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The group’s proprietary backdoor LODEINFO delivers additional malware, exfiltrates credentials, and steals documents and emails This week, the ESET research team published their findings about a spearphishing campaign that the Chinese-speaking threat actor MirrorFace launched in Japan and that mainly focused on members of a specific Japanese political party. The campaign – which ESET Research has named Operation LiberalFace and which occurred in the lead-up to the House of Councillors elections in July 2022 –…

The time has come for your child to receive their first smartphone. Before handing it over, however, make sure to help them use their new gadget safely and responsibly. Choosing the right holiday gift(s) for your children can be nerve-racking, perhaps doubly so if you’re choosing it for your pre-teen. It’s at that age when many kids feel they’re too old for toys and start insisting they need their first smartphone. Indeed, at that age,…

Holiday travel is back with a vengeance this year. Set yourself up for a cyber-safe and hassle-free trip with our checklist. You’ve successfully avoided all sorts of shopping scams while hunting for bargains this holiday season, and now the time has come to drive, fly or take a train home for Christmas. You’re taking time off to relax, but it is certainly not the time to put cybersecurity on the back burner – cybercrime knows…

ESET researchers discovered a spearphishing campaign targeting Japanese political entities a few weeks before the House of Councillors elections, and in the process uncovered a previously undescribed MirrorFace credential stealer ESET researchers discovered a spearphishing campaign, launched in the weeks leading up to the Japanese House of Councillors election in July 2022, by the APT group that ESET Research tracks as MirrorFace. The campaign, which we have named Operation LiberalFace, targeted Japanese political entities; our…