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Agentless Workload Scanning Gets Supercharged with Malware Scanning

Prisma Clud

Using WildFire in 2021 to analyze malicious files, our threat research team discovered a 73% increase in Cobalt Strike malware samples compared to 2020. The speed, volume and sophistication of modern malware attacks has made them more difficult to detect.

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Google Play is an ‘order of magnitude’ better at blocking malware

The Parallax

During a month that’s seen Android malware new and old plague the world’s most popular mobile operating system, Google says its Play Store is becoming more civilized and less like the Wild West. That’s 70 percent more than it removed in 2016. Ahn adds that Android malware is becoming more advanced.

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Hidden inside Dark Caracal’s espionage apps: Old tech

The Parallax

Its success was predicated not on “zero-day” vulnerabilities or new forms of malicious software, but rather on older, known malware delivered via an all-too-familiar method: phishing. The malware included hacked versions of end-to-end encrypted communication apps Signal and WhatsApp.

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Dragos raises $110M Series C as demand to secure industrial systems soars

TechCrunch

Dragos was founded in 2016 to detect and respond to threats facing industrial control systems (ICS), the devices critical to the continued operations of power plants, water and energy supplies, and other critical infrastructure.

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Busting 5 Common Myths About Vulnerability Assessment

Tenable

"Patch" is the common slang for software and firmware updates released by software manufacturers on a regular basis to address bugs and vulnerabilities as well as bring new features and general functionality improvements to various apps, platforms and operating systems. .

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South Korean and American Agencies Release Joint Advisory on North Korean Ransomware

Tenable

The actors have also used trojan versions of X-Popup, a messenger application used in several smaller hospitals in South Korea and have spread malware using 2 malicious domains, xpopup.pe[.]kr They then exfiltrate the target's data to a remote attacker-controlled system. kr and xpopup[.]com.

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Protecting Against the Increasing Malvertising Threat

CTOvision

Malvertising is increasingly being deployed by threat actors to spread malware, including ransomware and scams, and redirect users from legitimate websites to phishing and exploit kit–hosting sites. Notable Examples: In December 2016, ESET researchers identified the ‘ Stegano ’ campaign (which dates back to 2014).

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