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

Tenable

came out in 2014. To gain initial access, cybercriminals associated with ALPHV Blackcat employ advanced social engineering techniques and publicly-available information about a company. 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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Zero-Day: Vulnerabilities, Exploits, Attacks and How to Manage Them

Kaseya

Since Google’s Project Zero was founded in July 2014, it has compiled data on “in the wild” zero-day exploits, with 2021 being the biggest year on record. The Stuxnet worm was spread through Microsoft Windows computers and could be carried on USB drives as well. What Is Meant by a Zero-Day Attack?