I see what you did there: A look at the CloudMensis macOS spyware
Previously unknown macOS malware uses cloud storage as its C&C channel and to exfiltrate documents, keystrokes, and screen captures from compromised Macs
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How Emotet is changing tactics in response to Microsoft’s tightening of Office macro security
Emotet malware is back with ferocious vigor, according to ESET telemetry in the first four months of 2022. Will it survive the ever-tightening controls on macro-enabled documents?
ESET Research Podcast: UEFI in crosshairs of ESPecter bootkit
Listen to Aryeh Goretsky, Martin Smolár, and Jean-Ian Boutin discuss what UEFI threats are capable of and what the ESPecter bootkit tells us about their evolution
Sandworm uses a new version of ArguePatch to attack targets in Ukraine
ESET researchers spot an updated version of the malware loader used in the Industroyer2 and CaddyWiper attacks
A lookback under the TA410 umbrella: Its cyberespionage TTPs and activity
ESET researchers reveal a detailed profile of TA410: we believe this cyberespionage umbrella group consists of three different teams using different toolsets, including a new version of the FlowCloud espionage backdoor discovered by ESET.
When “secure” isn’t secure at all: High‑impact UEFI vulnerabilities discovered in Lenovo consumer laptops
ESET researchers discover multiple vulnerabilities in various Lenovo laptop models that allow an attacker with admin privileges to expose the user to firmware-level malware
ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt Zloader botnets
ESET researchers provided technical analysis, statistical information, and known command and control server domain names and IP addresses
Industroyer2: Industroyer reloaded
This ICS-capable malware targets a Ukrainian energy company
Fake e‑shops on the prowl for banking credentials using Android malware
ESET researchers analyzed three malicious applications targeting customers of eight Malaysian banks
Under the hood of Wslink’s multilayered virtual machine
ESET researchers describe the structure of the virtual machine used in samples of Wslink and suggest a possible approach to see through its obfuscation techniques
Crypto malware in patched wallets targeting Android and iOS devices
ESET Research uncovers a sophisticated scheme that distributes trojanized Android and iOS apps posing as popular cryptocurrency wallets
Mustang Panda’s Hodur: Old tricks, new Korplug variant
ESET researchers have discovered Hodur, a previously undocumented Korplug variant spread by Mustang Panda, that uses phishing lures referencing current events in Europe, including the invasion of Ukraine
ESET Research webinar: How APT groups have turned Ukraine into a cyber‑battlefield
Ukraine has been under cyber-fire for years now – here’s what you should know about various disruptive cyberattacks that have hit the country since 2014
ESET Research Podcast: Ukraine’s past and present cyberwar
Press play to hear Aryeh Goretsky, Jean-Ian Boutin and Robert Lipovsky discuss how recent malware attacks in Ukraine tie into years of cyberattacks against the country
IsaacWiper and HermeticWizard: New wiper and worm targeting Ukraine
ESET researchers uncover a new wiper that attacks Ukrainian organizations and a worm component that spreads HermeticWiper in local networks
ESET Threat Report T3 2021
A view of the T3 2021 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts
Watering hole deploys new macOS malware, DazzleSpy, in Asia
Hong Kong pro-democracy radio station website compromised to serve a Safari exploit that installed cyberespionage malware on site visitors’ Macs
DoNot Go! Do not respawn!
ESET researchers take a deep look into recent attacks carried out by Donot Team throughout 2020 and 2021, targeting government and military entities in several South Asian countries
Signed kernel drivers – Unguarded gateway to Windows’ core
ESET researchers look at malware that abuses vulnerabilities in kernel drivers and outline mitigation techniques against this type of exploitation
The dirty dozen of Latin America: From Amavaldo to Zumanek
The grand finale of our series dedicated to demystifying Latin American banking trojans