![]() ![]() The objective of an individual round of a pinochle game is to achieve the number of points that you or your partners have bid. At times, the game can get really confusing, especially if you’re just getting the hang of it.ĭon’t let this fact frustrate you or cause you to give up on the pinochle game. You’ll need some patience to learn all the pinochle rules. With the complicated pinochle scoring system, you most certainly won’t be able to track numbers in your head. Players in the same team will seat across from one another.įinally, you will need a pen and paper to keep track of the score. The pinochle card game is usually played by four players divided into two teams. So, to play pinochle, you’ll need two standard decks of playing cards, and you’ll remove all eights and lower cards from both decks. So, there will be two aces of spades, two kings of diamonds, etc. The pinochle cards deck consists of cards from nine to ace, but each card is duplicated. To play the game, you’ll need what’s known as the “pinochle deck.” The good news is that these aren’t some special cards that you’ll need to buy so that you could play. Going set – failing to make your bid in pinochle.Trump run – a meld containing 10, J, Q, K, and A of the trump suit.Non-trump marriage – a King and a Queen of the same suit that’s not the trump suit.Trump marriage – a meld containing a King and a Queen of the trump suit.Pinochle deck – a deck of 48 cards made up of two standard decks, containing duplicate cards, Nines through Aces (i.e., two Jack of Spades, two Kings of Diamonds, etc.).Pinochle – the name of the game and one of the meld combinations containing a Jack of Diamonds and a Queen of Spades.It's easier to learn and play than bridge, for example, but still complicated enough to be about more than just the pure luck of the draw. On the other hand, the Pinochle game might be the perfect choice for you if you enjoy a good challenge. Learning how to play pinochle correctly will take some time and effort, and you’re bound to make some mistakes during the learning phase. If you’re a fan of simple and straightforward games, this one might not be your cup of tea. The same goes for pinochle scoring, as the game features a rather complicated scoring system. Pinochle rules aren't the easiest to learn, and it may take you a little while to figure them all out and memorize them correctly. Pinochle is an interesting but fairly complicated card game that features elements from trick-taking variations like spades and games with melds, like rummy. ![]()
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![]() ![]() While there’s always a slight feeling of latency in the mainline console FIFA, here it’s entirely gone, and you can zip around the Ultimate Team menus to your heart’s content.ĭespite everything I knew, I had high hopes for FIFA on Switch. On the other hand, this is the snappiest, quickest feeling FIFA to move around the menus with. The only issue I have here is that some of the ball noises, and menu-press noises are from the old games, too. The commentary is as on the money as you’d expect, and the sound is, for the most part, excellent. After some adjusting to the different on-pitch action, though, it’s not a bad way to play FIFA when the TV is otherwise engaged. Everything feels a little stilted, but shooting just feels rough. The passing is fine, though, it’s the shooting I’ve got a problem with. FIFA 18 on Switch feels like a more fast paced, arcade style of football, and even after messing around with the sliders I can’t quite find a sweet spot. Running on the old engine, it doesn’t play like the recent games. Of course it doesn’t look like the other versions, and the closest approximation I can get to is that this feels like a last-gen game tarted up for the Switch, which isn’t a great look, but given the under-powered hardware, perhaps isn’t so bad either. I’m not meaning to sound down on it, but I don’t understand why you’d want to play FIFA this way.īut onto the positives, because it’s a technical marvel that this thing runs at 1080p, at 60fps as well. You can play with the Jo圜ons as well, in portable mode, but it’s less than ideal, with a lot of action happening on a very small screen, with tiny controllers and fewer buttons. That one? Yeah, that one isn’t really forgivable. With no console-level systems to let you invite friends, or party-up, EA hasn’t implemented a way to invite someone from your friends list. Worse, though, is that you can’t play online with your pals. ![]() Likewise, though they’re not a huge miss, the fact the quick-sub option is gone is also a shame. In fact, Career Mode isn’t quite on par with FIFA 17. I’m being a hypocrite saying I miss them, but they’re new, and it makes the Switch version feel old by not being there, regardless of how much I dislike them. Career mode is there, but without the updated broadcast overlays that add authenticity to the Xbox One or PS4 version, and without the (admittedly bad) cut-scenes that now make up part of the transfer saga. The Journey is absent, and given that the other versions run on Frostbite, it’s probably obvious why it’s not here. Along with the lack of Mobile App integration, this makes FUT feel like a weird separate offshoot, and with a transfer market that is dwindling by the days, it’s a bit worrying, really. Far worse is that the EA Sports Football Club is completely missing, so all