Tag: APT

Valuable targets attract advanced threat actors. How to defend against quiet and persistent attacks

June 12, 2024

C-level executives, diplomats, and high-ranking IT managers usually have access to sensitive information, huge amounts of data, finances, or a combination of all these things. And adversaries know it. Anticipating all the precious data and access rights, cybercriminals and state-sponsored advanced persistent threat groups (APTs) are willing to invest a lot of time and money … More Valuable targets attract advanced threat actors. How to defend against quiet and persistent attacks

ESET APT Activity Report Q4 2023–Q1 2024

May 15, 2024

An overview of the activities of selected APT groups investigated and analysed by ESET Research in Q4 2023 and Q1 2024 ESET APT Activity Report Q4 2023–Q1 2024 summarises notable activities of selected advanced persistent threat (APT) groups that were documented by ESET researchers from October 2023 until the end of March 2024. The highlighted … More ESET APT Activity Report Q4 2023–Q1 2024

ESET has been recognised as a Top Player in Radicati Market Quadrant for the fifth consecutive year

March 28, 2024

ESET, a global leader in digital security, has been named a Top Player in Radicati’s APT Protection Market Quadrant 2024, covering the advanced persistent threat (APT) protection segment of the security market. As stated in the Radicati report, which illustrates how individual vendors fit within specific technology markets at any given point in time, ESET is … More ESET has been recognised as a Top Player in Radicati Market Quadrant for the fifth consecutive year

Building digital armies

October 12, 2023

Security researchers, global organizations, law enforcement and other government agencies need to have the right conversations and test potential scenarios without the pressure of an actual attack. Squashing malware groups involves imposing steep costs on small ad hoc groups. But those actions are slowly ebbing in favor of going after much more organized actor groups aligned … More Building digital armies

ESET Research: Ballistic Bobcat targets businesses with a new backdoor

September 11, 2023

ESET researchers have discovered a campaign by the Ballistic Bobcat group, which is using a novel backdoor that ESET has named Sponsor. Ballistic Bobcat, previously tracked by ESET Research as APT35/APT42 (also known as Charming Kitten, TA453, or PHOSPHORUS), is an advanced, persistent threat group that targets education, government, and healthcare organizations, as well as … More ESET Research: Ballistic Bobcat targets businesses with a new backdoor