ESET Research has uncovered a new APT group BackdoorDiplomacy that primarily targets Ministries of Foreign Affairs in the Middle East and Africa, and less frequently, telecommunication companies. Their attacks usually start by exploiting vulnerable internet-exposed applications on webservers in order to install a custom backdoor that ESET is calling Turian.
ESET Research has been analyzing multiple campaigns since last year and some of the campaigns were attributed to the Gelsemium cyberespionage group, and the security company was able to track down the earliest version of their main malware, Gelsevirine, to 2014.
Amer Owaida, Security writer at ESET explains the disturbing trend that the first instance of malicious code native to Apple Silicon M1 Macs emerged a month after the release of devices equipped with the company’s in-house CPUs
ESET has released its Q4 2020 Threat Report, summarizing key statistics from ESET detection systems and highlighting notable examples of ESET’s cybersecurity research – including previously unpublished ESET research updates.
Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET discusses that the scam machine shows no signs of slowing down, as fraudsters continue to dispense bogus health advice, peddle fake testing kits and issue malware-laced purchase orders.
Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET discusses the infamous vulnerability has been exploited for a cryptocurrency mining campaign, but more damaging attacks may still be in store.
Jake Moore, Cyber Security Specialist for ESET discusses does true Artificial Intelligence even exist yet or will it ever exist or will it end the world before we reach its full capacity?
Tomas Foltyn, security writer at ESET discusses how a ‘white hat’ from Argentina has come a long way since winning his first reward of US$50 in 2016.
Stephen Cobb, Senior Security Researcher at ESET highlights the need to defend a growing threat surface with the widening cybersecurity skills gap globally
Tomas Foltyn, security writer at ESET discusses the new format of cyber attack known as “Thermanator” and explains how an attacker can use your body heat against you in order to steal your credentials or any other short string of text that you have typed on a computer keyboard.
