Darktrace

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Recently Darktrace captured the whole kill-chain of an AutoIt malware compromise, from delivery via email to payload download and subsequent C2. However, like many freeware languages, it has been exploited for malicious intent.

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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

JANUARY 4, 2023

Recently, a dependency of the widely used PyTorch-nightly Python package was targeted in a dependency confusion attack, resulting in thousands of individuals downloading a malicious binary that exfiltrated data through DNS. The individual responsible for this attack claimed to be a security researcher whose research had gone awry.

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CIO

MARCH 6, 2024

This includes CPU-enforced malware prevention; the ability to remotely locate, lock, and wipe a lost or stolen PC; and zero-trust device capabilities. After all, who is better able to configure and manage a device than its manufacturer? Importantly, these tools are always on and continually updated.

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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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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

His areas of interest include open source software security, malware analysis, data breaches, and scam investigations. At the time, the massively popular left-pad package had raked in more than 15 million downloads , and even today the library continues to be downloaded millions of times weekly. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Ooda Loop

MARCH 25, 2024

Employees at US-based organizations are being targeted with emails delivering NetSupport RAT malware via “nuanced” exploitation and by using an advanced detection evasion method. The phishing emails prompt recipients to download an attached […]

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Capgemini

JULY 16, 2021

The risks of malware. The harsh reality is that malware doesn’t only threaten data security – it can also have a direct impact on sustainability initiatives and impede enterprise climate targets. The attack often starts with that suspicious link or download that you accidently click on.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

For example, someone in the process of receiving of an important Word document from a contact would have that file flagged as malware and would end up disabling security software in order to view it. Ramachandran said SquareX is intended as a alternative to VPN, anti-virus, anti-malware and other endpoint security solutions.

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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. Additional context into this topic is available in our research report downloadable here: . This paper.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Ransomware often starts from something as humble as someone in the organisation downloading the wrong file from an email. This delivers superior protection against kernel-level malware through to browser-based attacks. Finally, AI-driven CPU threat monitoring has been designed to detect malware that has slipped past the anti-virus.

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Tenable

MARCH 1, 2024

And the most prevalent malware in Q4. 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. It’s been a meteoric rise for SocGholish, which first cracked the CIS list in the third quarter, with a 31% share of malware incidents.

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Xebia

AUGUST 13, 2021

In order to cure cyberattacks like malware, data sniffs, virus attacks, and hacking, website designers should adopt a high standards company. Well, malware targets network vulnerability. The same installations create a pathway for malware flooding. The same installations create a pathway for malware flooding.

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Tenable

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Plus, malware used in fake browser-update attacks ballooned in Q3. That’s according to the Center for Internet Security (CIS), which this week released its “Top 10 Malware Q3 2023” list. SocGholish, which didn’t make the list last quarter, shot up to the top spot, accounting for 31% of malware incidents in the third quarter.

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CTOvision

JUNE 10, 2014

We believe this is the only way to reduce the impact of malware and breaches in a cost effective way. Download “Automating Removal Of Advanced Threats” Automating-Removal-of-Malware.pdf – Downloaded 9 times – 918 kB. This approach has been proven to significantly improve enterprise defenses. This paper.

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Lacework

JUNE 7, 2022

As of this writing we have observed active exploitation by known Cloud threat malware families such as Kinsing, “Hezb”, and the Dark.IoT botnet. One interesting development was the use of a new malware host – 195.2.79.26 Several malware components were observed, the first of which was an XMRig miner installed as “Hezb”.

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AlienVault

JULY 31, 2018

In this blog series, we’ll analyze different malware families, looking at the types of events generated on the endpoint and how we can use Osquery to detect them. The dropper spreads through email phishing and downloads the malware using a malicious Office macro. Let's start! File samples: [link].

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Psst, some Russian hackers are believed to be behind the “WhisperGate” data-stealing malware being used to target Ukraine, Carly reports. However, this new malware is even more of a pain. ChatGPT does a Bing good : Sarah reports that Bing saw a 10x jump in downloads following yesterday’s Microsoft-ChatGPT news.

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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.

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Tenable

MAY 17, 2019

Tenable Researcher David Wells discovered a vulnerability in Slack Desktop for Windows that could have allowed an attacker to alter where files downloaded within Slack are stored. Tenable Research discovered a download hijack vulnerability in Slack Desktop version 3.3.7 Users should ensure their Slack desktop application is up to date.

