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More than 30 years later, ESET remains at the forefront of cybersecurity research, operating 13 R&D centers across the world that analyze, monitor and anticipate new threats. In recent years alone, ESET researchers have made a number of significant discoveries that shed light on various malicious campaigns orchestrated by the world’s most advanced threat actors. They have also identified multiple high-impact vulnerabilities in third-party products and services.

Over the years, ESET’s experts have assisted law enforcement with disruptions of several notorious cybercrime operations. They also frequently present at leading industry conferences and are among the most referenced contributors to the MITRE ATT&CK® knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques.

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Operation Jacana: Foundling hobbits in Guyana

Operation Jacana: Foundling hobbits in Guyana

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Operation Jacana: Foundling hobbits in Guyana

ESET researchers discovered a cyberespionage campaign against a governmental entity in Guyana

Fernando Tavella05 Oct 2023


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Lazarus luring employees with trojanized coding challenges: The case of a Spanish aerospace company

Lazarus luring employees with trojanized coding challenges: The case of a Spanish aerospace company

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Lazarus luring employees with trojanized coding challenges: The case of a Spanish aerospace company

While analyzing a Lazarus attack luring employees of an aerospace company, ESET researchers discovered a publicly undocumented backdoor

Peter Kálnai29 Sep 2023


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Stealth Falcon preying over Middle Eastern skies with Deadglyph

Stealth Falcon preying over Middle Eastern skies with Deadglyph

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Stealth Falcon preying over Middle Eastern skies with Deadglyph

ESET researchers have discovered Deadglyph, a sophisticated backdoor used by the infamous Stealth Falcon group for espionage in the Middle East

ESET Research22 Sep 2023


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OilRig’s Outer Space and Juicy Mix: Same ol’ rig, new drill pipes

OilRig’s Outer Space and Juicy Mix: Same ol’ rig, new drill pipes

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OilRig’s Outer Space and Juicy Mix: Same ol’ rig, new drill pipes

ESET researchers document OilRig’s Outer Space and Juicy Mix campaigns, targeting Israeli organizations in 2021 and 2022

Zuzana Hromcová and Adam Burgher21 Sep 2023


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ESET Research Podcast: Sextortion, digital usury and SQL brute-force

ESET Research Podcast: Sextortion, digital usury and SQL brute-force

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ESET Research Podcast: Sextortion, digital usury and SQL brute-force

Closing intrusion vectors force cybercriminals to revisit old attack avenues, but also to look for new ways to attack their victims

ESET Research12 Sep 2023


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Sponsor with batch-filed whiskers: Ballistic Bobcat’s scan and strike backdoor

Sponsor with batch-filed whiskers: Ballistic Bobcat’s scan and strike backdoor

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Sponsor with batch-filed whiskers: Ballistic Bobcat’s scan and strike backdoor

ESET Research uncovers the Sponsoring Access campaign, which utilizes an undocumented Ballistic Bobcat backdoor we have named Sponsor

Adam Burgher11 Sep 2023


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BadBazaar espionage tool targets Android users via trojanized Signal and Telegram apps

BadBazaar espionage tool targets Android users via trojanized Signal and Telegram apps

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BadBazaar espionage tool targets Android users via trojanized Signal and Telegram apps

ESET researchers have discovered active campaigns linked to the China-aligned APT group known as GREF, distributing espionage code that has previously targeted Uyghurs

Lukas Stefanko30 Aug 2023


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Telekopye: Hunting Mammoths using Telegram bot

Telekopye: Hunting Mammoths using Telegram bot

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Telekopye: Hunting Mammoths using Telegram bot

Analysis of Telegram bot that helps cybercriminals scam people on online marketplaces

Radek Jizba24 Aug 2023


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Scarabs colon-izing vulnerable servers

Scarabs colon-izing vulnerable servers

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Scarabs colon-izing vulnerable servers

Analysis of Spacecolon, a toolset used to deploy Scarab ransomware on vulnerable servers, and its operators, CosmicBeetle

Jakub Souček22 Aug 2023