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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. READ MORE ON SECURITY AND GEOPOLITICS. 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

The digital-rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation and Lookout Mobile Security, which co-authored the report, say they tracked the Dark Caracal phishing campaign across more than 60 websites. ”—Michael Flossman, senior security researcher, Lookout Mobile Security. So these installations wouldn’t be blocked.

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Fed Tech News Roundup

CTOvision

The relevant text is contained in the 2016 intelligence. China security law tightens control of cyber security ThreatBrief (Today) - China’s legislature has passed a wide-ranging and controversial national security law which tightens government control over many areas of life. weapons program tested in fiscal 2014 showed.

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Forget the Rules, Listen to the Data

Hu's Place - HitachiVantara

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. Criminal gangs use malware and phishing emails as a means to compromise customers’ security and personal details to commit fraud.

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Attack Vectors: How They Can Harm Your Company

Kaseya

Over the last few years, we have grown accustomed to hearing about cybersecurity incidents affecting companies of all scales and sizes. Despite a robust cybersecurity perimeter in response to growing threats, cybercriminals always seem to find a way around it. In 2021, a data breach cost an average of $4.24 million, up 10% from $3.86

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Radar Trends to Watch: August 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Perhaps the scariest exploit in security would be a rootkit that cannot be detected or removed , even by wiping the disk and reinstalling the operating system. Such rootkits were recently discovered (one is named CosmicStrand); they have apparently been in the wild since 2016. Programming. Don’t over-allocate memory.