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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

Microsoft will soon remove Flash Player from Windows 10 devices

May 5, 2021

The Patch Tuesday security update due in July should hammer the last nail in the coffin of Adobe Flash Player. Microsoft has updated its roadmap for eliminating Adobe Flash Player from the Windows 10 operating system. Starting in July, the removal of the piece of software that has helped shape the internet will become a … More Microsoft will soon remove Flash Player from Windows 10 devices

Prime targets: Governments shouldn’t go it alone on cybersecurity

April 29, 2021

A year into the pandemic, ESET reveals new research into activities of the LuckyMouse APT group and considers how governments can rise to the cybersecurity challenges of the accelerated shift to digital. Earlier this year, a well-known APT group dubbed LuckyMouse (aka Emissary Panda, APT27) began exploiting several zero-day Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities. Its end goal? … More Prime targets: Governments shouldn’t go it alone on cybersecurity