the years of accumulated points are absent, so no FUT coin boosts or easy cheap loan options for you. Why? Because this is a custom version, or something equally upsetting. Oh, but the new Daily and Weekly Challenges? Nah, they’re gone, too. Squad Building Challenges (SBC) are present, thankfully, so that’s good. Secondly, the best new addition to FUT (the single player stuff) is also missing. Where the other consoles allow you to use the SmartPhone app to do your on-the-go trading, the Switch version isn’t supported in the app. Sadly, that’s the only place you can do it. Yes, you can buy and sell on the transfer market on a Nintendo console. What’s missing? First of all, the mode we all love is present: Ultimate Team is here. Sure, we knew it wouldn’t be quite up to date with the Xbox One, PS4, and PC versions of the game, but then, if that’s the case, charging full price for a game that is missing so much of what makes the other versions of it sing feels incredibly cheeky. ![]() That’s a horrible way to open a review, but it’s the overriding feeling the game gives me. FIFA 18 on Nintendo Switch is a bit disappointing. ![]() ![]() This happens in the video game as well: Joel kills the doctor (and the player can choose to kill the nurses, too - a grim choice). He quickly shoots the doctor before moving on. Joel’s murder spree is shown in the show very similarly to how it plays out in the video game, with Joel creeping through corridors to make his way up to the surgery room. It all happens so fast, and before you know it, Joel’s woken up in the hospital - and we all know what happens there. HBO’s The Last of Us skips through a huge playable section in the video game but gets right back on track with Joel getting knocked out and Ellie pulled into surgery. It’s painful to make the decision to move on from the scene while playing the game, pushing the two back into the violent world. We move through it pretty quickly in the adaptation, but it was exceptionally meaningful in the game - it comes as a reprieve from violent fighting, lingering on a moment where Ellie can just be happy. There was no doubt in anyone’s mind that this scene, where Ellie and Joel encounter a wild herd of giraffes in Salt Lake City, would make it into the show. It’s a famous part of The Last of Us, and it’s been memed for years. The infamous giraffe scene Photo: Liane Hentscher/HBO The ladder drop gets a nod in episode 9, too, in a moment that plays out exactly as it did in the game. ![]() ![]() Joel’s always boosting Ellie up for her to drop a ladder or crawl through a small window or crack in the wall to unlock a door. It happens over and over and over in The Last of Us. Anyone who has played the game will absolutely know: Cut through a building, find a skyscraper, and search out the city from there. Cut through the buildingĮllie makes a joke in episode 9 that’s a callback to the video game - talking to Joel about how they’re to go through the city. HBO’s The Last of Us teases that while Joel and Ellie are walking on the highway before getting to Seattle: Joel wants to teach Ellie how to play guitar (and flex those pipes of his). Photo: Liane Hentscher/HBO Learning to play guitarĮllie and her guitar are significant to The Last of Us Part 2 in the game, Joel teaches her to play between the events of Part 1 and Part 2. Anna in HBO’s The Last of Us is played by the original voice actor for Ellie, Ashley Johnson. Anna is first seen running through the woods and into an abandoned house, where she’s attacked by an infected person before giving birth to Ellie. Players never see Ellie’s mom in The Last of Us, but the HBO version starts its ninth episode with her giving birth to Ellie. ![]() Episode 9 Ellie’s mom (and Ellie’s voice actor) The Last of Us Part 1 felt like it so badly wanted to be a movie or show, and now the TV show is switching that up - at least in one way. ![]() And so it makes sense that HBO’s The Last of Us would do the same, to make subtle (and not-so-subtle) nods to all the The Last of Us-heads out there. Video games are known for their Easter eggs, the small and obscure references hidden as little surprises in the game. For dedicated fans of the game, the appeal of The Last of Us is not necessarily in being surprised by twists and turns of the story rather, it’s to see the franchise in a new light, picking out the little details that point back to the original media. HBO’s The Last of Us is a way to revisit the iconic and beloved video game of the same name - to revel in the ways it’s both unchanged and entirely different. ![]() ![]() ![]() The ISIN code is a 12-character alpha-numerical code that does not contain information characterizing financial instruments, but serves for uniform identification of a security at trading and settlement. Securities for which ISINs are issued include bonds, commercial paper, stocks, and warrants. An ISIN uniquely identifies a security and its structure is defined in ISO 6166. The most prevalent of these is the International Securities Identifying Number (ISIN). These limitations have led to the development of other codes in financial markets to identify securities for settlement purposes. This is often done by appending the location or exchange code to the ticker.