The Parallax

JANUARY 22, 2018

Its success was predicated not on “zero-day” vulnerabilities or new forms of malicious software, but rather on older, known malware delivered via an all-too-familiar method: phishing. The malware included hacked versions of end-to-end encrypted communication apps Signal and WhatsApp.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

. “We have started much more narrowly in order to not pollute our models with data not relevant to ransomware campaigns or broken samples like those commonly pulled from public malware repositories.”

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Lacework

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Workload: Mass scanning for vulnerabilities Workloads, which include computing resources like Linux and Windows hosts, are susceptible to compromise. Once the scanning process uncovers possible targets, the next phase is exploitation, where the threat actors deploy various forms of malware. Malware (e.g.,

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Edgewise

JANUARY 31, 2019

What happens, then, when a cyber attack, namely malware, is used to uninstall security software designed specifically to prevent public cloud infrastructure compromise? This is precisely what happened with a new malware variant discovered by Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42.

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Palo Alto Networks

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

These annual evaluations emulate the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) employed by some of our time's most active and notorious threat groups. Turla is an extraordinarily well-funded and sophisticated Russian-based threat group that has infected victims in over 45 countries. None – There was no detection. (No

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Bun is an open source JavaScript shell that can run on Linux, MacOS, and Windows. Like everyone else, malware groups are moving to memory-safe languages like Rust and DLang to develop their payloads. A variant of the Mirai malware is attacking Linux systems. JavaScript as a shell language?

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Tenable

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In addition, new group tasked with addressing the quantum computing threat draws big tech names. Volt Typhoon, a Chinese government-sponsored hacker group, could, at a moment’s notice, severely disrupt U.S. Plus, ransomware gangs netted $1 billion-plus in 2023. And much more! So said cybersecurity agencies from the U.S.,

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

A group at Berkeley has built a robot that uses reinforcement learning to teach itself to walk from scratch–i.e., Kerla is a Linux-like operating system kernel written in Rust that can run most Linux executables. I doubt this will ever be integrated into Linux, but it’s yet another sign that Rust has joined the big time.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JANUARY 5, 2021

Her contributions include the papers Datasheets for Datasets , Model Cards for Model Reporting , Gender Shades (with Joy Buolamwini), and founding the group Black in AI. The attack came through malware planted in a security product from SolarWinds. The end of CentOS Linux ? CentOS may live on independently as Rocky Linux.

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Tenable

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

According to both Mursch and researcher Kevin Beaumont , attackers that have scanned for and exploited CVE-2021-26084 have been installing the XMRig cryptocurrency miner on vulnerable Confluence servers on both Windows and Linux. Unpatched vulnerabilities remain valuable for cybercriminals months to years later.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

AUGUST 2, 2021

There’s a new technique for protecting natural language systems from attack by misinformation and malware bots: using honeypots to capture attackers’ key phrases proactively, and incorporate defenses into the training process. A massive ransomware attack by the REvil cybercrime group exploited supply chain vulnerabilities. AI and Data.

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Lacework

JULY 21, 2022

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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Tenable

MARCH 29, 2022

This could further allow the attacker to spread malware or exfiltrate sensitive data, making it a useful flaw for ransomware groups in particular. As part of their technical write up, CrowdStrike walked through a proof of concept that exploits CVE-2022-0811 to execute malware. Proof of concept. On March 15, version 1.22.3

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Altexsoft

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

You can use Wazuh in a Docker container or on Linux, Windows, and macOS systems. You can use GRR in a Docker container or on standard Linux systems. You can use Osquery on Windows, Linux, and macOS machines. Recently turned over to The Linux Foundation to ensure continued support. GRR is composed of a client and a server.

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Tenable

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The Open Source Software Security Mobilization Plan ” (The Linux Foundation and The Open Source Security Foundation). The Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO) has released a guide for helping security teams test and benchmark IoT security products, an area the non-profit group says is still in its infancy.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JULY 5, 2022

New state laws that criminalize having abortions out of state and the stockpiling of location information by antiabortion groups have made privacy an issue that can’t be ignored. The Metaverse Standards Forum is a new industry group with the goal of solving interoperability problems for the Metaverse. Artificial Intelligence.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 25, 2019

Basically what happens is we have a group of people who come together to architect some parts of a security program, usually through legislation or regulatory frameworks, that says “this is what you need to have a fully functioning security program.” This ties in the three groups we mentioned above. Security Defined.

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AlienVault

MARCH 6, 2019

We were surprised to find EarthWorm also packed into malware - presumably to provide packet relay functionality. We’ve previously investigated this server when it was hosting Android malware known as Xsser. The Xsser malware communicates with a familiar hostname apache2012.epac[.]to Android Malware. SHA256 Hash.

