October 21, 2024 at 09:16AM ESET is investigating a situation where a product distributor in Israel sent emails containing wiper malware. This incident involved the abuse of the distributor’s systems. The details are reported in a post by SecurityWeek. ### Meeting Notes Takeaways: 1. **Investigation Initiated**: ESET has launched an investigation regarding a security incident … Read more
October 18, 2024 at 02:27PM Hackers breached ESET’s Israeli partner, sending phishing emails to businesses that disguised data wipers as antivirus software. The emails, appearing legitimate, originated from the compromised eset.co.il domain. Malicious files included legitimate DLLs and a harmful Setup.exe. The attack aimed to disrupt, reflecting ongoing cybersecurity threats in Israel. **Meeting Takeaways: ESET … Read more
October 18, 2024 at 07:08AM ESET has denied being compromised following allegations of a wiper campaign originating from its infrastructure. An infosec researcher reported an email targeting cybersecurity professionals in Israel, linked to a campaign by the pro-Palestine Handala group, but ESET stated it blocked the threat within ten minutes and is investigating the incident. … Read more
December 20, 2023 at 04:59PM Israel National Cyber Directorate warns of phishing emails posing as F5 BIG-IP zero-day security updates, deploying data wipers for Windows and Linux. Israeli organizations targeted by pro-Palestinian and Iranian hacktivists since October. New phishing attack delivers data wipers through fake F5 update emails. Wipers communicate with a Telegram channel, posing … Read more