ESET Research, Threat Reports An overview of the activities of selected APT groups investigated and analyzed by ESET Research in Q2 2024 and Q3 2024 07 Nov 2024 • , 3 min. read ESET APT Activity Report Q2 2024–Q3 2024 summarizes notable activities of selected advanced persistent threat (APT) groups
Video This week, ESET experts released several research publications that shine the spotlight on a number of notable campaigns and broader developments on the threat landscape 17 May 2024 This week, ESET experts released several research publications that shone the spotlight on a number of notable attacks and broader developments
Video Evasive Panda has been spotted targeting Tibetans in several countries and territories with payloads that included a previously undocumented backdoor ESET has named Nightdoor 08 Mar 2024 This week, ESET researchers released their analysis of how an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group targeted Tibetans via watering hole and supply-chain
May 31, 2023Ravie LakshmananAdvanced Persistent Threat The threat actor known as Dark Pink has been linked to five new attacks aimed at various entities in Belgium, Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam between February 2022 and April 2023. This includes educational entities, government agencies, military bodies, and non-profit organizations, indicating the
A previously undetected advanced persistent threat (APT) actor dubbed Red Stinger has been linked to attacks targeting Eastern Europe since 2020. “Military, transportation, and critical infrastructure were some of the entities being targeted, as well as some involved in the September East Ukraine referendums,” Malwarebytes disclosed in a report published
May 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananAdvanced Persistent Threat An advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Dragon Breath has been observed adding new layers of complexity to its attacks by adopting a novel DLL side-loading mechanism. “The attack is based on a classic side-loading attack, consisting of a clean application, a malicious
Mar 31, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / APT The advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Winter Vivern is now targeting officials in Europe and the U.S. as part of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign. “TA473 since at least February 2023 has continuously leveraged an unpatched Zimbra vulnerability in publicly facing
Mar 29, 2023Ravie LakshmananLinux / Cyber Threat An unknown Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has been linked to a novel piece of malware aimed at Linux servers. French cybersecurity firm ExaTrack, which found three samples of the previously documented malicious software that date back to early 2022, dubbed it Mélofée. One
The advanced persistent threat known as Winter Vivern has been linked to campaigns targeting government officials in India, Lithuania, Slovakia, and the Vatican since 2021. The activity targeted Polish government agencies, the Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italy Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and individuals within the Indian government, SentinelOne
Mar 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Data Safety A cyberespionage actor known as Tick has been attributed with high confidence to a compromise of an East Asian data-loss prevention (DLP) company that caters to government and military entities. “The attackers compromised the DLP company’s internal update servers to deliver malware