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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. How Spain is waging Internet war on Catalan separatists. 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

In the summer of 2022, I joined a team of BGP experts organized by the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG) to draft a comprehensive report covering the security of the internet’s routing infrastructure. Below is an edited version of my take on the internet’s most notable BGP incidents.

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Fed Tech News Roundup

CTOvision

The following are some of the hot topics in the federal technology ecosystem: Senate advances secret plan forcing Internet services to report terror activity Ars Technica (Today) - Legislation modeled on 2008 law requiring Internet companies to report child porn.The legislation, approved 15-0 in a closed-door hearing, remains "classified."

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Attack Vectors: How They Can Harm Your Company

Kaseya

As companies rely increasingly on robotics and internet-of-things (IoT) devices to carry out their tasks, a hardware hack can pave the way for cybercriminals. The infection can take the form of a virus, trojan horse, worm, spyware, adware, rootkit or the infamous ransomware.

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