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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.

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ESET Research

Sednit: What’s going on with Zebrocy?

Sednit: What’s going on with Zebrocy?

ESET Research

Sednit: What’s going on with Zebrocy?

In August 2018, Sednit’s operators deployed two new Zebrocy components, and since then we have seen an uptick in Zebrocy deployments, with targets in Central Asia, as well as countries in Central and Eastern Europe, notably embassies, ministries of foreign affairs, and diplomats

ESET Research20 Nov 2018


ESET Research

OceanLotus: New watering hole attack in Southeast Asia

OceanLotus: New watering hole attack in Southeast Asia

ESET Research

OceanLotus: New watering hole attack in Southeast Asia

ESET researchers identified 21 distinct websites that had been compromised including some particularly notable government and media sites

Matthieu Faou20 Nov 2018


ESET Research

Emotet launches major new spam campaign

Emotet launches major new spam campaign

ESET Research

Emotet launches major new spam campaign

The recent spike in Emotet activity shows that it remains an active threat

ESET Research09 Nov 2018


ESET Research

Supply-chain attack on cryptocurrency exchange gate.io

Supply-chain attack on cryptocurrency exchange gate.io

ESET Research

Supply-chain attack on cryptocurrency exchange gate.io

Latest ESET research shows just how far attackers will go in order to steal bitcoin from customers of one specific virtual currency exchange

Matthieu Faou06 Nov 2018


Malware

Banking Trojans continue to surface on Google Play

Banking Trojans continue to surface on Google Play

Malware

Banking Trojans continue to surface on Google Play

The malicious apps have all been removed from the official Android store but not before the apps were installed by almost 30,000 users

Lukas Stefanko24 Oct 2018


Malware

VestaCP compromised in a new supply-chain attack

VestaCP compromised in a new supply-chain attack

Malware

VestaCP compromised in a new supply-chain attack

Customers see their admin credentials stolen and their servers infected with Linux/ChachaDDoS

Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé18 Oct 2018


Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center

GreyEnergy: Updated arsenal of one of the most dangerous threat actors

GreyEnergy: Updated arsenal of one of the most dangerous threat actors

Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center

GreyEnergy: Updated arsenal of one of the most dangerous threat actors

ESET research reveals a successor to the infamous BlackEnergy APT group targeting critical infrastructure, quite possibly in preparation for damaging attacks

Anton Cherepanov and Robert Lipovsky17 Oct 2018


Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center

New TeleBots backdoor: First evidence linking Industroyer to NotPetya

New TeleBots backdoor: First evidence linking Industroyer to NotPetya

Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center

New TeleBots backdoor: First evidence linking Industroyer to NotPetya

ESET’s analysis of a recent backdoor used by TeleBots – the group behind the massive NotPetya ransomware outbreak – uncovers strong code similarities to the Industroyer main backdoor, revealing a rumored connection that was not previously proven

Anton Cherepanov and Robert Lipovsky11 Oct 2018


ESET Research

LoJax: First UEFI rootkit found in the wild, courtesy of the Sednit group

LoJax: First UEFI rootkit found in the wild, courtesy of the Sednit group

ESET Research

LoJax: First UEFI rootkit found in the wild, courtesy of the Sednit group

ESET researchers have shown that the Sednit operators used different components of the LoJax malware to target a few government organizations in the Balkans as well as in Central and Eastern Europe

ESET Research27 Sep 2018