X-Agent or XAgent is a spyware and malware program designed to collect and transmit hacked files from machines running Windows, Linux, iOS, or Android, to servers operated by hackers. It employs phishing attacks and the program is designed to "hop" from device to device. In 2016, CrowdStrike identified an Android variant of the malware for the first time, and claimed that the malware targeted members of the Ukrainian military by distributing an infected version of an app to control D-30 Howitzer artillery. The Ukrainian army denied CrowdStrike's report and stated that losses of Howitzer artillery pieces had "nothing to do with the stated cause".
39-793: Slovak computer security company ESET obtained the X-Agent source code in 2015 and described its inner workings in a report released in October 2016. A Washington, DC grand jury indictment (resulting from Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference) charges that agents of the Russian GRU in Moscow "developed, customized and monitored X-Agent malware used to hack the DCCC [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] and DNC [Democratic National Committee] networks beginning in or around April 2016" (item 15, at
78-474: A cloud-based reputation system that evaluates unknown or suspicious samples submitted anonymously by millions of ESET-protected endpoints from around the world for machine learning analysis on servers in Bratislava . ESET also uses additional security layers including Botnet Protection, Network Attack Protection, Script -Based Attacks Protection, and Brute-Force Attack Protection. In 2017, ESET became
117-594: A two-factor authentication solution introduced in 2015, and ESET Endpoint Encryption, which ESET released in 2017 following the integration of DESlock+ products since 2015. ESET Endpoint Encryption offers file, folder, email, and virtual disk encryption, as well as a desktop shredder for secure file deletion. Along with its individual products and packages, ESET offers services designed mainly for corporations and large companies. These include managed detection and response , premium support, security audits, and incident response. ESET has 13 R&D centres globally and
156-469: A Wi-Fi disassociation. Then ESET discovered another KrØØk related vulnerability (CVE-2020-3702) in chips by Qualcomm and MediaTek , as well as in the Microsoft Azure Sphere development kit, with the main difference being that the traffic is not encrypted at all. Other notable research includes the discovery of LoJax, the first UEFI rootkit found in the wild, which was used in a campaign by
195-600: A business version now called ESET Endpoint Antivirus and a home version called ESET Cyber Security. ESET also offers products for Android devices. The first version of ESET Mobile Security was announced in 2012. The product offers malware protection and a call filter, an adware detector, payment protection, and theft protection (such as SIM card locking and total data wipes). In 2015, ESET introduced ESET Parental Control, which allows parents to monitor children's use of Android devices. ESET Smart TV Security, designed to protect Android TV from malware, phishing, and ransomware,
234-466: Is a smart TV operating system based on Android and developed by Google . It is available on television sets , soundbars , set-top boxes and digital media players . A successor to Google TV , it features a user interface designed around content discovery and voice search , content aggregation from various media apps and services, and integration with other recent Google technologies such as Assistant , Cast , and Knowledge Graph . The platform
273-666: Is an operator in the field of malicious code detection. In 1995, ESET introduced heuristic analysis into its detection engine. ESET has been using machine learning in its products, starting with neural networks , since 1997. In 2005, ESET incorporated a machine learning-based technology called DNA Detections, which extracts selected features – called genes – from samples. These genes split samples into clean, malicious and potentially unwanted categories. In 2019, ESET released an Advanced Machine Learning detection layer that can analyze samples locally on endpoints even when offline. In 2011, ESET replaced ThreatSense.NET with ESET LiveGrid ,
312-452: Is set by Google based on app popularity, installed apps, user saved services, and contractual agreements with Google's partners. The Shop tab on Android TV allows a user to explore and buy or rent video titles distributed under Google TV service. Starting with some set-top boxes, dongles, and smart TVs launched in 2021, Google TV replaced the Android TV interface on all new retail devices by
