When cybersecurity vendors invest heavily into sophisticated malware replication mechanisms studying real-life malware behavior in isolated environments, one may ask what the point of malware tracking is. What do we learn by extracting data from malicious code without it running or communicating with a command and control (C&C) server? Using the Grandoreiro banking trojan as … More Why botnet tracking is so effective
One’s personal digital life may be a threat to business. Small offices and home offices need proper prevention. Heads of small or home offices most likely know how difficult it is to set boundaries between work and their personal lives. One minute you are doing taxes, and the next, you are browsing the internet looking … More Even legitimate websites can become traps, and small/home offices need to be prepared
ESET worked alongside the Federal Police of Brazil in an attempt to disrupt the Grandoreiro botnet. ESET collaborated with the Federal Police of Brazil in an attempt to disrupt the Grandoreiro botnet. ESET contributed to the project by providing technical analysis, statistical information, and known command and control (C&C) server domain names and IP addresses. … More ESET Research joins global operation to disrupt the Grandoreiro banking trojan operating in Latin America and Spain
A group of malware researchers recently discovered a new trojan variant of the notorious Mirai malware botnet. The story of Mirai has been a fascinating one, to say the least. From one of the most prevalent and widely detected threats dating back to 2016 to its many variants and global reach that never truly seems … More Trojan malware on Android TV
ESET Research recently observed the sudden demise of one of the most prolific Internet of Things (IoT) botnets, named Mozi, infamous for exploiting vulnerabilities in hundreds of thousands of IoT devices each year. User Datagram Protocol (UDP) observed an unanticipated drop in activity that began in India and was also observed in China a week … More ESET Research: Infamous IoT botnet Mozi taken down via a kill switch
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