue to surface on Google Play

Banking Trojans continue to surface on Google Play

Malware

Banking Trojans continue to surface on Google Play

The malicious apps have all been removed from the official Android store but not before the apps were installed by almost 30,000 users

Lukas Stefanko24 Oct 2018