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More than 30 years later, ESET remains at the forefront of cybersecurity research, operating 13 R&D centers across the world that analyze, monitor and anticipate new threats. In recent years alone, ESET researchers have made a number of significant discoveries that shed light on various malicious campaigns orchestrated by the world’s most advanced threat actors. They have also identified multiple high-impact vulnerabilities in third-party products and services.

Over the years, ESET’s experts have assisted law enforcement with disruptions of several notorious cybercrime operations. They also frequently present at leading industry conferences and are among the most referenced contributors to the MITRE ATT&CK® knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques.

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

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

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

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

Lukas Stefanko and Peter Strýček16 Mar 2023


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

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

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

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

Facundo Muñoz14 Mar 2023


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

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

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

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

Lukas Stefanko07 Mar 2023


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

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

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

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

Alexandre Côté Cyr02 Mar 2023


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BlackLotus UEFI bootkit: Myth confirmed

BlackLotus UEFI bootkit: Myth confirmed

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BlackLotus UEFI bootkit: Myth confirmed

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

Martin Smolár01 Mar 2023


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

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

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

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.

ESET Research28 Feb 2023


Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center

A year of wiper attacks in Ukraine

A year of wiper attacks in Ukraine

Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center

A year of wiper attacks in Ukraine

ESET Research has compiled a timeline of cyberattacks that used wiper malware and have occurred since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022

ESET Research24 Feb 2023


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WinorDLL64: A backdoor from the vast Lazarus arsenal?

WinorDLL64: A backdoor from the vast Lazarus arsenal?

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WinorDLL64: A backdoor from the vast Lazarus arsenal?

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

Vladislav Hrčka23 Feb 2023


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

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

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

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

Matías Porolli and Fernando Tavella16 Feb 2023