Robert Lipovsky

Principal Threat Intelligence Researcher at @ESET | Conference speaker | ɘƨɿɘvɘЯ Engineer

[ESET Research @ESETresearch]

#BREAKNG #ESETresearch identified the wiper #DynoWiper used in an attempted disruptive cyberattack against the 🇵🇱 Polish energy sector on Dec 29, 2025. At this point, no successful disruption is known, but the malware’s design clearly indicates destructive intent. 1/5

[ESET Research @ESETresearch]

#ESETresearch’s Robert Lipovský will present at Labscon 2025 @labscon_io: “ The Curse of Salt Typhoon: FamousSparrow goes after the US financial sector“. Join him in Scottsdale, AZ, September 19 at 12:00 PM MST 1/5

[Robert Lipovsky @Robert_Lipovsky]

@CYBERWARCON 2023 lived up to expectations again - and has been *the* conference of the year for me!

[Robert Lipovsky @Robert_Lipovsky]

@CYBERWARCON 2023 lived up to expectations again - and has been *the* conference of the year for me

[Dan Black @DanWBlack]

New today from @Mandiant detailing a new class of cyber physical attack from Sandworm to disrupt Ukraine's grid

This attack departs from the group’s history of using OT-specific malware, instead opting for a harder to detect living off the land approach

https://t.co/reqGJSQxmt

[Robert Lipovsky @Robert_Lipovsky]

This Thursday at #CYBERWARCON I'll give an update on Sandworm's cybersabotage and Gamaredon's espionage. Come say hi! @ESETresearch @CYBERWARCON

[ESET Research @ESETresearch]

#ESETResearch discovered a zero-day XSS vulnerability (#CVE-2023-5631) in Roundcube Webmail servers. It is actively used in the wild by #WinterVivern to target governments and a think tank in Europe. The exploit was contained in a legitimate-looking email about Outlook. 1/4

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#ESETresearch discovered a #cyberespionage campaign against a governmental entity in 🇬🇾 Guyana, which we named #Operation Jacana. To gain initial access, the attackers used #spearphishing emails referencing the political affairs of the country. https://t.co/Ysh7skylez 1/4

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#ESETresearch document two #OilRig cyberespionage campaigns targeting Israeli organizations in 2021 and 2022: Outer Space and Juicy Mix https://t.co/iswkPkZtCj @zuzana_hromcova 1/5

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#ESETresearch’s Filip Jurčacko and @zuzana_hromcova will be presenting at @labscon_io this week. Join them in Arizona to hear about #Deadglyph, a new, sophisticated backdoor active in the Middle East, and #OilRig’s persistent attacks on Israeli healthcare & local governments. 1/2

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#ESETresearch will present at Black Hat USA 2023. On August 10th, @matthieu_faou will talk about #MoustachedBouncer: AitM-Powered Surveillance via Belarus ISPs 🇧🇾 #BHUSA #BlackHat Stay tuned!

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#ESETResearch publishes new findings about #AsylumAmbuscade, a threat actor at the border between cybercrime and cyberespionage. https://t.co/sxseRKw5sk 1/4

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@ESETresearch took a closer look at #AceCryptor, a massively prevalent cryptor-as-a-service using its multistage approach to protect tens of malware families from static and dynamic detection. In 2021–2022 alone, ESET telemetry documented its activity in over 80,000 cases. 1/10

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#ESETResearch analyze first in-the-wild UEFI bootkit bypassing UEFI Secure Boot even on fully updated Windows 11 systems. Its functionality indicates it is the #BlackLotus UEFI bootkit, for sale on hacking forums since at least Oct 6, 2022. @smolar_m https://t.co/mXSXksRisG 1/11

[ESET Research @ESETresearch]

Today, we mark the one year anniversary of Russia's unprovoked invasion of #Ukraine 🇺🇦. #ESETResearch has put together a timeline of the disruptive wiper attacks we have observed in Ukraine since the beginning of 2022, shortly before the war started. https://t.co/mwPxVqa5hJ

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Ahead of the 1 year anniversary of the war in Ukraine, @WIRED’s @a_greenberg featured ESET researchers @cherepanov74 & @Robert_lipovsky in a story highlighting the increasing threat of wiper malware & its devastating impact on critical infrastructure. https://t.co/Jn0R0H1MeB

[ESET Research @ESETresearch]

#BREAKING On January 25th #ESETResearch discovered a new cyberattack in 🇺🇦 Ukraine. Attackers deployed a new wiper we named #SwiftSlicer using Active Directory Group Policy. The #SwiftSlicer wiper is written in Go programing language. We attribute this attack to #Sandworm. 1/3

[ESET Research @ESETresearch]

#ESETesearch discovered Dolphin, a sophisticated backdoor extending the arsenal of the #ScarCruft APT group. Dolphin has a wide range of spying capabilities and is deployed on selected targets only.
https://t.co/M2LmS5bW7w 1/6

[Risky Business® Media @riskydotbiz]

Today's newsletter is now available as a podcast, with an appearance today from ESET's @Robert_Lipovsky and the company's work on tracking Polonium APT campaigns in Israel

https://t.co/t46rQVCW38

[ESET Research @ESETresearch]

#Emotet’s operators were busy updating their systeminfo module, with changes that enable malware operators to improve the targeting of specific victims and distinguish tracking bots from real users. #ESETresearch 1/7