Hundreds of computers in Ukraine compromised just hours after a wave of DDoS attacks brings down a number of Ukrainian websites A number of organizations in Ukraine have been hit by a cyberattack that involved new data-wiping malware dubbed HermeticWiper and impacted hundreds of computers on their networks, ESET Research has found. The attack came just … More HermeticWiper: New data‑wiping malware hits Ukraine
ESET researchers have analysed remote access tools cybercriminals have been using in an ongoing campaign to systematically exfiltrate data from Ukrainian systems. In this blogpost, we will sum up the findings published in full in our white paper “Quasar, Sobaken and Vermin: A deeper look into an ongoing espionage campaign”. The attackers behind the campaign … More A deep dive down the Vermin RAThole
A new ransomware outbreak today and has hit some major infrastructure in Ukraine including Kiev metro. Here are some of the details about this new variant. Drive-by download via watering hole on popular sites One of the distribution method of Bad Rabbit is via drive-by download. Some popular websites are compromised and have JavaScript injected in … More Bad Rabbit: Not-Petya is back with improved ransomware
On the 27th of June 2017, a new cyberattack hit many computer systems in Ukraine, as well as in other countries. That attack was spearheaded by the malware ESET products detect as Diskcoder.C(aka ExPetr, PetrWrap, Petya, or NotPetya). This malware masquerades as typical ransomware: it encrypts the data on the computer and demands $300 bitcoins for recovery. In fact, … More Analysis of TeleBots’ cunning backdoor
The latest Petya-like outbreak has gathered a lot of attention from the media. However, it should be noted that this was not an isolated incident: this is the latest in a series of similar attacks in Ukraine. This blogpost reveals many details about the Diskcoder.C (aka ExPetr, PetrWrap, Petya, or NotPetya) outbreak and related information about previously … More TeleBots are back: Supply-chain attacks against Ukraine
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