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 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 attacks via Remote Desktop (RDP) protocol has also increased, with persistent efforts to establish RDP connections more than doubling since the beginning of the year," said Roman Kováč, ESET Chief Research Officer.
The Q2 2020 ESET Threat Report examines the most important findings and successes of ESET researchers. For example, the company's researchers studied a ransomware company targeting Android users in Canada under the guise of an official COVID-19 contact detection application. "We immediately stopped this operation in order to offer a decryptor tool to those who had fallen victim to this 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 revealed how the family works maliciousυ software (malware) InvisiMole and studied Ramsay, a cyberespionage toolkit that targets air gapped networks.
Some exclusive research presented in the “Q2 2020 ESET Threat Report” includes; malicious extensions του Google Chrome που στοχεύουν σε πορτοφόλια υλισμικού (hardware wallets) για κρυπτονομίσματα, μια νέα στοχευμένη επίθεση σε πανεπιστήμιο του Χονγκ Κονγκ από κυβερνοεγκληματίες της ομάδας Winnti, as well as other targeted attacks against defense companies in Brazil, the Czech Republic, Qatar, Turkey and Ukraine by the cybercriminals behind Operation In(ter)ception.
In addition to these findings, Q2 2020 ESET Threat Report includes an overview of ESET's contribution to the MITER ATT & CK knowledge base as well as invitations to upcoming ESET conference talks and workshops.
You can read the whole report here ESET Threat Report Q2 2020 (PDF).
