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Lazarus luring employees with trojanized coding challenges: The case of a Spanish aerospace company
While analyzing a Lazarus attack luring employees of an aerospace company, ESET researchers discovered a publicly undocumented backdoor
Peter Kálnai • 29 Sep 2023
Stealth Falcon preying over Middle Eastern skies with Deadglyph
ESET researchers have discovered Deadglyph, a sophisticated backdoor used by the infamous Stealth Falcon group for espionage in the Middle East
ESET Research • 22 Sep 2023
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
ESET Research Podcast: Sextortion, digital usury and SQL brute-force
Closing intrusion vectors force cybercriminals to revisit old attack avenues, but also to look for new ways to attack their victims
ESET Research • 12 Sep 2023
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
BadBazaar espionage tool targets Android users via trojanized Signal and Telegram apps
ESET researchers have discovered active campaigns linked to the China-aligned APT group known as GREF, distributing espionage code that has previously targeted Uyghurs
Lukas Stefanko • 30 Aug 2023
Telekopye: Hunting Mammoths using Telegram bot
Analysis of Telegram bot that helps cybercriminals scam people on online marketplaces
Radek Jizba • 24 Aug 2023
Scarabs colon-izing vulnerable servers
Analysis of Spacecolon, a toolset used to deploy Scarab ransomware on vulnerable servers, and its operators, CosmicBeetle
Jakub Souček • 22 Aug 2023
Mass-spreading campaign targeting Zimbra users
ESET researchers have observed a new phishing campaign targeting users of the Zimbra Collaboration email server.
Viktor Šperka • 17 Aug 2023