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Operation NightScout: Supply-chain attack targets online gaming in Asia

Operation NightScout: Supply-chain attack targets online gaming in Asia

Operation NightScout: Supply-chain attack targets online gaming in Asia

ESET researchers uncover a supply-chain attack used in a cyberespionage operation targeting online-gaming communities in Asia

Ignacio Sanmillan01 Feb 2021


Vadokrist: A wolf in sheep's clothing

Vadokrist: A wolf in sheep's clothing

Vadokrist: A wolf in sheep's clothing

Another in our occasional series demystifying Latin American banking trojans

ESET Research21 Jan 2021


Operation Spalax: Targeted malware attacks in Colombia

Operation Spalax: Targeted malware attacks in Colombia

Operation Spalax: Targeted malware attacks in Colombia

ESET researchers uncover attacks targeting Colombian government institutions and private companies, especially from the energy and metallurgical industries

Matías Porolli12 Jan 2021


Operation SignSight: Supply-chain attack against a certification authority in Southeast Asia

Operation SignSight: Supply-chain attack against a certification authority in Southeast Asia

Operation SignSight: Supply-chain attack against a certification authority in Southeast Asia

ESET researchers have uncovered a supply-chain attack on the website of a government in Southeast Asia.

Ignacio Sanmillan and Matthieu Faou17 Dec 2020


Operation StealthyTrident: corporate software under attack

Operation StealthyTrident: corporate software under attack

Operation StealthyTrident: corporate software under attack

LuckyMouse, TA428, HyperBro, Tmanger and ShadowPad linked in Mongolian supply-chain attack

Mathieu Tartare10 Dec 2020


Turla Crutch: Keeping the “back door” open

Turla Crutch: Keeping the “back door” open

Turla Crutch: Keeping the “back door” open

ESET researchers discover a new backdoor used by Turla to exfiltrate stolen documents to Dropbox

Matthieu Faou02 Dec 2020


Lazarus supply-chain attack in South Korea

Lazarus supply-chain attack in South Korea

Lazarus supply-chain attack in South Korea

ESET researchers uncover a novel Lazarus supply-chain attack leveraging WIZVERA VeraPort software

Anton Cherepanov and Peter Kálnai16 Nov 2020


Hungry for data, ModPipe backdoor hits POS software used in hospitality sector

Hungry for data, ModPipe backdoor hits POS software used in hospitality sector

Hungry for data, ModPipe backdoor hits POS software used in hospitality sector

Backdoor authors show deep knowledge of the targeted POS software, decrypting database passwords from Windows registry values

Martin Smolár12 Nov 2020


ESET Threat Report Q3 2020

ESET Threat Report Q3 2020

ESET Threat Report Q3 2020

A view of the Q3 2020 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts

Roman Kováč28 Oct 2020