Įxample Vodafone Group plc stock ticker symbolĪlthough stock tickers identify a security, they are exchange dependent, generally limited to stocks, and can change. On many systems both must be specified to uniquely identify the security. To fully qualify a stock, both the ticker and the exchange or country of listing needs to be known. has used the symbol V that had previously been used by Vivendi which had delisted and given up the symbol. For example, since March of 2008 Visa Inc. In the US the single-letter symbols are particularly sought after as vanity symbols. The symbol of the firm after the merger was "XOM". Prior to the 1999 merger with Mobil Oil, Exxon used a phonetic spelling of the company "XON" as its ticker symbol. Symbols sometimes change to reflect mergers. For example, the bank HSBC's stock traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has the ticker symbol 0005. In Asia, numbers are often used as stock tickers to avoid issues for international investors when using non- Latin scripts. In Europe, most exchanges use three-letter codes for example, Dutch consumer goods company Unilever traded on the Amsterdam Euronext exchange has the symbol UNA. traded on the NASDAQ exchange has the symbol AAPL, while the motor company Ford's stock that is traded on the New York Stock Exchange has the single-letter ticker F. For example, US-based computer company stock Apple Inc. In the US, for example, stock tickers are typically between 1 and 4 letters and represent the company name where possible. The allocation of symbols and formatting conventions is specific to each stock exchange. The symbols were kept as short as possible to reduce the number of characters that had to be printed on the ticker tape, and to make it easy to recognize by traders and investors. A stock symbol can consist of letters, numbers, or a combination of both, and is a way to uniquely identify that stock. Stock symbols are unique identifiers assigned to each security traded on a particular market. "Ticker symbol" refers to the symbols that were printed on the ticker tape of a ticker tape machine. A stock symbol may consist of letters, numbers, or a combination of both. In short, ticker symbols are arrangements of symbols or characters (generally Latin letters or digits) representing specific assets or securities listed on a stock exchange or traded publicly. Stock telegraph ticker machine invented by Thomas EdisonĪ ticker symbol or stock symbol is an abbreviation used to uniquely identify publicly traded shares of a particular stock on a particular stock market. JSTOR ( January 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ![]() Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, there are certain hats that you can say will stand out and can make you look suspicious or more trustworthy. In terms of which hats are the best ones to use, that will depend greatly on your preference. The number of hats can increase with new designs available, or it can decrease if there are designs removed. The number of hats available right now can still change since the developer, InnerSloth, constantly provides updates. There are currently 164 hats available in Among Us right now and each one of them is unique. How Many Among Us Character Hats Are Available? It will greatly depend on how you will play your role properly on whether standing out will be a good thing or a bad thing. However, standing out can also easily take away the suspicions from you if you position yourself right. ![]() You can become an easy target for impostors or be an easy scapegoat during discussions. Depending on how you take advantage of your uniqueness. Hats will also allow your character to stand out, which can be a blessing and curse in this game. Well, it can make your character look cooler, so that’s an added bonus. Hats are basically just cosmetic decorations that you can equip for your character. If you think hats will play an important role in Among Us, well, we are sorry to say but they don’t. But what are the available hats in the game right now and how do you acquire them? Let’s discuss more in this Among Us Hats guide. There are many different and unique hats available for you to acquire and equip on your avatar. But one of the best ways for players to differentiate themselves from other players is by donning a hat. To tell players apart, there are several different colors that players can use to identify themselves in the game. Matches usually involve 4 and up to 15 players. And that’s not at all surprising since the game is still fun and exciting to play. Even though it’s not as popular as it used to be, it’s a game that thousands of people from all over the world still play daily. ![]() However, this is a double-edged sword as you could unknowingly be defending an Imposter who's in on your cosmetic group.Among Us is one of the most popular action multiplayer games that you can play right now. This is because, psychologically, people feel the need to defend the group they're a part of. If a player is part of a cosmetic group and someone accuses you, the other players who are wearing the same item will likely defend you. This pseudo "group mentality" could be used to your advantage as both a Crewmate and an Imposter. For example, if a player convinces others to all wear the "egg" hat, they'll subconsciously believe that they're a team together. Regardless of what a player chooses, it's fun to mix and match different hats and shirts to create your own backstory before the inevitable slaughter begins.