Adam Burgher

Adam Burgher

Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst

Education: Master’s in Cybersecurity

Favorite activities? Woodworking and reading

Favorite computer game/activity? Frogger

What is your golden rule for cyberspace? Paranoia is your friend

Latest Articles

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OilRig’s persistent attacks using cloud service-powered downloaders

OilRig’s persistent attacks using cloud service-powered downloaders

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OilRig’s Outer Space and Juicy Mix: Same ol’ rig, new drill pipes

OilRig’s Outer Space and Juicy Mix: Same ol’ rig, new drill pipes

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Sponsor with batch-filed whiskers: Ballistic Bobcat’s scan and strike backdoor

Sponsor with batch-filed whiskers: Ballistic Bobcat’s scan and strike backdoor

ESET research

Fantasy – a new Agrius wiper deployed through a supply-chain attack

Fantasy – a new Agrius wiper deployed through a supply-chain attack
5 articles by Adam Burgher

ESET research

OilRig’s persistent attacks using cloud service-powered downloaders

OilRig’s persistent attacks using cloud service-powered downloaders

ESET research

OilRig’s persistent attacks using cloud service-powered downloaders

ESET researchers document a series of new OilRig downloaders, all relying on legitimate cloud service providers for C&C communications

Zuzana Hromcová and Adam Burgher • 14 Dec 2023 • 23 min. read

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OilRig’s Outer Space and Juicy Mix: Same ol’ rig, new drill pipes

OilRig’s Outer Space and Juicy Mix: Same ol’ rig, new drill pipes

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OilRig’s Outer Space and Juicy Mix: Same ol’ rig, new drill pipes

ESET researchers document OilRig’s Outer Space and Juicy Mix campaigns, targeting Israeli organizations in 2021 and 2022

Zuzana Hromcová and Adam Burgher • 21 Sep 2023 • 17 min. read

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Sponsor with batch-filed whiskers: Ballistic Bobcat’s scan and strike backdoor

Sponsor with batch-filed whiskers: Ballistic Bobcat’s scan and strike backdoor

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Sponsor with batch-filed whiskers: Ballistic Bobcat’s scan and strike backdoor

ESET Research uncovers the Sponsoring Access campaign, which utilizes an undocumented Ballistic Bobcat backdoor we have named Sponsor

Adam Burgher • 11 Sep 2023 • 11 min. read

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Fantasy – a new Agrius wiper deployed through a supply-chain attack

Fantasy – a new Agrius wiper deployed through a supply-chain attack

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Fantasy – a new Agrius wiper deployed through a supply-chain attack

ESET researchers analyzed a supply-chain attack abusing an Israeli software developer to deploy Fantasy, Agrius’s new wiper, with victims including the diamond industry

Adam Burgher • 07 Dec 2022 • 9 min. read

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BackdoorDiplomacy: Upgrading from Quarian to Turian

BackdoorDiplomacy: Upgrading from Quarian to Turian

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BackdoorDiplomacy: Upgrading from Quarian to Turian

ESET researchers discover a new campaign that evolved from the Quarian backdoor

Adam Burgher • 10 Jun 2021 • 10 min. read