Anton Cherepanov

Anton Cherepanov

Senior Malware Researcher


Education: Specialist degree in IT

Favorite activities? Traveling, reading

What is your golden rule for cyberspace? Use common sense

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? In 1996 a 486DX4-100

Favorite computer game/activity? CTF games


32 articles by Anton Cherepanov

ESET research

The rise of TeleBots: Analyzing disruptive KillDisk attacks

The rise of TeleBots: Analyzing disruptive KillDisk attacks

ESET research

The rise of TeleBots: Analyzing disruptive KillDisk attacks

ESET's Anton Cherepanov analyzes the work of TeleBots, a malicious toolset that was used in focused cyberattacks against targets in Ukraine's financial sector.

Anton Cherepanov13 Dec 201611 min. read


ESET research

Modern attacks on Russian financial institutions

Modern attacks on Russian financial institutions

ESET research

Modern attacks on Russian financial institutions

ESET's Anton Cherepanov Jean-Ian Boutin discuss their paper, titled Modern Attacks on Russian Financial Institutions, which was published earlier this year.

Anton Cherepanov and Jean-Ian Boutin12 Dec 20164 min. read


ESET research

Book of Eli: African targeted attacks

Book of Eli: African targeted attacks

ESET research

Book of Eli: African targeted attacks

ESET's latest research analyzes a piece of malware active since 2012, but which has targeted one specific country – Libya.

Anton Cherepanov22 Sep 20165 min. read


ESET research

Operation Groundbait: Espionage in Ukrainian war zones

Operation Groundbait: Espionage in Ukrainian war zones

ESET research

Operation Groundbait: Espionage in Ukrainian war zones

After BlackEnergy and Operation Potao Express, ESET researchers have uncovered another cyberespionage operation in Ukraine: Operation Groundbait.

Robert Lipovsky and Anton Cherepanov18 May 20162 min. read


ESET research

BlackEnergy by the SSHBearDoor: attacks against Ukrainian news media and electric industry

BlackEnergy by the SSHBearDoor: attacks against Ukrainian news media and electric industry

ESET research

BlackEnergy by the SSHBearDoor: attacks against Ukrainian news media and electric industry

The cybercriminal group behind BlackEnergy, the malware family that has been around since 2007 and has made a comeback in 2014, was also active in the year 2015.

Anton Cherepanov03 Jan 20166 min. read


ESET research

Brolux trojan targeting Japanese online bankers

Brolux trojan targeting Japanese online bankers

ESET research

Brolux trojan targeting Japanese online bankers

A banking trojan, detected by ESET as Win32/Brolux.A, is targeting Japanese internet banking users and spreading through at least two vulnerabilities: a Flash vulnerability leaked in the Hacking Team hack and the so-called unicorn bug, a vulnerability in Internet Explorer.

Jean-Ian Boutin and Anton Cherepanov15 Oct 20154 min. read


ESET research

Carbanak gang is back and packing new guns

Carbanak gang is back and packing new guns

ESET research

Carbanak gang is back and packing new guns

A few days ago, CSIS published details about new Carbanak samples found in the wild. In this blog we examine the latest developments in the Carbanak story.

Anton Cherepanov08 Sep 201510 min. read


ESET research

Firefox Under Fire: Anatomy of latest 0-day attack

Firefox Under Fire: Anatomy of latest 0-day attack

ESET research

Firefox Under Fire: Anatomy of latest 0-day attack

The recent Firefox attacks are an example of active in-the-wild exploitation of a serious software vulnerability.

Anton Cherepanov11 Aug 20155 min. read


ESET research

Operation Potao Express: Analysis of a cyber-espionage toolkit

Operation Potao Express: Analysis of a cyber-espionage toolkit

ESET research

Operation Potao Express: Analysis of a cyber-espionage toolkit

Operation Patao Express – Attackers spying on high-value targets in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, and their TrueCrypt-encrypted data.

Robert Lipovsky and Anton Cherepanov30 Jul 20153 min. read