ESET has published the Q2 2020 ESET Threat Report for the 2nd Quarter of 2020, which summarizes the key statistics and key findings from ESET cyber security surveys, as well as new data published for the first time.
According to the Q2 2020 ESET Threat Report, the threats associated with the COVID-19 pandemic defined the cybersecurity landscape in the second quarter of 2020.
“ESET's telemetry data showed a steady increase in the number of COVID-19-related attacks carried out over the internet and via email. The number of Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) attacks also increased, with persistent efforts to creation of RDP connections to more than double since the beginning of the year", comments Roman Kováč, Chief Research Officer of ESET.
The Q2 2020 ESET Threat Report examines the most important findings and successes of ESET researchers. For example, the firm's researchers studied a ransomware operation targeting Android users in Canada under the guise of an official COVID-19 contact tracing app. “We have immediately stopped this business in order to offer one tool decryptor to those who had fallen victim to this particular attack," says Roman Kováč.
ESET researchers also identified the In(ter)ception operation, through which targeted attacks are carried out against well-known aerospace and defense companies. At the same time, they uncovered the workings of the InvisiMole malware family and studied Ramsay, a cyberespionage toolkit that targets air gapped networks. networks).
Some exclusive research presented in the Q2 2020 ESET Threat Report includes malicious Google Chrome extensions targeting hardware wallets for cryptocurrencies, a new targeted attack on a University of Hong Kong by cybercriminals, and other Win Targeted attacks on defense companies in Brazil, the Czech Republic, Qatar, Turkey and Ukraine by cybercriminals behind Operation In (ter) ception.
In addition to these findings, the Q2 2020 ESET Threat Report also includes an overview of ESET's contribution to cognitive base MITER ATT & CK καθώς και προσκλήσεις σε προσεχείς διαδικτυακές συζητήσεις (conference talks) and ESET workshops.
You can read the whole report here ESET Threat Report Q2 2020 (PDF).