Ī fun way to try and use cosmetics to your advantage is to get other players to wear the same outfit as you. Maybe the player is an ace detective who's been investigating cases of entire crews disappearing? Or perhaps the player is just an average blue-collar worker who was promised good pay and decent insurance. These items range from serious to silly, so players are free to tell their own stories with their cosmetics. Upon joining a lobby full of potential Crewmates, players have the opportunity to customize their character. ![]() ![]() ![]() "We have put all of our know-how into offering photographers and creative artists the best possible user experience. "We are proud to relaunch the Nik Collection, which users have been waiting for," said Jean-Marc Alexia, DxO's VP of Product Strategy and Marketing. ![]() The software suite update, including the seven plugins, is now available in 13 languages, and includes a free 30-day trial period. In addition, DxO now provides support in four languages on its website ( ), which will soon include exclusive tutorials. The Nik Collection 2018 by DxO is now fully functional and compatible with all 64-bit Windows and Mac platforms, as well as with Adobe Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC 2018, and Photoshop Elements 2017/2018. This is a first step that allows us to start afresh." ![]() "It was necessary to recover and recompile source code that had not been maintained for a long time in order to make it compatible with the latest versions of Adobe products and the latest Apple OS updates. "The process was long and complex," explained Bruno Sayakhom, Product Owner at DxO. Since the acquisition of the Nik Collection from Google in late 2017, the DxO development team has spent several months analyzing and optimizing the code of the seven plugins that make up the software suite to make them stable and operational. Nik Collection 2018 by DxO: Better user experience and stability Also available today, DxO PhotoLab 1.2, an update of DxO's acclaimed RAW and JPEG image processing software, adds new local correction features and adds support for seven additional cameras. Eagerly awaited by the user community, this "by DxO" update marks the return to the market of the Nik Collection with the first stable version and with customer support. PARIS - June 6, 2018 - DxO, one of the world's most innovative consumer imaging companies, today announced the immediate availability of the Nik Collection 2018 by DxO, an updated suite of Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop plugins for photographers and creative professionals. ![]() ![]() ![]() Goggamespyi7b6ybpnpnlwhb4md6owgbijfsuj6z5hesqt3yfyz42rad. Please do not bug us with these sort of requests. How are download links prevented from expiring?Īll games are available to be voted on for a re-upload 30 days after they were last uploaded to guard against dead links. This is to deter bots from scraping the site and issuing a DMCA takedown on filehosters. Why do I have to complete captcha to view download links? Every installer is checked for authenticity from GOG.com and integrity before uploading. OMG! My antivirus software is reporting I downloaded malware! What gives? No, this would cost even more time and money. Please use JDownloader 2 to download game files and 7-Zip to extract them. What is the easiest way to download or extract files? Simple! To upload and share games from GOG.com. ![]() Overall, unless you have games across three or more platforms and have 200+ titles total, I would say no, it's not worth it.Frequently Asked Questions What is the purpose of this site? Remember that the Galaxy 2 client is yet another pseudo-app (a web-app wrapped in an Electron instance, which is a dedicated Chromium browser with elevated system permissions and potential), so you will see significantly more memory usage, but I haven't noticed traffic hogging. You can set Galaxy 2 to automatically close X client when you quit Y game, but it only works sometimes. For each integration, you must link the account in question and then download whatever client to run for the actual operations. Contrary to popular belief, Galaxy 2 is NOT an AIO launcher/manager. Not major, but it's been around for a while. The window itself protrudes by a couple pixels onto either side if you have a multi-panel setup. The Steam integration is perpetually broken you have to download a specific version and manually rewrite the version in the JSON data to prevent it from updating. No, game clients normally doesn't kill internet speed, and stuff, or killing CPU unless there something wrong on your system, or that your system is really out of date, like 15+ hardware kind of out of date, or just really low end hardware that struggles to run modem game clients. There some games are DRM free on Steam, and Epic, you have to figure that yourself, or look up wiki page on this, you find it easily via google search for wiki page. The Galaxy can provide features that Playnite has been doing for years, which is to sync your game libraries into one place, which is a library manager, you still need to have the other game clients to download your games from them, let say if you link Steam, you still have to have Steam client in order to install, and play the games, same with Origin, Uplay, and Epic. to Play For Honor With Your Friends in 2022 How to Invite Friends For Honor AAAs Galaxy 2. GoG Galaxy is a optional client you can use if you