Malware

Securing MSPs with ESET Cloud Office Security

January 16, 2024

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Roman Cuprik, Content Writer, ESET, explains that amidst increased obfuscation of multistage malware attacks, MSPs need an effective way to secure cloud communication while avoiding the need for multiple unique network connection authorizations.

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Infoblox Reveals Shift In Malware Tactics After Initial Discovery

July 26, 2023

Deepak

Infoblox has published a second threat report with critical updates on “Decoy Dog,” the remote access trojan (RAT) toolkit they discovered and disclosed in April 2023. The malware uses DNS to establish command and control (C2) and is suspected as a secret tool used in ongoing nation-state cyber attacks. The threat actors swiftly responded following Infoblox’s disclosure of the toolkit, adapting their systems to ensure continued operations, indicating that maintaining access to victim devices remains a high priority. The analysis […]

Cyber Security

ESET Says The Infamous Botnet Emotet Makes A Comeback

July 20, 2023

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ESET Research has published a summary of what happened with the Emotet botnet since its comeback after a limited takedown. Emotet is a malware family active since 2014, operated by a cybercrime group known as Mealybug or TA542. Although it started as a banking trojan, it later evolved into a botnet

Igor Kuznetsov, head of the EEMEA unit at Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT)

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Kaspersky Uncovers Mobile Malware Campaign

June 2, 2023

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Kaspersky researchers have uncovered an ongoing mobile Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) campaign targeting iOS devices with previously unknown malware. Dubbed as ‘Operation Triangulation’, the campaign distributes zero-click exploits via iMessage to run malware gaining complete control

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ESET reveals AceCryptor hits computers 10,000 times every month

May 30, 2023

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ESET researchers have revealed details about a prevalent cryptor malware, AceCryptor, which operates as a cryptor-as-a-service used by tens of malware families. This threat has been around since 2016, and has been distributed worldwide, with multiple threat actors

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ChatGPT Phishing Fantasies: Will AI Chatbots Help Fight Cyberscam?

May 29, 2023

Deepak

While ChatGPT had previously demonstrated the ability to create phishing emails and write malware, its effectiveness in detecting malicious links was limited. The study revealed that although ChatGPT knows a great deal about phishing and can guess the target of a phishing attack, it had high false positive rates of up to 64 percent. Often, it produced imaginary explanations and false evidence to justify its verdicts. ChatGPT, an AI-powered language model, has been a topic of discussion in the cybersecurity […]

Cyber Security

AmiViz introduces PolySwarm threat intelligence platform in the region

March 23, 2023

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AmiViz, the Middle East region’s first enterprise B2B marketplace, today announced that the company has joined hands with PolySwarm, a first-of-its-kind marketplace for malware intelligence. PolySwarm has been onboarded to the AmiViz B2B Platform

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ESET reveals Furball spyware goes after Iranian citizens

October 27, 2022

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ESET researchers recently identified a new version of the Android malware FurBall being used in a Domestic Kitten campaign conducted by the APT-C-50 group. The Domestic Kitten campaign is known to conduct mobile surveillance operations against Iranian citizens, and this new FurBall version

Cyber Security

ESET researchers presented Industroyer2 malware at Black Hat USA

September 6, 2022

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ESET researchers Robert Lipovský and Anton Cherepanov recently presented breakthrough research into Industroyer2 during a Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, along with Victor Zhora, the Deputy Director of Ukraine’s State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP).

Industrial Security

Industroyer first ever malware designed to attack power grids

June 16, 2022

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André Lameiras, security writer at ESET takes a walk into his memory lane and goes back five years ago, when ESET researchers released their analysis of the first ever malware that was designed specifically to attack power grids

Cyber Security

3 most dangerous Android malware

May 6, 2022

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Lukas Stefanko, Malware Researcher at ESET explains here’s what you should know about some of the nastiest mobile malware – from malicious software that takes phones and data hostage to RATs that allow hackers to control devices remotely

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Its time to defend the data center

March 30, 2022

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Authored by Phil Muncaster, guest writer at ESET highlights that cyberattacks against data centers may ultimately be everyone’s problem – how prepared are their operators for the heightened risk of cyber-assaults?

Expert Corner

Vulnerabilities in business VPNs can be risky

March 8, 2024

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Márk Szabó, PR and Security Writer at ESET explains that as adversaries increasingly set their sights on vulnerable enterprise VPN software to infiltrate corporate networks, concerns mount about VPNs themselves being a source of cyber risk.

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