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ESET Research Podcast: HotPage

ESET Research Podcast: HotPage

ESET Research Podcast: HotPage

ESET researchers discuss HotPage, a recently discovered adware armed with a highest-privilege, yet vulnerable, Microsoft-signed driver

ESET Blog5. Sep 20242 min read


ESET Research Podcast: HotPage

ESET Research Podcast: HotPage

ESET Research Podcast: HotPage

ESET researchers discuss HotPage, a recently discovered adware armed with a highest-privilege, yet vulnerable, Microsoft-signed driver

ESET Blog5. Sep 20242 min read


ESET Research Podcast: APT Activity Report Q4 2023–Q1 2024

ESET Research Podcast: APT Activity Report Q4 2023–Q1 2024

ESET Research Podcast: APT Activity Report Q4 2023–Q1 2024

The I-SOON data leak confirms that this contractor is involved in cyberespionage for China, while Iran-aligned groups step up aggressive tactics following…

ESET Blog14. Jun 20242 min read


Operation Texonto: Information operation targeting Ukrainian speakers in the context of the war

Operation Texonto: Information operation targeting Ukrainian speakers in the context of the war

Operation Texonto: Information operation targeting Ukrainian speakers in the context of the war

A mix of PSYOPs, espionage and … fake Canadian pharmacies!

ESET Blog21. Feb 202416 min read


Winter Vivern exploits zero-day vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail servers

Winter Vivern exploits zero-day vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail servers

Winter Vivern exploits zero-day vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail servers

ESET Research recommends updating Roundcube Webmail to the latest available version as soon as possible

ESET Blog25. Oct 20236 min read


OilRig’s Outer Space and Juicy Mix: Same ol’ rig, new drill pipes

OilRig’s Outer Space and Juicy Mix: Same ol’ rig, new drill pipes

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

ESET Blog21. Sep 202326 min read


Sponsor with batch-filed whiskers: Ballistic Bobcat’s scan and strike backdoor

Sponsor with batch-filed whiskers: Ballistic Bobcat’s scan and strike backdoor

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

ESET Blog11. Sep 202320 min read


MoustachedBouncer: Espionage against foreign diplomats in Belarus

MoustachedBouncer: Espionage against foreign diplomats in Belarus

MoustachedBouncer: Espionage against foreign diplomats in Belarus

Long-term espionage against diplomats, leveraging email-based C&C protocols, C++ modular backdoors, and adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks… Sounds like the infamous Turla? Think again!

ESET Blog10. Aug 202332 min read


Fantasy – a new Agrius wiper deployed through a supply-chain attack

Fantasy – a new Agrius wiper deployed through a supply-chain attack

Fantasy – a new Agrius wiper deployed through a supply-chain attack

ESET researchers analyzed a supply-chain attack abusing an Israeli software developer to deploy Fantasy, Agrius’s new wiper, with victims including the diamond…

ESET Blog7. Dec 202217 min read


The dirty dozen of Latin America: From Amavaldo to Zumanek

The dirty dozen of Latin America: From Amavaldo to Zumanek

The dirty dozen of Latin America: From Amavaldo to Zumanek

The grand finale of our series dedicated to demystifying Latin American banking trojans

ESET Blog15. Dec 202111 min read


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