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The Parallax

JUNE 18, 2018

On May 25, the FBI issued a clarion call to a broad swath of Wi-Fi router owners: To clear out a potential botnet malware infection, reboot your router. The malware, VPNFilter, allowed hackers to snoop on all traffic passing through the router, including stealing website log-ins, as well as disable the device.

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Tenable

AUGUST 25, 2023

The vast majority of enterprises polled – 95% – experienced multiple cyberattacks in the past 12 months, with phishing (74%), malware (60%) and software vulnerability exploits (50%) being the most common. Bucking a trend where department budgets are shrinking by 7% annually on average, security budgets rose 4.6

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CTOvision

JULY 23, 2014

We believe this is the only way to reduce the impact of malware and breaches in a cost effective way. Download “Automating Removal Of Advanced Threats” Automating-Removal-of-Malware.pdf – Downloaded 468 times – 918 kB. This approach has been proven to significantly improve enterprise defenses. This paper.

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Tenable

MARCH 3, 2023

Image Source: BleepingComputer Tactics, Techniques and Procedures According to the CSA, Royal's preferred technique for gaining initial access to target networks is through phishing attacks using emails containing malicious PDFs or through malvertising which leads the victim to download malware.

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Prisma Clud

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Learn how a novel attack vector in GitHub Actions allows attackers to distribute malware across repositories using a technique that exploits the actions dependency tree and puts countless open-source projects and internal repositories at risk. In other words, the downloaded zip file doesn’t contribute to the repository's tally of clones.

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Ivanti

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

And these threats have increased in recent years: According to the 2023 State of Malware Report from Malwarebytes, 71% of companies worldwide were affected by ransomware. Think of this as malware targeting your systems, not your users. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported that more than 3.2

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Ivanti

APRIL 28, 2021

Both agents stop the propagation of malware and ransomware by first detecting the malicious attachment, blocking the script from executing, and then isolating the infected endpoint from the network. Once the threat has been remediated by the company IT administrator, the workstation or server can be restored to normal operation.

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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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

There is also a matter of security, with much effort going into ransomware and malware, but Chavez feels a big opportunity is to bring security to the data wherever it lies. With the OTC tool, similar to putting locks and cameras on a home, developers can download the API and attach rules to all of a user’s data.

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Lacework

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We list the following data sources that require global visibility for collection: Internet Scan: Response Content : Implies scanning all of the internet Internet Scan: Response Metadata : Implies scanning all of the internet Domain Name: Passive DNS : Implies monitoring all global DNS traffic Domain Name: Active DNS : Implies monitoring all global (..)

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CTOvision

MARCH 27, 2019

UC Browser, a hugely popular mobile browser from Alibaba-owned UCWeb, has a design flaw that allows attackers to swap out downloads from the company’s servers with files from any server on the internet, according to researchers at Russian security firm Dr. Web.

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Aqua Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The attackers propagate this malware through a Docker Hub lookalike account intended to dupe developers into downloading malicious images. Aqua’s Team Nautilus has uncovered a container image that, for the first time, allows bad actors to find and exploit vulnerabilities in Kubernetes clusters.

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Ivanti

AUGUST 3, 2021

Ransomware is a strain of malware that blocks users (or a company) from accessing their personal data or apps on infected iOS, iPadOS, and Android mobile devices, macOS laptops, Windows personal computers and servers, and Linux servers. Communications : The malware scans the contents of the SD card. Devices running versions from 2.2

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ProtectWise

MAY 18, 2016

In January 2016, Palo Alto Network's Unit 42 released research describing new instances of malware being leveraged by an adversary group previously known as "C0d0so0" or "Codoso." com in December 2015 via the HTTP variant malware described in Unit 42's blog post. import base64. str_b64decoded = base64.

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The Crazy Programmer

JULY 18, 2021

Cybersecurity is more critical than ever in today’s modern world, especially with news of ransomware attacks and other forms of malware on the rise. Whether you’re downloading files or simply browsing, it can be a very useful bit of software. Zero Trust.

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Palo Alto Networks

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

NSS Labs’ Advanced Endpoint Protection Test put leading endpoint security products through 45,000 attack test cases across all tested products including malware, exploits, blended threats, unknown threats, evasions, handcrafted attacks and resistance to tampering. . Cortex XDR blocked 98.4% of samples) as well as via HTTP (99.3%).

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Verizon Business Internet Security Plus and Preferred are add-on solutions which can help block devices connected to your Verizon LTE or 5G business internet solution from accessing malicious sites or downloading malicious content. Customers can review reports on threats blocked via a special portal.

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