Breaking news? App promises news feeds, brings DDoS attacks instead
After being targeted by an Android DDoS app, ESET seized the opportunity to analyze the attack and to help put an end to it
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Grandoreiro: How engorged can an EXE get?
Another in our occasional series demystifying Latin American banking trojans
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
Tracking Turla: New backdoor delivered via Armenian watering holes
Can an old APT learn new tricks? Turla’s TTPs are largely unchanged, but the group recently added a Python backdoor.
Guildma: The Devil drives electric
The fourth installment of our occasional series demystifying Latin American banking trojans
Winnti Group targeting universities in Hong Kong
ESET researchers uncover a new campaign of the Winnti Group targeting universities and using ShadowPad and Winnti malware
Stantinko botnet adds cryptomining to its pool of criminal activities
ESET researchers have discovered that the criminals behind the Stantinko botnet are distributing a cryptomining module to the computers they control
Registers as “Default Print Monitor”, but is a malicious downloader. Meet DePriMon
ESET researchers have discovered a new downloader with a novel, not previously seen in the wild installation technique
Deepfakes: When seeing isn’t believing
Is the world as we know it ready for the real impact of deepfakes?
Tracking down the developer of Android adware affecting millions of users
ESET researchers discovered a year-long adware campaign on Google Play and tracked down its operator. The apps involved, installed eight million times, use several tricks for stealth and persistence.
Winnti Group’s skip‑2.0: A Microsoft SQL Server backdoor
Notorious cyberespionage group debases MSSQL
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
Operation Ghost: The Dukes aren’t back – they never left
ESET researchers describe recent activity of the infamous espionage group, the Dukes, including three new malware families
Connecting the dots: Exposing the arsenal and methods of the Winnti Group
New ESET white paper released describing updates to the malware arsenal and campaigns of this group known for its supply-chain attacks
ESET discovers Attor, a spy platform with curious GSM fingerprinting
ESET researchers discover a previously unreported cyberespionage platform used in targeted attacks against diplomatic missions and governmental institutions, and privacy-concerned users
Casbaneiro: Dangerous cooking with a secret ingredient
Número dois in our series demystifying Latin American banking trojans
No summer vacations for Zebrocy
ESET researchers describe the latest components used in a recent Sednit campaign
ESET discovered an undocumented backdoor used by the infamous Stealth Falcon group
ESET researchers discovered a backdoor linked to malware used by the Stealth Falcon group, an operator of targeted spyware attacks against journalists, activists and dissidents in the Middle East
First‑of‑its‑kind spyware sneaks into Google Play
ESET analysis breaks down the first known spyware that is built on the AhMyth open-source espionage tool and has appeared on Google Play – twice
In the Balkans, businesses are under fire from a double‑barreled weapon
ESET researchers discovered a campaign that uses two malicious tools with similar capabilities to ensure both resilience and broader potential for the attackers