351-511: The Google Play Games framework. Subsequent releases of Android TV brought new features to the operating system, e.g. camera support (with Android TV 9), Auto low-latency mode for gaming (with Android TV 11), 4K UI , Refresh Rate switching & Text scaling (with Android TV 12) among others. A special certification, called Android TV "Operator Tier", is available for pay television and other service operators allowing them to customize
390-545: The Nexus Player developed by Asus , at a hardware event in October 2014. The ADT-2 development kit device was released before the release of Android TV 9.0. Android TV 10 was released on December 10, 2019, together with the ADT-3 development kit. Android TV 11 was released for the ADT-3 on September 22, 2020, while rollouts were planned for original equipment manufacturer partners in subsequent months. In September 2020, it
429-531: The Nvidia Shield and Razer Forge TV, are also marketed as microconsoles and are bundled with a Bluetooth wireless gamepad. The Verge characterized Android TV with leveraging Google's Knowledge Graph project; Chromecast compatibility; a larger emphasis on search; closer ties to the Android ecosystem including Google Play and Android Wear ; and native support for video games , Bluetooth gamepads , and
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#1732905375800468-472: The ProxyLogon vulnerability affecting on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server , ESET discovered more than 10 APT groups leveraging the vulnerability to compromise them. ProxyLogon allows an attacker to take over any reachable Exchange server, even without knowing valid account credentials. In addition, ESET found that multiple threat actors had access to the details of the vulnerabilities even before
507-524: The Sednit (aka Fancy Bear) APT group. LoJax is written to a system's SPI flash memory from where it is able to survive an OS reinstall and a hard disk replacement. LoJax can drop and execute malware on disk during the boot process . In 2021, ESET discovered another UEFI malware called ESPecter, which is the second real-world bootkit after FinSpy known to persist on the EFI System Partition in
546-596: The Android TV home screen used a vertically scrolling, row-based interface, including a "content discovery" area populated by suggested content, followed by "Watch Now" rows that surfaced media content from installed apps. Introduced in June 2023, the 'Shop' tab on Android TV home screen lets a signed-in user to explore movies to buy or rent and make purchases directly on the Android TV device. The tab also included 'Library' for accessing purchases made with same Google Account from YouTube, other Google TV and Android TV devices, and
585-450: The Android TV platform. Android TV was first announced at Google I/O in June 2014, as a successor to the commercially unsuccessful Google TV . Some attendees received the platform's development kit, the ADT-1. The Information reported that the ADT-1 was based on a scrapped "Nexus TV" launch device that was being developed internally by Google. Google unveiled the first Android TV device,
624-572: The Google TV mobile app. Android TV supports voice input commands allowing a user to search and discover content available through various apps and services as well as to control content playback using built-in Google Assistant . With Google assistant, users can also control their Smart Home devices. Android TV supports casting via Google Cast from supported devices and apps. A modified Android TV OS user interface , branded "Google TV",
663-539: The company's employees working in research. One of the groups that ESET tracked is Sandworm . After the 2015 attack on the Ukrainian power grid and the global NotPetya ransomware attack in 2017 – both attributed to Sandworm – ESET discovered Sandworm (more specifically, a subgroup that ESET tracks as TeleBots) deploying a new backdoor called Exaramel, which is a version of the main Industroyer backdoor. As Industroyer
702-517: The end of 2022. Devices launched with Android TV interface haven't been updated to Google TV but received a home screen redesign called the "Discover UI " with similar appearance to Google TV in February 2021. By the first week of September 2023, it was rolled out to more countries. Google TV organizes live as well as on demand content titles from various services and installed apps into genres and topics including titles trending on Google Search . It
741-478: The end of page 4 and the beginning of page 5). This malware -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . ESET ESET, s.r.o. , is a software company specializing in cybersecurity . ESET's security products are made in Europe and provides security software in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. Its software is localized into more than 30 languages. The company
