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. Modern-day internet users need to ensure they are protected, and companies should also set cybersecurity protocols to help keep their systems secure from threats. Zero Trust.

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The Parallax

MAY 7, 2018

Malware and antivirus software usually go together like tacos and pickles. 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.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

The models were trained on a data set called The Pile, a mix of internet-scraped text samples from websites including PubMed, StackExchange and Wikipedia. “Open, fine-grained access to our models allows the broad research and academic community to develop interpretability and safety techniques beyond what is possible with closed models.”

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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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Lacework

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As security researchers, we’re constantly analyzing and anticipating cyber threats. When a new CVE is published, security researchers use it to gauge its impact on the internet, but threat actors exploit the same information to compile lists of potential targets. Malware (e.g., Malware (e.g.,

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CIO

MARCH 19, 2024

Personal computers, then the internet, and then smartphones all led to opportunities for computer-augmented humanity. 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. Well, researchers from OpenAI and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) tackled this question and just published a study outlining specific assessment criteria. 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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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

Ax Sharma is a security researcher and reporter. His areas of interest include open source software security, malware analysis, data breaches, and scam investigations. Needless to say, the sabotaged versions of node-ipc — now effectively malware — were taken down from the npm registry. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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The Parallax

JANUARY 26, 2021

It was a serious enough problem in the early days of the commercial Internet for the United States to pass the AntiCybersquatting Consumer Protection Act in 1999, which contained measures to allow for prosecution of typosquatters. More and more devices are connecting to the Internet every day. READ MORE ON CYBERATTACKS.

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CIO

JANUARY 20, 2023

By Anand Oswal, Senior Vice President and GM at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks Connected medical devices, also known as the Internet of Medical Things or IoMT, are revolutionizing healthcare, not only from an operational standpoint but related to patient care. Many connected devices ship with inherent vulnerabilities.

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IoT Healthcare Compliance Journal 195

Ivanti

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Recent research shows that the average cost of a data breach is $4.45 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.

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Software Review Systems Review Malware Education 106

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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Malware Mobile Internet Research 86

The Accidental Successful CIO

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

CIOs need to ask the right questions before connecting everything to the internet Image Credit: Ryan. Just in case you’ve been living under a rock for a while, you may not be aware of this thing that is being called the “internet of things” (IOT). What Are The Issues With IOT? How Can CIOs Stay Secure With IOT?

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Internet Malware IoT Software Review 40

The Parallax

JANUARY 26, 2021

It was a serious enough problem in the early days of the commercial Internet for the United States to pass the AntiCybersquatting Consumer Protection Act in 1999, which contained measures to allow for prosecution of typosquatters. “More and more devices are connecting to the Internet every day.

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Hardware Internet Malware Research 130

Tenable

MARCH 6, 2024

The issues were disclosed to JetBrains in February by the researchers who discovered these vulnerabilities. APT 29, also known as Cozy Bear, is a threat actor well known for supply chain and malware attacks across a variety of industries and sectors including energy companies and political organizations. and older.

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Tenable

JANUARY 19, 2024

In addition, the latest on the Androxgh0st malware. That’s according to the “ State of the CISO, 2023–2024 Benchmark Report ” from IANS Research and Artico Search, which was announced this week and is based on a survey of 660 CISOs and on unstructured interviews with 100 CISOs. And much more! Watch it on demand!

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Infrastructure Malware Government Technical Review 72

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

After meticulous research, here are 5 tech roles that we found to still be in demand: #1 – JavaScript developer. Be it from hackers, malware, online phishing, and many more. Tech roles still in demand. What do they do? JavaScript is one of the most popular and most used programming languages as well. Industries. Information tech.

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Tenable

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Tenable Research has published two blogs on CitrixBleed, our initial analysis of the vulnerability as well as a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) blog providing added context surrounding the in-the-wild exploitation by threat actors including multiple ransomware groups. ransomware group in their exploitation of CitrixBleed.

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Kentik

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

And Cisco researchers found that the CCleaner malware was targeting at least 18 tech companies. CCleaner Malware Fiasco Targeted At Least 18 Specific Tech Firms (WIRED). billion in gross costs and shift resources toward areas such as research and development,” according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Palo Alto Networks

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

{{interview_audio_title}} 00:00 00:00 Volume Slider 10s 10s 10s 10s Seek Slider “AI’s Impact in Cybersecurity” is a blog series based on interviews with a variety of experts at Palo Alto Networks and Unit 42, with roles in AI research, product management, consulting, engineering and more.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Facebook’s large language model for scientific research, Galactica , only survived online for three days. It produced scientific papers that sounded reasonable, but the content was often factually incorrect, including “fake research” attributed to real scientists. The internet developed organically, in ways nobody could have predicted.

