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In the past few months, the Telegram clicker game Hamster Kombat has taken the world of cryptocurrency game enthusiasts by storm. Even though the gameplay, which mostly entails repeatedly tapping the screen of one’s mobile device, might be rather simple, players are after something more: the possibility of earning big once Hamster Kombat’s creators unveil the promised new cryptocoin tied to the game. Due to its success, the game has already attracted countless copycats that…

Digital Security Organizations, including those that weren’t struck by the CrowdStrike incident, should resist the temptation to attribute the IT meltdown to exceptional circumstances Tony Anscombe 23 Jul 2024  •  , 3 min. read As the dust settles on the cyber-incident caused by CrowdStrike releasing a corrupted update, many businesses will, or should, conduct a thorough post-mortem on how the incident affected their business and what could be done differently going forward. For most critical…

ESET Research ESET researchers discovered a zero-day Telegram for Android exploit that allows sending malicious files disguised as videos Lukas Stefanko 22 Jul 2024  •  , 6 min. read ESET researchers discovered a zero-day exploit that targets Telegram for Android, which appeared for sale for an unspecified price in an underground forum post from June 6th, 2024. Using the exploit to abuse a vulnerability that we named EvilVideo, attackers could share malicious Android payloads via…

Video A purported ad blocker marketed as a security solution leverages a Microsoft-signed driver that inadvertently exposes victims to dangerous threats 21 Jul 2024 This week, ESET researchers have released their findings about HotPage, a browser injector that leverages a driver developed by a Chinese company and signed by Microsoft. The malware masquerades as an “Internet café security solution” with ad-blocking capabilities. In reality, however, it displays game-related ads and can modify or replace the…

Malware research involves studying threat actor TTPs, mapping infrastructure, analyzing novel techniques… And while most of these investigations build on existing research, sometimes they start from a hunch, something that looks too simple. At the end of 2023, we stumbled upon an installer named HotPage.exe that deploys a driver capable of injecting code into remote processes, and two libraries capable of intercepting and tampering with browsers’ network traffic. The malware can modify or replace the…

Digital Security If a software update process fails, it can lead to catastrophic consequences, as seen today with widespread blue screens of death blamed on a bad update by CrowdStrike Tony Anscombe 19 Jul 2024  •  , 2 min. read Cybersecurity is often about speed; a threat actor creates a malicious attack technique or code, cybersecurity companies react to the new threat and if necessary, adjust and adopt methods to detect the threat. That adoption…

Digital Security The widespread IT outages triggered by a faulty CrowdStrike update have put software updates in the spotlight. Here’s why you shouldn’t dread them. 19 Jul 2024  •  , 3 min. read In the realm of computing, few things are as unsettling as encountering a blue screen of death (BSOD) on your Windows system. The ominous screen with its cryptic error messages invokes a mix of alarm and frustration even among many seasoned technology…