ESET Research Podcast: EvilVideo

ESET researchers discuss how they uncovered a zero-day Telegram for Android exploit that allowed attackers to send malicious files posing as videos. Telegram, with nearly a billion monthly users, is a juicy target for cybercriminals, especially if they can exploit a zero-day vulnerability to spread malicious code. ESET malware researcher Lukasš Stefanko ran into one such exploit … More ESET Research Podcast: EvilVideo

ESET Research discovers EvilVideo: Telegram app for Android targeted by zero-day exploit sending malicious videos

ESET researchers discovered a zero-day exploit, which targets the Telegram app for Android, that appeared for sale for an unspecified price in an underground forum post from June 2024. Using the exploit to abuse a vulnerability that ESET named “EvilVideo,” attackers could share malicious Android payloads via Telegram channels, groups, and chats, and make them … More ESET Research discovers EvilVideo: Telegram app for Android targeted by zero-day exploit sending malicious videos