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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
Vladislav Hrčka • 27 Oct 2021
FontOnLake: Previously unknown malware family targeting Linux
ESET researchers discover a malware family with tools that show signs they’re used in targeted attacks
Vladislav Hrčka • 07 Oct 2021
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 Cherepanov • 05 Oct 2021
Threat Reports
ESET Threat Report T2 2021
A view of the T2 2021 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts
Roman Kováč • 30 Sep 2021
FamousSparrow: A suspicious hotel guest
Yet another APT group that exploited the ProxyLogon vulnerability in March 2021
Matthieu Faou and Tahseen Bin Taj • 23 Sep 2021
Numando: Count once, code twice
The (probably) penultimate post in our occasional series demystifying Latin American banking trojans.
ESET Research • 17 Sep 2021
BladeHawk group: Android espionage against Kurdish ethnic group
ESET researchers have investigated a mobile espionage campaign that targets the Kurdish ethnic group and has been active since at least March 2020
Lukas Stefanko • 07 Sep 2021
COVID-19
Flaw in the Quebec vaccine passport: analysis
ESET cybersecurity expert Marc-Étienne Léveillé analyses in-depth the Quebec vaccine proof apps VaxiCode and VaxiCode Verif.
Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé • 31 Aug 2021
The SideWalk may be as dangerous as the CROSSWALK
Meet SparklingGoblin, a member of the Winnti family
Mathieu Tartare and Thibaut Passilly • 24 Aug 2021
