Common WhatsApp scams and how to avoid them
Here’s a roundup of some of the most common tricks that fraudsters use to dupe their victims on WhatsApp – and what you can do to protect yourself against them.…
‘A woman from Mars’: Life in the pursuit of space exploration
An astrobiologist, analog astronaut, author and speaker, Dr. Michaela Musilova shares her experience as a woman at the forefront of space exploration and from her quest for scientific and personal…
Love scam or espionage? Transparent Tribe lures Indian and Pakistani officials
ESET researchers analyze a cyberespionage campaign that distributes CapraRAT backdoors through trojanized and supposedly secure Android messaging apps – but also exfiltrates sensitive information The post Love scam or espionage?…
What does $5,000 buy you on a hacking forum? – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
A bootkit that ESET researchers have discovered in the wild is the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit that is being peddled on hacking forums The post What does $5,000 buy you on…
MQsTTang: Mustang Panda’s latest backdoor treads new ground with Qt and MQTT
ESET researchers tease apart MQsTTang, a new backdoor used by Mustang Panda, which communicates via the MQTT protocol The post MQsTTang: Mustang Panda’s latest backdoor treads new ground with Qt…
BlackLotus UEFI bootkit: Myth confirmed
The first in-the-wild UEFI bootkit bypassing UEFI Secure Boot on fully updated UEFI systems is now a reality The post BlackLotus UEFI bootkit: Myth confirmed appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
ESET Research Podcast: Ransomware trashed data, Android threats soared in T3 2022
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the trends that defined the cyberthreat landscape in the final four months of 2022. The post ESET Research…
One year on, how is the war playing out in cyberspace? – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
With the conflict in Ukraine passing the one-year mark, have its cyber-war elements turned out as expected? The post One year on, how is the war playing out in cyberspace?…
A year of wiper attacks in Ukraine
ESET Research has compiled a timeline of cyberattacks that used wiper malware and have occurred since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 The post A year of wiper attacks in…
WinorDLL64: A backdoor from the vast Lazarus arsenal?
The targeted region, and overlap in behavior and code, suggest the tool is used by the infamous North Korea-aligned APT group The post WinorDLL64: A backdoor from the vast Lazarus…