ESET Research: Hamster Kombat game misused by cybercriminals as spyware and infostealer
ESET researchers have discovered threats abusing the success of the Hamster Kombat clicker game. The Hamster Kombat game’s success has...
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ESET Expert
Jul 23
Cursed tapes: Exploiting the EvilVideo vulnerability on Telegram for Android
ESET researchers discovered a zero-day Telegram for Android exploit that allows sending malicious files disguised as videos. ESET...
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Jul 1
ESET Threat Report H1 2024
A view of the H1 2024 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts....
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Jun 13
ESET Research: Arid Viper group targets Middle East, poisons Palestinian app with spyware
ESET researchers have identified five campaigns that employ trojanised apps to target Android users. ESET Research discovered multistage...
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Jun 13
Valuable targets attract advanced threat actors. How to defend against quiet and persistent attacks
C-level executives, diplomats, and high-ranking IT managers usually have access to sensitive information, huge amounts of data, finances,...
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May 20
ESET Research: Lunar arsenal to target & spy on European diplomats
ESET Research discovered two previously unknown backdoors — which we named LunarWeb and LunarMail — compromising a European ministry of...
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May 16
Ebury is alive but unseen: 400k Linux servers compromised for cryptocurrency theft and financial gain
One of the most advanced server-side malware campaigns is still growing, with hundreds of thousands of compromised servers, and it has...
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Dec 19, 2023
ESET Research Podcast: Neanderthals, Mammoths and Telekopye
ESET researchers discuss the dynamics within and between various groups of scammers who use a Telegram bot called Telekopye to scam...
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Dec 5, 2023
Beware of predatory fin(tech): Loan sharks use Android apps to reach new depths
ESET researchers describe the growth of deceptive loan apps for Android and techniques they use to circumvent Google Play Since the...
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Oct 27, 2023
ESET APT Activity Report Q2–Q3 2023
An overview of the activities of selected APT groups investigated and analyzed by ESET Research in Q2 and Q3 2023 ESET APT Activity...
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