ESET Research assisted in disrupting the Amadey botnet and the Stealc infostealer by providing technical analysis, infrastructure tracking, and affiliate-level insights. Both are operated as malware as a service (MaaS). The operation – coordinated by Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU),Read More…
ESET Research released today its deep-dive investigation into one of the most advanced server-side malware campaigns, which is still growing and has seen hundreds of thousands of compromised servers in its at least 15-year-long operation.Read More…
Check Point Software Technologies points out the capabilities of cybercriminals depicted in some movies or television series, such as Mr. Robot, are not limited exclusively to fiction, but could actually happen in reality. Could attackers bridge the gap between the physical IoT network (the light bulbs) and attack even moreRead More…
Fortinet today announced the latest semiannual FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape Report. Threat intelligence from the second half of 2021 reveals an increase in the automation and speed of attacks demonstrating more advanced persistent cybercrime strategies that are more destructive and unpredictable. In addition, the expanding attack surface of hybridRead More…
ESET researchers have participated in a global operation to disrupt the Trickbot botnet, which has, since 2016, infected over a million computing devices. Along with partners Microsoft, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs Threat Research, NTT and others, the operation impacted Trickbot by tanking their command and control servers.Read More…
ESET researchers have recently discovered an unknown cryptomining botnet, VictoryGate that has been active since at least May 2019, and is composed mainly of devices in Peru, where over 90% of the infected devices are located. Read More…
Tomas Foltyn, security writer from ESET in this article discusses the far-fetched idea of knocking down a power grid with an home appliance but according to researchers electrical grids and smart home appliances could make for a dangerous mix Cybercriminals could rope internet-connected household appliances into a botnet in order toRead More…
Security researchers at ESET, in collaboration with Microsoft and law enforcement agenciesRead More…
A year on from the Mirai botnet’s first major attack – which brought much of the internet to a standstill, Norton by Symantec has revealed how the global botnet has grown and which countries and cities unwittingly played host to the greatest number of bot infections.Read More…
The McAfee Labs Threats Report: April 2017, details the challenges facing threat intelligence sharing efforts, probes the architecture and inner workings of Mirai botnets, assesses reported attacks across industries, and reveals growth trends in malware, ransomware, mobile malware and other threats in Q4 2016.Read More…
Digital Shadows, a provider of cyber situational awareness, released its new report Mirai and The Future, Forecasting the DDoS Landscape in 2017. Digital Shadows Report highlights the inherent vulnerability of basing network infrastructure around centralized DNS providers.Read More…
Akamai Technologies, a leading provider of content delivery network (CDN) services, has released its Third Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet and Security Report. The report, using data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, provides analysis of the current cloud security and threat landscape, including insight into two record setting DDoSRead More…