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Tenable

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Get the latest on the anniversary of the Log4j crisis; OWASP’s top CI/CD risks; a surge of infostealer malware; the fund transfer fraud — business email compromise connection; and more! . One year later, we’ve learned from recently released Tenable telemetry research that Log4j’s Log4Shell remains very much an issue.

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Software Review SMB Malware Development Team Review 52

Palo Alto Networks

AUGUST 13, 2021

We’re looking for highly technical perspectives with firsthand experience with our next-generation cybersecurity technologies, as well as groundbreaking new threat research or innovative best practices to be showcased at Ignite this November. Network Perimeter Internet Edge Security. Malware Analysis & Sandboxing.

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Technical Review Firewall WAN Malware 66

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. Then the exploit demands cryptocurrency as payment to unblock the locked or encrypted data and apps.

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Malware Backup Mobile Storage 98

CTOvision

JULY 12, 2016

The concept was created in 2004 to help mitigate the threat of malware but is now used for that and far more use cases. This can help identify who is infected with malware and help identify who is benefiting from the malware. DNS works like a contact application for the Internet. Bob Gourley.

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Tenable

JANUARY 27, 2023

Then scan the latest list of top malware. These policies outline how third-party researchers can report vulnerabilities they discover on IoT products to the vendors, as well as how the vendor will handle the disclosure process. Learn all about how most IoT product makers lack vulnerability disclosure policies. And much more!

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IoT Malware Policies Survey 52

Tenable

MARCH 29, 2023

As of March 29, based on what has been shared publicly by researchers, the following versions of the 3CX desktop apps are considered to be affected: Operating System Version Filename SHA256 (Installer) Windows 18.12.407 3cxdesktopapp-18.12.407.msi Do we know which versions of the 3CX desktop apps are vulnerable?

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Tenable

APRIL 19, 2024

Aimed at a broad audience, including policymakers, researchers and executives, the report seeks to help readers get “a more thorough and nuanced understanding of the complex field of AI.” The report, divided into nine chapters, covers topics including research and development; technical performance; responsible AI; and policy and governance.

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Artificial Inteligence Trends Technical Advisors Analysis 74

Palo Alto Networks

MAY 12, 2023

With over 100 million monthly active users, ChatGPT has become the most buzz worthy AI product on the internet. According to a recent blog post by Unit 42 researchers, ChatGPT-themed scam attacks are on the rise. Learn more about the OpenAI-related App-IDs on Palo Alto Networks Application Research Center.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The attack began with cyberattacks that targeted Ukrainian government departments with floods of internet traffic and data-wiping malware, followed by a ground, sea and air incursion. On February 24, Russia launched an invasion of neighboring Ukraine after months of a military build-up on its borders.

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Technical Review Industry Government Data Center 197

TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Non, je ne internete rien : Stackblitz raises $7.9 Know when to walk away, know when to run : The only failure is failing to learn, and on the newest episode of TC’s Equity podcast, the team discusses how failure is a choose-your-own-adventure for startups. A dollar is what I need (hey, hey) : Docyt raises $11.5

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Ivanti

JUNE 14, 2023

AI generated polymorphic exploits can bypass leading security tools Recently, AI-generated polymorphic malware has been developed to bypass EDR and antivirus, leaving security teams with blind spots into threats and vulnerabilities. This mutation is not detectable by traditional signature-based and low-level heuristics detection engines.

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Kentik

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Reports this week suggest a Russian teleco started providing internet connectivity to North Korea. Here are those headlines and more: Russia Provides New Internet Connection to North Korea (38 North). “A A major Russian telecommunications company appears to have begun providing an internet connection to North Korea.

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Internet Software Review Network Systems Review 40

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JUNE 6, 2023

AI LMSYS ORG (Large Model Systems Organization), a research cooperative between Berkeley, UCSD, and CMU, has released ELO ratings of large language models, based on a competitive analysis. Data OpenSafely is an open source platform that allows researchers to access electronic health records securely and transparently. Or JavaLandia?

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Ivanti

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The quickest method to check for the presence of malware on your iPhone, iPad or macOS devices is to look for the presence of an unknown configuration profile within the Settings > General > VPN & Device Management settings. Email server and Exchange settings. LDAP directory service settings. CalDAV calendar service settings.

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Palo Alto Networks

MARCH 13, 2020

Although the malware was a never-before-seen mutation of the Qbot virus, our Behavioral Threat Protection (BTP) engine caught it. Cortex XDR’s BTP engine learns all these mutations based on customer occurrences and Unit 42 research, continuously improving our global model and sharing this threat intel across all our customers in real time.

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Artificial Inteligence Malware Artificial Intelligence SMB 61

Palo Alto Networks

APRIL 8, 2020

Already, we’ve seen threats such as malware, phishing attacks and ransomware related to COVID-19. Every connection with the internet starts with a DNS query. Attackers have increasingly used DNS to spread malware and steal data by hiding within DNS traffic itself. Securing DNS is essential to your network security.

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