20 min
Threat Report H1 2023: Sextortion, usury and brute-force ESET Research podcast
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In H1 2023, intrusion vectors were closing left and right, forcing cybercriminals to revisit old routes such as brute-forcing MS SQL servers or distributing (AI-generated?) sextortion and text-based email messages and led a few to kickstart several usury Android apps. But there’s also good news as Emotet botnet went quiet after a month of ineffective campaigning, and Redline stealer has been disrupted by ESET researchers and their friends at Flare systems.
In H1 2023, intrusion vectors were closing left and right, forcing cybercriminals to revisit old routes such as brute-forcing MS SQL servers or distributing (AI-generated?) sextortion and text-based email messages and led a few to kickstart several usury Android apps. But there’s also good news as Emotet botnet went quiet after a month of ineffective campaigning, and Redline stealer has been disrupted by ESET researchers and their friends at Flare systems.
20 min