ESET Threat Report T 1 2021

ESET Threat Report T 1 2021

A view of the T 1 2021 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts During the first four months of this year, the COVID-19 pandemic was still the number one news topic around the world; however, it became notably less prominent in the threat landscape.…
Gelsemium: When threat actors go gardening

Gelsemium: When threat actors go gardening

ESET researchers shed light on new campaigns from the quiet Gelsemium group In mid-2020, ESET researchers started to analyze multiple campaigns, later attributed to the Gelsemium group, and tracked down the earliest version of the malware going back to 2014. Victims of these campaigns are located in East Asia as well as the Middle East…