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FamousSparrow: A suspicious hotel guest

FamousSparrow: A suspicious hotel guest

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FamousSparrow: A suspicious hotel guest

Yet another APT group that exploited the ProxyLogon vulnerability in March 2021

Tahseen Bin Taj and Matthieu Faou23 Sep 2021


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Numando: Count once, code twice

Numando: Count once, code twice

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Numando: Count once, code twice

The (probably) penultimate post in our occasional series demystifying Latin American banking trojans.

ESET Research17 Sep 2021


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BladeHawk group: Android espionage against Kurdish ethnic group

BladeHawk group: Android espionage against Kurdish ethnic group

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BladeHawk group: Android espionage against Kurdish ethnic group

ESET researchers have investigated a mobile espionage campaign that targets the Kurdish ethnic group and has been active since at least March 2020

Lukas Stefanko07 Sep 2021


COVID-19, ESET Research

Flaw in the Quebec vaccine passport: analysis

Flaw in the Quebec vaccine passport: analysis

COVID-19, ESET Research

Flaw in the Quebec vaccine passport: analysis

ESET cybersecurity expert Marc-Étienne Léveillé analyses in-depth the Quebec vaccine proof apps VaxiCode and VaxiCode Verif.

Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé31 Aug 2021


The SideWalk may be as dangerous as the CROSSWALK

The SideWalk may be as dangerous as the CROSSWALK

The SideWalk may be as dangerous as the CROSSWALK

Meet SparklingGoblin, a member of the Winnti family

Thibaut Passilly and Mathieu Tartare24 Aug 2021


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IISerpent: Malware-driven SEO fraud as a service

IISerpent: Malware-driven SEO fraud as a service

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IISerpent: Malware-driven SEO fraud as a service

The last in our series on IIS threats introduces a malicious IIS extension used to manipulate page rankings for third-party websites

Zuzana Hromcová11 Aug 2021


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IISpy: A complex server-side backdoor with anti-forensic features

IISpy: A complex server-side backdoor with anti-forensic features

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IISpy: A complex server-side backdoor with anti-forensic features

The second in our series on IIS threats dissects a malicious IIS extension that employs nifty tricks in an attempt to secure long-term espionage on the compromised servers

Zuzana Hromcová09 Aug 2021


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IIStealer: A server-side threat to e-commerce transactions

IIStealer: A server-side threat to e-commerce transactions

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IIStealer: A server-side threat to e-commerce transactions

The first in our series on IIS threats looks at a malicious IIS extension that intercepts server transactions to steal credit card information

Zuzana Hromcová06 Aug 2021


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Anatomy of native IIS malware

Anatomy of native IIS malware

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Anatomy of native IIS malware

ESET researchers publish a white paper putting IIS web server threats under the microscope

Zuzana Hromcová and Anton Cherepanov06 Aug 2021