Tag: backdoor

ESET Research discovers WolfsBane, new Linux cyberespionage backdoor by Gelsemium APT

November 21, 2024

ESET researchers have identified multiple samples of a Linux backdoor, which they named WolfsBane and attribute with high confidence to Gelsemium advanced persistent threat (APT) group. ESET researchers have identified multiple samples of a Linux backdoor, which they named WolfsBane and attribute with high confidence to Gelsemium advanced persistent threat (APT) group. The goal of … More ESET Research discovers WolfsBane, new Linux cyberespionage backdoor by Gelsemium APT

Is backdoor access oppressive? – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

July 31, 2023

Bills granting access to end-to-end encrypted systems, opportunity for cybercriminals, abuse by authority, human rights, and tech companies leaving the UK? If passed as a law, the UK government’s Online Safety Bill could force technology companies to give the UK government backdoor access to any end-to-end encryption systems.  The legislation itself is quite complex and the … More Is backdoor access oppressive? – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Do back offices mean backdoors?

June 29, 2022

A reminder for shared service centers and shoring operations to re-examine IT security posture. European business leadership, especially CISOs, CTOs, and chief data officers (CDOs), are adjusting to the fact that the war in Ukraine is a war in Europe and has global implications. Sanctions, military aid, and even incoming refugees are all signals that operators of … More Do back offices mean backdoors?

Gelsemium: When threat actors go gardening

June 10, 2021

ESET researchers shed light on new campaigns from the quiet Gelsemium group. Since mid-2020, ESET Research has been analyzing multiple campaigns, later attributed to the Gelsemium cyberespionage group, and has tracked down the earliest version of their main malware, Gelsevirine, to 2014. During the investigation, ESET researchers found a new version of Gelsevirine, a backdoor … More Gelsemium: When threat actors go gardening

Supply‑chain attacks: When trust goes wrong, try hope?

April 7, 2021

How can organizations tackle the growing menace of attacks that shake trust in software? Cybersecurity is only as good as the weakest link, and in a supply chain this could be virtually anywhere. The big questions may be, “what and where is the weakest link?” and “is it something that you have control over and … More Supply‑chain attacks: When trust goes wrong, try hope?