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ESET APT Activity Report T2 2022
An overview of the activities of selected APT groups investigated and analyzed by ESET Research in T2 2022
Jean-Ian Boutin • 14 Nov 2022
ESET Research
Turla Crutch: Keeping the “back door” open
ESET researchers discover a new backdoor used by Turla to exfiltrate stolen documents to Dropbox
Matthieu Faou • 02 Dec 2020
From Agent.BTZ to ComRAT v4: A ten-year journey
Turla has updated its ComRAT backdoor and now uses the Gmail web interface for Command and Control
Matthieu Faou • 26 May 2020
ESET Threat Report Q1 2020
A view of the Q1 2020 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts
Roman Kováč • 29 Apr 2020
Tracking Turla: New backdoor delivered via Armenian watering holes
Can an old APT learn new tricks? Turla’s TTPs are largely unchanged, but the group recently added a Python backdoor.
Matthieu Faou • 12 Mar 2020
A dive into Turla PowerShell usage
ESET researchers analyze new TTPs attributed to the Turla group that leverage PowerShell to run malware in-memory only
Matthieu Faou and Romain Dumont • 29 May 2019
Turla LightNeuron: An email too far
ESET research uncovers Microsoft Exchange malware remotely controlled via steganographic PDF and JPG email attachments
Matthieu Faou • 07 May 2019
Turla: In and out of its unique Outlook backdoor
ESET research offers a rare glimpse into the mechanics of a particularly stealthy and resilient backdoor that the Turla cyberespionage group can fully control via PDF files attached to emails
Tomáš Foltýn • 22 Aug 2018
Turla Mosquito: A shift towards more generic tools
ESET researchers have observed a significant change in the campaign of the infamous espionage group
ESET Research • 22 May 2018