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The Dark Side of AI in Cybersecurity — AI-Generated Malware

Palo Alto Networks

In a thought-provoking interview on the Threat Vector podcast , Palo Alto Networks researchers Bar Matalon and Rem Dudas shed light on their groundbreaking research into AI-generated malware and shared their predictions for the future of AI in cybersecurity. We did that for different operating systems – for Windows, macOS and Linux.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Cyber Agencies Offer Secure AI Tips, while Stanford Issues In-Depth AI Trends Analysis, Including of AI Security

Tenable

CIS Debian Linux 11 Benchmark v2.0.0 CIS Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS Benchmark v2.2.0 — Final Release CIS Ubuntu Linux 22.04 CIS Debian Linux 11 Benchmark v2.0.0 CIS Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS Benchmark v2.2.0 — Final Release CIS Ubuntu Linux 22.04 x Benchmark v2.1.0 CIS Cisco IOS XE 17.x x Benchmark v2.1.0

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Xwo - A Python-based bot scanner

AlienVault

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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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Critical Infrastructure Orgs Must Beware of China-backed Volt Typhoon, Cyber Agencies Warn

Tenable

Plus, ransomware gangs netted $1 billion-plus in 2023. This week, the Linux Foundation launched the Post-Quantum Cryptographic Alliance (PQCA) , a group tasked with tackling the cryptographic security threats from quantum computers. In addition, new group tasked with addressing the quantum computing threat draws big tech names.

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The Ultimate Guide to Botnets: Attack Flow, Examples, Detection and Prevention

Altexsoft

To control the machines in the network, the bots are infected with malware that places them under the control of the bot herder. For the structure, the herder can use a web application stacked on top of a Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP ( LAMP ) environment using PHP and MySQL. Infected bots are often referred to as “zombies”.

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The Ultimate Guide to Botnets: Attack Flow, Examples, Detection and Prevention

Altexsoft

To control the machines in the network, the bots are infected with malware that places them under the control of the bot herder. For the structure, the herder can use a web application stacked on top of a Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP ( LAMP ) environment using PHP and MySQL. Infected bots are often referred to as “zombies”.

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Internet of Termites

AlienVault

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.