want, but not needed in most cases for GoG games. More on how this will work when Phase 2 will be announced. If you have a technical issue with a game or GOG.com itself, it is recommended that you contact GOG Support. If you have an issue with any content or assets used on this subreddit please contact the mods immediately. Any verified GOG.com employees that frequent the subreddit have a "Verified GOG Rep" user-flair. We are not affiliated with GOG.com in any capacity. ![]() This is an unofficial community for fans of GOG.com where users ask for help, discuss GOG in general, and find the latest info regarding GOG.com products and services. Game Developers can also contact the mods to get verified. ![]() If you are a GOG employee, please contact the mods to get verified before posting. GOG is also a "sister" company to CD Projekt Red, developers of the Witcher series and the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077. GOG.com is a DRM-free games and movies distribution service that is part of the CD Projekt Group. Looking for a GOG discord server to join? Vote for your favorite games and features that you want added at the GOG Community Wishlist. A good resource for PC gaming is the PC Gaming Wiki. ![]() ![]() ![]() MiniCraft, a top-down Zelda-esque game with elements from Minecraft, made for Ludum Dare 22.Prelude of the Chambered, an escape game Notch made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 21.Minecraft 4k, Minecraft in less than 4kb for a Java 4kb competition.Metagun, a puzzle game Notch made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 18.Following several early private testing versions, it was first made public. Infinite Mario Bros, a Super Mario clone featuring an endlessly-long level. The game was created by Markus Notch Persson in the Java programming language.The Europa Arcology Incident, an RPG-style game Notch made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 16.Breaking the Tower, a slow-paced strategy game.Bunny Press, a violent puzzle game made for Ludum Dare 14.Blast Passage, an 8-Bit mashup between Bomberman and Gauntlet.Sonic Racer 4k, a racing game with stolen sprites. ![]() Miners4k, a game kinda inspired by Lemmings and Diggers.Left 4k Dead, a zombie shooter game inspired by Left 4 Dead.MEG4kMAN, a Mega Man clone featuring old-school graphics.Notch has released much of his work, including, but not limited to: If I ever accidentally make something that seems to gain traction, I’ll probably abandon it immediately." He writes "As soon as this deal is finalized, I will leave Mojang and go back to doing Ludum Dares and small web experiments. Persson left Mojang on Novemalong with the other founders. I don’t want to be a symbol, responsible for something huge that I don’t understand, that I don’t want to work on." In a lengthy blog post, Notch states "I love games and I love to program, but I don’t make games with the intention of them becoming huge hits, and I don’t try to change the world." He then goes on to say that "I’ve become a symbol. He spent his first seven years in Edsbyn before moving back to Stockholm with his parents. His Swedish father, Birger, was a railway employee while his Finnish mother, Ritva, worked as a nurse. Persson sold Mojang and all of its assests to Microsoft on September 15, 2014. Markus Alexej Persson, nicknamed as ‘Notch’, was born on Jin Stockholm, Sweden, into a Swedish-Finnish family. Persson has his own part of the Mojang website that can be found at He lived in Denmark before he moved to Sweden with his parents and went to school there. In 2009, he moved to Jalbum as a programmer. Outside of work he frequently takes part in competitions, including Ludum Dare, LD12 and the Java 4K Game Programming Contest. His amazing skills did not go unnoticed and he joined as a game developer in 2005. After Minecraft sales grew he moved from full-time to part-time at Jalbum and then eventually left to focus full-time on Minecraft in June 2010, many of the Mojang employees (including CEO Carl Manneh) are also ex-Jalbum employees. In 2005 he started working as a game developer for, which he left in 2009 to work as a programmer at Jalbum. He produced his first game (a text-adventure) at the age of eight, with the help of type-in programs. during his start of programmings, such as Game Federation, and Jalbum. Persson started programming at the age of seven, using his dad's Commodore 128. Markus Persson is the owner of the game, a simple game that soon turn out to be. ![]() ![]() ![]() Wondering where the animation is? Just click to an arbitrary position on the time slider: You will note that the red circle is in a new position, one that you didn't specify! So what happened? Synfig figured out what you would like to do, namely move the circle, and drew all the images between these states. There! You made your first movement, your first animation with Synfig!Ĭanvas Window, Keyframes Panel and Time Track Panel For instance, you can now jump to the first second "1s", and move the red circle to the right. You can use this to edit your image for a given moment in time. In fact, these are links just like web links: click them, and the indicator in your time slider will jump to the correct time. You might be wondering about the entries called "(JMP)". It displays "Time" which is basically the start time, "Length" which is self-explanatory, "Jump" which we'll cover next, and "Description" which is, again, self-explanatory. The Keyframes Panel is rather easy to understand. The frame markings begin at zero (0) and go up to 24, whereupon a new second is entered and the framecount returns to zero.