ESET Research Podcast: UEFI in crosshairs of ESPecter bootkit
Listen to Aryeh Goretsky, Martin Smolár, and Jean-Ian Boutin discuss what UEFI threats are capable of and what the ESPecter bootkit tells us about their evolution
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A lookback under the TA410 umbrella: Its cyberespionage TTPs and activity
ESET researchers reveal a detailed profile of TA410: we believe this cyberespionage umbrella group consists of three different teams using different toolsets, including a new version of the FlowCloud espionage backdoor discovered by ESET.
When “secure” isn’t secure at all: High‑impact UEFI vulnerabilities discovered in Lenovo consumer laptops
ESET researchers discover multiple vulnerabilities in various Lenovo laptop models that allow an attacker with admin privileges to expose the user to firmware-level malware
ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt Zloader botnets
ESET researchers provided technical analysis, statistical information, and known command and control server domain names and IP addresses
Fake e‑shops on the prowl for banking credentials using Android malware
ESET researchers analyzed three malicious applications targeting customers of eight Malaysian banks
Under the hood of Wslink’s multilayered virtual machine
ESET researchers describe the structure of the virtual machine used in samples of Wslink and suggest a possible approach to see through its obfuscation techniques
Crypto malware in patched wallets targeting Android and iOS devices
ESET Research uncovers a sophisticated scheme that distributes trojanized Android and iOS apps posing as popular cryptocurrency wallets
Mustang Panda’s Hodur: Old tricks, new Korplug variant
ESET researchers have discovered Hodur, a previously undocumented Korplug variant spread by Mustang Panda, that uses phishing lures referencing current events in Europe, including the invasion of Ukraine
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
DoNot Go! Do not respawn!
ESET researchers take a deep look into recent attacks carried out by Donot Team throughout 2020 and 2021, targeting government and military entities in several South Asian countries
Signed kernel drivers – Unguarded gateway to Windows’ core
ESET researchers look at malware that abuses vulnerabilities in kernel drivers and outline mitigation techniques against this type of exploitation
The dirty dozen of Latin America: From Amavaldo to Zumanek
The grand finale of our series dedicated to demystifying Latin American banking trojans
Launching ESET Research Podcast: A peek behind the scenes of ESET discoveries
Press play for the first episode as host Aryeh Goretsky is joined by Zuzana Hromcová to discuss native IIS malware
Jumping the air gap: 15 years of nation‑state effort
ESET researchers studied all the malicious frameworks ever reported publicly that have been used to attack air-gapped networks and are releasing a side-by-side comparison of their most important TTPs
Strategic web compromises in the Middle East with a pinch of Candiru
ESET researchers have discovered strategic web compromise (aka watering hole) attacks against high‑profile websites in the Middle East
Wslink: Unique and undocumented malicious loader that runs as a server
There are no code, functionality or operational similarities to suggest that this is a tool from a known threat actor
FontOnLake: Previously unknown malware family targeting Linux
ESET researchers discover a malware family with tools that show signs they’re used in targeted attacks
To the moon and hack: Fake SafeMoon app drops malware to spy on you
Cryptocurrencies rise and fall, but one thing stays the same – cybercriminals attempt to cash in on the craze
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
FamousSparrow: A suspicious hotel guest
Yet another APT group that exploited the ProxyLogon vulnerability in March 2021