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Identifying detection opportunities in cryptojacking attacks

Lacework

Lacework Labs often sees remote access methods co-deployed with cryptomining malware (IRC bots, dropped ssh keys, etc.). Finally, threat groups focused on ransomware or extortion campaigns could purchase and abuse this access for monetary gain. This often results in the first payload (e.g.,

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Self-Audits | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

EICAR is an industry standard test file used to test malware, anti-virus, content filters, etc. Firewall rules : Attempt to access something your firewall should be blocking. Logging : Add a new user account or change group security permissions, and check to make sure it’s logged. Is it logged?

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25 Feb Cloudera Federal Forum in Tysons Corner: Amazing agenda filled with lessons learned and best practices

CTOvision

Prior to joining EMC, Hittle was a member of the Ultra Electronics ProLogic senior management team, where he served for six years in key leadership positions, including Vice President Technology Applications, CTO, and Group Deputy General Manager. He likes shiny objects. Webster Mudge. where he was their CSO. Produced by.

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Join Architects, Planners, Program Managers, Data Scientists at 4th Annual Cloudera Federal Forum in DC 25 Feb

CTOvision

Prior to joining EMC, Hittle was a member of the Ultra Electronics ProLogic senior management team, where he served for six years in key leadership positions, including Vice President Technology Applications, CTO, and Group Deputy General Manager. He likes shiny objects. Webster Mudge. where he was their CSO. Produced by.

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Radar Trends to Watch: April 2024

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

A supply chain attack added a back door to Linux systems through the widely used xz package. Fortunately, this attack was discovered before the package was incorporated into the leading Linux distributions. It’s available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Security A supply-chain compromise added a backdoor to Linux’s xz package.

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Radar trends to watch: May 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

A group building language models for the Maori people shows that AI for indigenous languages require different ways of thinking about artificial intelligence, data, and data rights. Harvard and the Linux Foundation have produced Census II , which lists thousands of the most popular open source libraries and attempts to rank their usage.

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Technology Trends for 2024

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

It’s now used in operating systems (Linux kernel components), tool development, and even enterprise software. LangChain is a framework for building generative AI applications around groups of models and databases. We’ve said in the past that Linux is table stakes for a job in IT. We also saw 9.8% That’s still true.

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