ESET Research has uncovered a new banking trojan that has been targeting corporate users in Brazil since at least 2019 across many sectors, including engineering, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, finance, transportation, and governmental institutions. ESET dubbed the new threat Janeleiro.Read More…
VMRay, a provider of automated malware analysis and detection solutions, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement for the Israeli market with Multipoint GROUP, a leading distributor of IT security and Internet technology solutions in the Mediterranean region.Read More…
ESET researchers discovered Kobalos, a malware that has been attacking supercomputers – high performance computer (HPC) clusters. ESET has worked with the CERN Computer Security Team and other organizations involved in mitigating attacks on these scientific research networks. Among other targets was a large Asian ISP, a North American endpointRead More…
ESET researchers discovered a new supply-chain attack compromising the update mechanism of NoxPlayer, an Android emulator for PCs and Macs. Three different malware families were spotted being distributed from tailored malicious updates to selected victimsRead More…
Researchers at ESET last year observed several attacks exclusively targeting Colombian entities, which have collectively been dubbed Operation Spalax. These ongoing and focused attacks are targeting the energy and metallurgical industries and attackersRead More…
Amer Owaida, security writer at ESET explains that everyone knows that malware is bad, but are they also aware of the various common ways in which it can infiltrate your devices?Read More…
ESET researchers recently discovered attempts to deploy Lazarus malware via a supply-chain attack (on less secure parts of the supply network) in South Korea. In order to deliver its malware, the attackers used an unusual supply-chain mechanism, abusing legitimate South Korean security softwareRead More…
ESET researchers have discovered ModPipe, a modular backdoor that gives its operators access to sensitive information stored in devices running ORACLE MICROS Restaurant Enterprise Series (RES) 3700 POS (point-of-sale) – a management software suiteRead More…
Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET discusses the patch for the critical flaw that allows malware to spread across machines without any user interaction was released months ago still has thousands of machines vulnerableRead 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 analyzed a new version of Android spyware used by APT-C-23, a threat group active since at least 2017 that is known for mainly targeting the Middle East.Read More…
Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET discusses the risks associated with plugging in an unknown or found USB flash drive as it could infect your device with viruses or malware as well as it can compromise data on your system.Read More…
