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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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Hidden inside Dark Caracal’s espionage apps: Old tech

The Parallax

“ If you had even a little mobile development experience, [Dark Caracal] could cost less than $1,000.”—Michael Dark Caracal’s custom-developed mobile spyware, which the report’s authors call Pallas, is the first documented global advanced persistent threat , or APT, on a mobile device.

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Radar Trends to Watch: August 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Microsoft also provides tools and resources to help developers build responsible AI systems. Bloom , the open and transparent large language model developed by the BigScience group, is finished ! Unlike all other large language models, Bloom was developed in public, and is open to the public.

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Fed Tech News Roundup

CTOvision

The relevant text is contained in the 2016 intelligence. All three executives will now have greater responsibility over the technological development. TWD & Associates Promotes Three to Leadership Team: Larry Scherer, Woody Hume and Tom Ladimir Washington Exec (Today) - Last month, TWD & Associates, Inc.

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Forget the Rules, Listen to the Data

Hu's Place - HitachiVantara

Fraud detection software developed in the past have traditionally been based on rules -based models. A 2016 CyberSource report claimed that over 90% of online fraud detection platforms use transaction rules to detect suspicious transactions which are then directed to a human for review.

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AI Applications in Cybersecurity with Real-Life Examples

Altexsoft

You can classify a binary file into categories like legitimate software, adware, ransomware, and spyware. For instance, you can develop profiles of every application inside your organization’s network by analyzing data from endpoints. Classification involves taking artifacts, and classifying them into one of several labels.