Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET research into malware taking aim at air-gapped networks – Dissecting a backdoor hitting high-profile targets in Asia – WannaCryptor three years later

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Microsoft fixes vulnerability affecting all Windows versions since 1996

Another vulnerability in the same Windows component was abused by Stuxnet a decade ago

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Mikroceen: Spying backdoor leveraged in high‑profile networks in Central Asia

ESET researchers dissect a backdoor deployed in attacks against multiple government agencies and major organizations operating in two critical infrastructure sectors in Asia

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Ramsay: A cyber‑espionage toolkit tailored for air‑gapped networks

ESET researchers uncover several instances of malware that uses various attack vectors to target systems isolated by an air gap

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Thunderbolt flaws open millions of PCs to physical hacking

A new attack method enables bad actors to access data on a locked computer via an evil maid attack within 5 minutes

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WannaCryptor remains a global threat three years on

WannaCryptor is still alive and kicking, so much so that it sits atop the list of the most commonly detected ransomware families

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Lukas Stefanko: How we fought off a DDoS attack from a mobile botnet

Hot on the heels of his research into an attack that attempted to take down ESET’s website, Lukas Stefanko sheds more light on threats posed by mobile botnets

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Over 160 million user records put up for sale on the dark web

Eleven companies, ranging from online marketplaces to news websites, have had their user databases poached

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Breaking news? App promises news feeds, brings DDoS attacks instead

After being targeted by an Android DDoS app, ESET seized the opportunity to analyze the attack and to help put an end to it

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Week in security with Tony Anscombe

COVID-19 and digital transformation – How personal data ends up in spam feeds – Common password mistakes and what to do instead

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