780-650: The first clipper malware in the Google Play Store called Android/Clipper.C, which can manipulate clipboard content. In the case of a cryptocurrency transaction, a wallet address copied to the clipboard could be quietly switched to one belonging to the attacker. In the area of IoT research, ESET discovered the KrØØk vulnerability (CVE-2019-15126) in Broadcom and Cypress Wi-Fi chips, which allows WPA2 -encrypted traffic to be encrypted with an all zero session key following
819-447: The first security company in the world to implement a UEFI Scanner. UEFI is a firmware that is loaded into a computer's memory during the startup process. The scanner can identify threats while the computer is booting up, before standard detection modules start running. ESET dedicates part of its operations to malware research, as well as to the monitoring of advanced persistent threat groups and other cybercriminal groups, with 40% of
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#1732905375800858-521: The form of a patched Windows Boot Manager. In 2021, ESET released the white paper Anatomy of native IIS malware , which analyzed over 80 unique samples of malicious native extensions for Internet Information Services (IIS) web server software used in the wild and categorized these into 14 malware families — 10 of which were previously undocumented. Among these families, IIS malware demonstrated five main modes of operation: ESET also works alongside experts from competitors and police organizations all over
897-483: The home screen; manage UI as well as available apps, content or services on the Android TV devices that they provide to their subscribers; thus, differentiating from other operators and devices running Android TV as well. By May 2022, Android TV has over 10,000 compatible apps, up from the 6,500 available at launch. Available since February 2021, the 'Discover' tab on updated home screen presents personalized recommendations for movies, shows and live TV. Earlier,
936-521: The name ESET, from the Czech name of Isis, the Egyptian goddess of health, marriage and love, as the company name. In 2013, ESET launched WeLiveSecurity, a blog site dedicated to a vast spectrum of security-related topics. December 2017 marked the 30th anniversary of the company's first security product. To mark its accomplishments, the company released a short documentary describing the company's evolution from
975-481: The perspective of founders Miroslav Trnka and Peter Paško. In the same year, the company partnered with Google to integrate its technology into Chrome Cleanup. In December 2018, ESET partnered with No More Ransom, a global initiative that provides victims of ransomware decryption keys, thus removing the pressure to pay attackers. The initiative is supported by Interpol and has been joined by various national police forces. ESET has developed technologies to address
1014-416: The release of the patches. Except for DLTMiner, which is linked to a known cryptomining campaign, all of these threat actors are APT groups interested in espionage: Tick, LuckyMouse, Calypso, Websiic, Winnti Group, Tonto Team, ShadowPad activity, The "Opera" Cobalt Strike, IIS backdoors, Mikroceen, DLTMiner, and FamousSparrow. Another focus of ESET's research is on threats to Android devices. ESET discovered
1053-496: The threat of ransomware and has produced papers documenting its evolution. ESET became a founding member of Google's App Defense Alliance. ESET provides security products for home and business users. Its products cover all the main operating systems across server, cloud, and mobile deployments. ESET's first product was NOD, an antivirus program for computers running the MS-DOS operating system . NOD32 1.0 for Microsoft Windows
1092-724: The world to investigate attacks. In 2018, ESET partnered with the European Cybercrime Centre — a specialist Europol team that investigates cybercrime — as a member of its Advisory Group on Internet Security. ESET partnered with law enforcement agencies worldwide and Microsoft to target the Dorkbot botnet in 2015 and the Gamarue (aka Andromeda) botnet in 2017. Then in 2020, ESET partnered with Microsoft , Lumen's Black Lotus Labs, and NTT Ltd. in an attempt to disrupt Trickbot , another botnet . Android TV Android TV
1131-742: Was announced as "a new entertainment experience designed to help easily browse and discover what to watch". It features sponsored content and also offers an apps-only mode. Google TV organizes available content from Google as well as various apps and services partners including app developers and film studios. As of December 2023 , it supports 50 streaming services in the US and various regional services: Android TV has been used to power many types of devices, like smart TVs, smart projectors, set-top boxes and dongles. During Google I/O 2014, Google announced that Sony , Sharp , and TP Vision / Philips would release smart TVs with Android TV integrated in 2015. It