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Gorilla Logic

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Web servers typically run on either Linux or Microsoft Windows machines, with most website hosting companies using Linux. Common website tech stacks combine these elements into web server OS-based sets: Linux-based or LAMP: Linux, plus Apache web server, MySQL database engine, and PHP for programming language.

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Xebia

JUNE 9, 2022

It runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, and devices like the Raspberry Pi equally well. WebAssembly, or ‘Wasm,’ was invented by Mozilla and is now pushed forward by the ByteCode Alliance, a group of companies including Microsoft, Intel, and Google. By now, you’re probably anxious to get started running some WebAssembly code.

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AlienVault

APRIL 2, 2019

Overview: Recently, AT&T Alien Labs identified a new malware family that is actively scanning for exposed web services and default passwords. It is likely related to the previously reported malware families Xbash and MongoLock. This trend serves as supplemental links to the above mentioned reports to other malware families.

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Linux Academy

JUNE 17, 2019

EICAR is an industry standard test file used to test malware, anti-virus, content filters, etc. Logging : Add a new user account or change group security permissions, and check to make sure it’s logged. The post Self-Audits | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure appeared first on Linux Academy Blog. Is it logged?

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Tenable

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Windows Subsystem for Linux. We strongly recommend organizations apply this month’s patches to ensure this vulnerability is addressed, as it won’t be long before other threat actors, including those affiliated with ransomware groups, begin leveraging this flaw as part of their attacks. Windows Key Storage Provider. Windows Scripting.

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Lacework

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In addition to the basics, the course takes you a step further and explains the different types of attacker groups and tactics, the impacts attacks can have, and how you can prevent and detect them. Other free modules in the learning path will teach you about Linux and Windows fundamentals, network basics, and how the web works. .

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The Parallax

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Eating healthy can mean different things to different groups of people. For some groups of people, they’re at higher risk for certain things. They pulled the hard drive out of the wall safe, plugged it into my Linux laptop, booted it up off of a different drive, and then accessed files and copied it. That’s exactly it.

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Palo Alto Networks

MAY 7, 2020

Based on the numerous “proof of concept” (POC) tests we have conducted around the world, we discovered that IoT botnet activity makes up a very large proportion of the malware in mobile networks today. Recently, GSMA collaborated with a group of service providers and vendors to develop a new security reference document, FS.37,

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Palo Alto Networks

JUNE 7, 2021

The Unit 42 cybersecurity consulting group published research on the first known malware targeting Windows containers, which was discovered by Unit 42 researcher Daniel Prizmant and named Siloscape. The post Unit 42 Discovers First Known Malware Targeting Windows Containers appeared first on Palo Alto Networks Blog.

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AlienVault

MARCH 14, 2019

We recently investigated attacks involving mining malware served from the domain xaxaxa[.]eu. However, we have seen from other attacks listed in this article that the root domain is actively involved in serving malware and implicated in other campaigns. This resulted in the malicious deployment and use of Linux/ChachaDDoS malware.

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Palo Alto Networks

JUNE 1, 2020

Alicia is an expert in hunting and collecting threats, and in reverse-engineering malware using code analysis. These strategies may involve creating a working group across departments and functions or having dedicated personnel to handle insider threat incidents. . Who’s Alicia? Sharpen Your Threat Hunting Skills.

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Palo Alto Networks

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Jailbreaking increases the risk of downloading malware. Now you can protect a broad set of endpoints, mobile devices and cloud workloads in your organization, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, Chrome and now iOS, with the Cortex XDR agent. Financial Malware and Cryptomining Protection. It can also create stability issues.

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Tenable

JANUARY 21, 2021

For years, advanced persistent threat (APT) groups and skilled attackers have translated obscure and lower-risk vulnerabilities into devastating attacks, proving that security flaws rated as lower risk by the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) can become enterprise-critical exposures. Daisy-chain maneuvers in the wild. based networks.

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Prisma Clud

JUNE 20, 2023

It must also integrate with different workload types, as well as operating systems like Linux or Windows and architectures like x64 or ARM. Its defenses include advanced threat protection, sophisticated attack prevention, malware analysis and ML-based behavioral modeling. They also implement runtime protection from the outset.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

APRIL 2, 2024

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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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

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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CTOvision

JANUARY 18, 2015

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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Lacework

MARCH 29, 2022

They never miss an opportunity to cash in, whether they take advantage of common cloud configuration mistakes, target software supply chains, or adapt malware to evade detection. This malicious update opened up Linux systems to receive and run the open-source cryptocurrency miner, XMRig. Linux Malware and the Cloud.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JANUARY 25, 2024

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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