Symantec

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A look at some deceptive tactics used by malware authors in an effort to evade analysis.

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AlienVault

JULY 9, 2019

So, what is malware analysis and why should I care? With the commercialization of cybercrime, malware variations continue to increase at an alarming rate, and this is putting many a defender on their back foot. This has made the cost of maintaining a malware analysis program generally out of reach for the average organization.

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AlienVault

JULY 9, 2019

So, what is malware analysis and why should I care? With the commercialization of cybercrime, malware variations continue to increase at an alarming rate, and this is putting many a defender on their back foot. This has made the cost of maintaining a malware analysis program generally out of reach for the average organization.

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Darktrace

MARCH 22, 2023

Amadey Info-stealer malware was detected across over 30 customers between August and December 2022, spanning various regions and industry verticals. This blog highlights the resurgence of Malware as a Service (MaaS) and the leveraging of existing N-Day vulnerabilities in SmokeLoader campaigns to launch Amadey on customers’ networks.

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Tenable

AUGUST 4, 2022

Analyzing the Vulnerabilities Associated with the Top Malware Strains of 2021. International cybersecurity agencies issue a joint alert outlining the top malware strains of 2021. While malware is used for a variety of purposes, the government agencies point out that ransomware is a primary use case. Background. Description.

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Aqua Security

AUGUST 25, 2020

Ever notice how news about hidden malware almost always focuses on remediation AFTER the fact? This blog was co-authored with Assaf Morag , Lead Security Analyst at Aqua Security. Even now, there’s yet another news story about a rash of attacks by a group called TeamTNT. They used a crypto-mining worm to steal AWS credentials from Docker Hub.

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AlienVault

JULY 31, 2018

These tools give us good visibility of what’s happening on endpoints by logging multiple types of events, which we can forward to a SIEM or other correlation system for analysis. The dropper spreads through email phishing and downloads the malware using a malicious Office macro. Let's start! File samples: [link]. Stay tuned!

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AlienVault

DECEMBER 17, 2018

In part 1 of this blog series, we analyzed malware behaviour, and, in part 2 , we learned how to detect persistence tricks used in malware attacks. Imagine your company is being targeted by one of the latest threats and you want to detect the activity the malware is performing. Conclusion.

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InfoWorld

APRIL 9, 2024

Synopsys has introduced Black Duck Supply Chain Edition , a software composition analysis (SCA) package that helps organizations mitigate upstream risk in software supply chains, including from AI code.

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Symantec

MARCH 8, 2022

In the first of a two-part series of blogs, we will delve deeper into Daxin, examining the driver initialization, networking, key exchange, and backdoor functionality of the malware.

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Aqua Security

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

With an ever-evolving threat landscape, bad actors increasingly target container infrastructure, installing sophisticated malware into images that changes its behavior to evade detection. As static scanning is not designed to spot such advanced threats, it's critical to perform dynamic analysis to detect suspicious behavior in real time.

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Tenable

APRIL 12, 2024

Here's New Data ” (Hired) “ The 15 most in-demand tech jobs for 2024 — and how to hire for them ” (CIO) 5 - CISA’s new malware analysis tool now generally available Need suspicious files analyzed? military have had access to Malware Next-Generation Analysis since November. You can now submit them to the U.S.

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InfoWorld

APRIL 9, 2024

Synopsys has introduced Black Duck Supply Chain Edition , a software composition analysis (SCA) package that helps organizations mitigate upstream risk in software supply chains, including from AI code.

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AlienVault

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

In the first part of this series, we saw how you can use Osquery to analyze and extract valuable information about malware’s behavior. In this post, we are going to see another common technique that malware uses persistence. The malware will be executed every time the user logs on. Here is an example of OilRig malware.

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CTOvision

JULY 29, 2014

Three Questions on Automated Malware Removal with Bob Gourley, Cognitio Corp and CTOVision. While there’s still an emphasis – and related spending – on malware detection, most incident response teams are actually overwhelmed by vast number of security alerts they receive. Another day, another data breach. Bob Gourley: That’s simple.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

The video below explores DDP Protected Workspace and uniquely addresses healthcare regulations related to malware prevention. Individuals take malware and obtain the characteristics pertaining to the individual and find ways to get around the malware inspections in place. The malware is from external agents.

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Palo Alto Networks

APRIL 19, 2024

A system compromise requires a successful exploitation of a command that does some damage to the system, such as exfiltrating sensitive configuration details or downloading malware. Volexity and Unit 42 Threat Brief have more information about the type of malware seen in these attacks and indicators of threat activity.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

But projects get abandoned and picked up by others who plant backdoors or malware, or, as seen recently since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a rise in “protestware,” in which open source software developers alter their code to wipe the contents of Russian computers in protest of the Kremlin’s incursion.

