SLEEPWALKER Backdoor: A Stealthy Windows Implant Triggered by a Single Network Packet
A newly documented Windows backdoor named SLEEPWALKER has been detailed by independent malware researcher Dominik Reichel. The implant remains dormant in memory…
Tag: ESET Management Agent
ESET Management Agent: Target for DLL Side-Loading
ESET Management Agent is a Windows executable (ERAAgent.exe) that SLEEPWALKER abuses via DLL side-loading. The backdoor impersonates dpapi.dll and loads each time…
ESET: Security Vendor and Target of Side-Loading
ESET is a cybersecurity company whose products, including ESET Management Agent, have been abused for DLL side-loading by threat actors like ToddyCat.…