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Even North Korea has an antivirus program—but it’s used for spying

The Parallax

Researchers announced on May 1 that when they inspected the ingredients of the North Korean antivirus software for Windows computers, they found a mix of spyware and old code stolen from an antivirus vendor. Jaku is a known spyware-botnet combination, spread over BitTorrent.

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A Brief History of the Internet’s Biggest BGP Incidents

Kentik

During the leak, a large portion of the internet’s traffic was redirected to AS7007, where it overwhelmed its networking equipment and was dropped. Large-scale origination leaks like these have become less frequent in recent years due to increases in the automation of router configuration in topologically-central networks.

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Dell: Privately owned PC and server maker

CTOvision

Here is how they are treated in Wikipedia: Dell sells personal computers (PCs), servers , data storage devices , network switches , software , computer peripherals , HDTVs , cameras, printers, MP3 players, and electronics built by other manufacturers. Dell was listed at number 51 in the Fortune 500 list, until 2014. [10]

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework Gets Major Update, as Advisories on APT29 and ALPHV Blackcat Get Rolled Out

Tenable

came out in 2014. Actors pose as company IT and/or helpdesk staff and use phone calls or SMS messages to obtain credentials from employees to access the target network,” the advisory reads. After a years-long revision process, NIST this week rolled out version 2.0 It’s the first major update to the CSF since version 1.0

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Fighting Ransomware: Using Ivanti’s Platform to Build a Resilient Zero Trust Security Defense – Part 2

Ivanti

The other good news is these suspicious or untrusted configuration profiles, malware, and other malicious exploits including the Pegasus spyware will be detected by Ivanti Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) and trigger compliance actions like block access to corporate resources or quarantine actions on the device. CalDAV calendar service settings.

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Zero-Day: Vulnerabilities, Exploits, Attacks and How to Manage Them

Kaseya

They are especially interested in software vulnerabilities that can be easily exploited to seize control of a company’s network. A zero-day vulnerability is a flaw in a network or software that hasn’t been patched or for which a patch isn’t available. The software or device vendor may or may not be aware of this flaw.