įor example, when five whole seconds and three frames have passed, using this timeline notation would be "5s 3f". They indicate a specific point on the timeline, expressing a location in terms of seconds (s) and frames (f).īy default each second is divided into 24 frames, much like a meter on a measuring tape is divided into 100 centimeters. The s's and f's: Understanding the Timelineīy now, you may have figured out what those mysterious "1s 10f"-type marks represent. Good to know : Synfig and time representation Change "5s" to "2s" - that will make our animation 2 seconds long. Go to the "Time" tab and make sure to edit "End Time". ![]() Give a name and description for your canvas, then click "Apply" (don't click "OK" yet - we're not quite done with the Properties dialog). The Canvas Properties Dialog will appear. Click the caret menu (between the horizontal and vertical rules, in the top left hand corner of the canvas), then select "Canvas → Properties" or select "Canvas → Properties" from the menu. A new file is created at the start automatically. In other words, you need to create three 'steps' or 'stages': Drop the realism, you get a circle moving from left to right and back. Consider a moving light like the one at the front of the Knight Rider car. It basically means to change a drawing - you just need to create the first stage and last stage of a change, and Synfig takes care of the steps in between. 4 The s's and f's: Understanding the TimelineĬreating an animation in Synfig Studio is really easy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They should also use top-quality, updated computer security software,” advises Faou. “The main takeaway is that organizations in foreign countries where the internet cannot be trusted should use an end-to-end encrypted VPN tunnel to a trusted location for all their internet traffic in order to circumvent any network inspection devices. ESET believes that Disco is used in conjunction with AitM attacks, while NightClub is used for victims where traffic interception at the ISP level isn’t possible because of a mitigation such as the use of an end-to-end encrypted VPN where internet traffic is routed outside of Belarus. MoustachedBouncer operates the two implant families in parallel, but on a given machine, only one is deployed at a time. Since 2014, the malware families used by MoustachedBouncer have evolved, and a big change happened in 2020, when the group started to use adversary-in-the-middle attacks. “While the compromise of routers in order to conduct AitM attacks on embassy networks cannot be fully discarded, the presence of lawful interception capabilities in Belarus suggests the traffic mangling is happening at the ISP level rather than on the targets’ routers,” explains the ESET researcher. The AitM scenario reminds us of the Turla and StrongPity threat actors, who have trojanized software installers on the fly at the ISP level.” “This adversary-in-the-middle technique occurs only against a few selected organizations, perhaps just embassies, not countrywide. For IP ranges targeted by MoustachedBouncer, network traffic is redirected to a seemingly legitimate, but fake, Windows Update page,” says ESET researcher Matthieu Faou, who discovered the new threat group. To compromise their targets, MoustachedBouncer operators tamper with their victims’ internet access, probably at the ISP level, to make Windows believe it’s behind a captive portal. ![]() ![]() While ESET Research tracks MoustachedBouncer as a separate group, we have found elements that make ESET assess with low confidence that it is collaborating with another active espionage group, Winter Vivern, which has targeted government staff of several European countries, including Poland and Ukraine, in 2023. MoustachedBouncer uses advanced techniques for Command and Control (C&C) communications, including network interception at the ISP level for the Disco implant, emails for the NightClub implant, and DNS in one of the NightClub plugins. ESET assesses that MoustachedBouncer is very likely aligned with Belarus interests and specializes in espionage, specifically against foreign embassies in Belarus. The research was exclusively presented during the Black Hat USA 2023 conference on August 10, 2023, by ESET researcher Matthieu Faou.Īccording to ESET telemetry, the group targets foreign embassies in Belarus, and ESET has identified four countries whose embassy staff have been targeted: two from Europe, one from South Asia, and one from Africa. The group uses two separate toolsets that ESET has named NightClub and Disco. Since 2020, MoustachedBouncer has most likely been able to perform adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks at the ISP level, within Belarus, in order to compromise its targets. Active since at least 2014, the group targets only foreign embassies, including European ones, in Belarus. It is named after its presence in Belarus and is aligned with the interests of the local government. DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, August 14, 2023/ / - ESET Research has discovered a new cyberespionage group, MoustachedBouncer. ![]() |
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