Tag: cyberespionage

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 Research: Lunar arsenal to target & spy on European diplomats

May 16, 2024

ESET Research discovered two previously unknown backdoors — which we named LunarWeb and LunarMail — compromising a European ministry of foreign affairs and its diplomatic missions abroad, primarily in the Middle East. ESET believes that the Lunar toolset has been used since at least 2020 and, given the similarities between the tactics, techniques, and procedures … More ESET Research: Lunar arsenal to target & spy on European diplomats

ESET Research deconstructs Asylum Ambuscade: group focused on cybercrime, cyberespionage and cyberattacks

June 9, 2023

Today, ESET Research released its analysis of Asylum Ambuscade, a cybercrime group that has been performing cyberespionage operations on the side. The group has been running cyberespionage campaigns since at least 2020. ESET found previous compromises of government officials and employees of state-owned companies in Central Asian countries and Armenia. In 2022 the group reportedly … More ESET Research deconstructs Asylum Ambuscade: group focused on cybercrime, cyberespionage and cyberattacks

Experts warn of new spyware threat targeting journalists and political figures

April 12, 2023

Security experts have warned about the emergence of previously unknown spyware with hacking capabilities comparable to NSO Group’s Pegasus that has already been used by clients to target journalists, political opposition figures and an employee of an NGO. Researchers at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School said the spyware, which is … More Experts warn of new spyware threat targeting journalists and political figures

ESET Research uncovers new cyberespionage group Worok targeting companies, governments mostly in Asia

September 6, 2022

ESET researchers have discovered a previously unknown cyberespionage group that they named Worok. · Worok has attacked various high-profile companies from the telecommunications, banking, maritime, energy, military, government, and public sectors. The targets are located mostly in Asia, but also in the Middle East and Africa. · Worok develops its own tools and leverages existing … More ESET Research uncovers new cyberespionage group Worok targeting companies, governments mostly in Asia