1170-404: Was announced that Google TV experience that was designed to browse and discover content, will be available on televisions from Android TV OS partners starting in 2021. In February 2021, an update to Android TV home screen was announced which added three new tabs at the top: Home, Discover, Apps. The 'Discover' tab presents personalized recommendations for movies, shows and live TV. Android TV 12
1209-433: Was founded in 1992 in Bratislava, Slovakia . However, its history dates back to 1987, when two of the company's founders, Miroslav Trnka and Peter Paško, developed their first antivirus program called NOD. This sparked an idea between friends to help protect PC users and soon grew into an antivirus software company. At present, ESET is recognized as Europe's biggest privately held cybersecurity company. The product NOD
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1248-524: Was introduced in 2018 at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. The company offers products to protect corporate data, ranging from workstation and server protection with ESET PROTECT Entry to endpoint detection and response with ESET Enterprise Inspector. ESET also offers security products that help companies comply with GDPR requirements. These include ESET Secure Authentication,
1287-467: Was introduced on the new Chromecast that was released on September 30, 2020, coinciding with the rebranding of the Google Play Movies & TV mobile app to 'Google TV'. Google TV as well as new Android TV interface is integrated with Google TV service. The default ordering of content titles, apps, services including recommendations, watchlist or purchased titles appearing on Google TV
1326-540: Was launched in Czechoslovakia when the country was part of the Soviet Union 's sphere of influence. Under the communist regime, private entrepreneurship was banned. It wasn't until 1992 when Miroslav Trnka and Peter Paško, together with Rudolf Hrubý, established ESET as a privately owned limited liability company in the former Czechoslovakia. In parallel with NOD, the company also started developing Perspekt. They adopted
1365-811: Was noted that support for handling TV-specific functions, such as input switching and tuning, were natively integrated into the Android platform. Sony unveiled a range of Bravia smart TVs running Android TV at CES 2015. Sharp released two TV models on June 10, 2015. Philips announced that 80% of their 2015 TVs will run Android TV, the first two models of which were released in June 2015. Google announced other television hardware partners in January 2016, including Arçelik , Bang & Olufsen , Hisense , RCA , TCL Corporation , Vestel , OnePlus and Realme . Numerous commercial set-top boxes and dongles have been released using Android TV, most notably Google's Nexus Player ,
1404-448: Was released in 1998 and version 2.0 in 2003. A third version, ESET NOD32 Antivirus , followed in 2007 along with ESET Smart Security 3 , which added antispam and firewall modules. ESET NOD32 Antivirus and additional related products with a wider suite of security functions, including ESET Smart Security Premium and ESET Internet Security, are upgraded and released on an annual basis. In 2010, ESET released products for macOS , with
1443-505: Was released on November 30, 2021, with rollouts planned for late 2022. Android TV 13 was released on December 2, 2022 for developers using the ADT-3 development kit. The Android TV platform is an adaptation of the Android OS for set-top boxes and as integrated software on smart TV hardware. It supports media and games apps from Google Play , although not all Google Play apps are compatible with Android TV. Some Android TV devices, such as
1482-443: Was unveiled in June 2014, available first on the Nexus Player in October. The platform has been adopted as smart TV middleware by companies such as Sony , Panasonic , Philips , Sharp , Motorola , Nokia , Toshiba and TCL . Android TV products have also been adopted as set-top boxes by a number of IPTV television providers. The "Operator Tier" certification allows operators to distribute their own custom devices based on
1521-578: Was used in the 2016 blackout in Ukraine, ESET linked Industroyer to NotPetya, as well as to BlackEnergy , which was used in the 2015 blackout. At the time of the NotPetya outbreak, ESET and Cisco tracked down the point from which the global ransomware attack had started to companies afflicted with a TeleBots backdoor, resulting from the compromise of M.E.Doc, a popular financial software in Ukraine. In March 2021, when Microsoft released out-of-band patches to fix
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