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CTOvision

JUNE 21, 2014

The video at this link and embedded below provides an overview of conclusions from CTOvision research into ways to automate the removal of cyber threats (including malware) from your enterprise. By Bob Gourley. It highlights ten requirements CTOs, CIOs, CISOs and CFOs should articulate as critical to success in automating security response.

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Tenable

APRIL 25, 2024

Is any malware associated with ArcaneDoor? However, malicious activity associated with ArcaneDoor occurred between December 2023 and early January 2024.

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Lacework

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Key Takeaways The “abc-hello” DDoS botnet and malware is propagating in the wild via exploits and brute force attempts The malware is a Golang application with a modular plugin structure.

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Aqua Security

APRIL 22, 2020

This is being exploited by malicious actors to embed sophisticated malware in innocent-looking images. Docker has simplified image workflow in order to encourage adoption by developers, so anyone can pull and run images that were built and pushed to Docker Hub, often by unknown individuals.

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CIO

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Unsurprisingly, there’s more to phishing than email: Email phishing: Attackers send emails with attachments that inject malware in the system when opened or malicious links that take the victim to a site where they’re tricked into revealing sensitive data.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Lastline Enterprise and Analyst deliver protection against targeted attacks, advanced persistent threats (APTs), zero-day exploits, and other advanced malware that bypass traditional signature-based controls and sandbox-based analysis systems. A video overview is at this link and embedded below: [link].

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CIO

DECEMBER 16, 2022

These included metadata design and development, quantitative analysis, regression analysis, continuous integration, data analytics, data strategy, identity and access management, machine learning, natural language processing, and more.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

Malware hiding in the woodwork: The U.S. government on Thursday announced that it seized a website used to sell malware designed to spy on computers and cell phones, Lorenzo writes. TechCrunch+ TC+ subscribers get access to in-depth commentary, analysis and surveys — which you know if you’re already a subscriber.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The security vendor landscape is selling a pipedream that “scanners” and “software composition analysis” wares can detect all of the critical vulnerabilities at the software artifact level. The malware allowed the attackers to monitor and control the chat software remotely. They don’t.

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Lacework

JANUARY 24, 2024

In 2022, the Lacework Labs team discovered a new, large-scale threat called AndroxGh0st, a Python malware being used to exploit AWS keys. More alarmingly, this malware has been used by hackers to build a botnet, which is a network of compromised computers, to then be used for additional credential theft and launching further cyberattacks.

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Aqua Security

APRIL 21, 2022

It enables the monitoring and analysis of applications’ runtime behavior by creating safe hooks for tracing internal functions and capturing important data for forensic purposes. Today, cloud native platforms are increasingly using eBPF-based security technology.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2023

following a vulnerability disclosure by security researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which investigates […] © 2023 TechCrunch. The technology giant rolled out new software updates, iOS and iPadOS 17.1.2, and macOS 14.1.2, All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechBeacon

JUNE 10, 2022

According to forensic analysis, the devices of several people close to Khashoggi, including the cellphone of his fiancée, were targeted with a type of attack for which there are few protections: zero-click malware.

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Netskope

JULY 18, 2018

The complexity of different types of malware continues to grow and zero-day malware is often missed by traditional security solutions. Here’s use case #19: Block and quarantine zero-day malware in the cloud. Support quarantine workflows that are malware-centric. How can a CASB enable this use case?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

What I know so far is despite rational analysis of actual business fundamental, SVB’s collapse is a human story. In his TC+ analysis, he explains that entrepreneurs should be thinking about more than making payroll. The story is fast and ever changing, so I’m not going to toss you a half-baked take. I told you it’s a human story.)

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CIO

MARCH 19, 2024

And so, just as malware countermeasures evolved from standalone antivirus measures to cybersecurity as a whole industry, we can expect a similar trajectory for deepfake countermeasures as the war on reality heats up.

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Tenable

MARCH 1, 2024

And the most prevalent malware in Q4. To get more details, check out commentary and analysis about CSF 2.0 In these attacks, users are tricked into installing what they think is a legitimate browser update that in reality is malware that infects their computers. And much more! 1 - NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

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Tenable

APRIL 19, 2024

At about 500 pages, it’s an all-encompassing deep dive into today’s key AI issues. “By

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CIO

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Identification Businesses need fast and accurate analysis of all their content. Easily accessible, less secure data is vulnerable to hackers and malware, which, if breached, can have catastrophic consequences for an organization. Access One of the biggest threats to a company’s sensitive data is accessibility.

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