Jean-Ian Boutin

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ESET APT Activity Reports Activities of Russia, China, and Iran aligned groups

May 24, 2024

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ESET has released its latest APT Activity Report, which summarizes the notable activities of selected advanced persistent threat (APT) groups documented by ESET researchers from October 2023 until the end of March 2024. The highlighted operations are representative of the broader landscape of threats ESET Research

Cyber Security

Lazarus misuses LinkedIn and WhatsApp to attack aerospace and defense contractors

June 1, 2022

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During the annual ESET World conference, ESET researchers have been presenting about a new investigation into the infamous Lazarus APT group. Director of ESET Threat Research Jean-Ian Boutin went over various new campaigns perpetrated by the Lazarus group

Cyber Security

ESET researchers discovers two new wiper malware families target Ukraine

March 2, 2022

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ESET researchers discovered two new wiper malware families targeting Ukrainian organizations. The first cyberattack started a few hours prior to the Russian military invasion as ESET Research reported on its Twitter account, and after the DDoS attacks against major Ukrainian websites earlier that day.

Cyber Security

New APT group BackdoorDiplomacy targets diplomats in the region

June 10, 2021

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ESET Research has uncovered a new APT group BackdoorDiplomacy that primarily targets Ministries of Foreign Affairs in the Middle East and Africa, and less frequently, telecommunication companies. Their attacks usually start by exploiting vulnerable internet-exposed applications on webservers in order to install a custom backdoor that ESET is calling Turian.

Cyber Security

ESET showcases new research at RSA Conference 2021

May 17, 2021

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ESET will highlight its latest and as yet unpublished research during the RSA Conference 2021 taking place virtually from today till May 20. ESET researchers Jean-Ian Boutin, Alexis Dorais-Joncas, Zuzana Hromcová and Lukáš Štefanko will provide a deep dive into Windows XP exploits,

Cyber Security

ESET reveals massive increase in RDP attacks

February 8, 2021

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ESET has released its Q4 2020 Threat Report, summarizing key statistics from ESET detection systems and highlighting notable examples of ESET’s cybersecurity research – including previously unpublished ESET research updates.

Expert Corner

How to Lessen the Burden of Authentication Requirements

September 30, 2024

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Roman Cuprik, Content Writer at ESET, explains that authentication mechanisms are vital aspects of cybersecurity that deserve adequate protection, but their increasing complexity makes them easier targets.

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