Tenable

JULY 11, 2023

Important CVE-2023-36884 | Office and Windows HTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2023-36884 is a RCE vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and Office that was assigned a CVSSv3 score of 8.3 and patches are available for all supported versions of Windows. and has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day.

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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

APRIL 19, 2024

The report, divided into nine chapters, covers topics including research and development; technical performance; responsible AI; and policy and governance. CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Benchmark v3.0.0 CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Benchmark v3.0.0 CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Benchmark v3.0.0

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Tenable

APRIL 20, 2021

For CVE-2020-8243, the researchers detail how an attacker could exploit the flaw to gain arbitrary code execution privileges on the underlying operating system by injecting a backdoored template file. Implanting malware and harvesting credentials. Defense, government and financial organizations targeted.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JUNE 6, 2023

MLC LLM , from developers of Web LLM , allows many different combinations of hardware and operating systems to run small large language models entirely locally. It supports iPhones, Windows, Linux, MacOS, and web browsers. PyPI has been plagued with malware submissions, account takeovers, and other security issues.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Windows software can be a gateway for bad people to gain access to your company Image Credit: Alexander Popov. How much Microsoft windows software is being used at your company? There is a fundamental weakness in the architecture of the Windows platform, which seems to make it particularly vulnerable to malware.

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ProtectWise

MAY 15, 2017

WannaCry's primary infection vector is through publicly accessible hosts running an unpatched version of Windows via the SMB protocol. Any network with hosts running a version of the Windows operating system missing the MS17-010 patches is vulnerable to WannaCry's infection mechanism. Who Created The Malware?

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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.

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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. The county is still trying to recover and restore all their systems today, having already spent $5.5

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Or go with a window back up? Windows Back Up. Windows Backup is a component of your operating system that helps to backup and restore your system and data. Windows back up are incredibly easy to use. Virus and Malware. Windows back up does not protect your files and documents during restore.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

It’s also important that machine learning seems to have taken a step (pun somewhat intended) forward, with robots that teach themselves to walk by trial and error, and with robots that learn how to assemble themselves to perform specific tasks. Kerla is a Linux-like operating system kernel written in Rust that can run most Linux executables.

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Kaseya

AUGUST 6, 2019

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008/R2 are reaching their end of life (EOL) in less than six months. It means that if you keep using Windows 7 and/or Windows Server 2008/R2, you will be at a huge risk of being exploited by cybercriminals if new vulnerabilities are disclosed. The Repercussions of Continued Use of Windows 7.

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Lacework

APRIL 16, 2024

In this blog, we’ll dive into the techniques that power our Composite Alerts and explore how our threat detection capabilities perform when put to the test. Detection of Suspicious Binaries Unusual binary executions were flagged by the system, pointing to the first-time detection of potentially malicious commands or executables.

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Lacework

OCTOBER 6, 2022

All significant actions the application performs require syscalls, therefore, malicious activities can be detected by applying detection logic to the syscalls and their corresponding arguments. . TOCTOU window in the Linux kernel code path (connect syscall example). These include networking, file system, and other IO operations.

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Loom Systems

MAY 8, 2018

You're not the only one who gets trolled by Windows! Well, this is what we call the “Blue Screen of Death” or simply “BSOD” and you’re simply not the only one who just got trolled by Windows! Well, this is what we call the “Blue Screen of Death” or simply “BSOD” and you’re simply not the only one who just got trolled by Windows!

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Bringing back the browser wars: In Windows 11, Microsoft has made it difficult to use a browser other than their Edge, and requires the Edge browser for certain functions that use the proprietary microsoft-edge:// protocol. And there are no doubt cloud projects that don’t deliver, and move back on-prem. Security and Privacy. Cryptocurrency.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Linux Operating System Fundamentals – Have you heard of Linux, but don’t really know anything about it?

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AlienVault

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Following my analysis on ZombieBoy in July, I found a new malware sample that I’m calling MadoMiner. However, MadoMiner is much, much, larger, in terms of: The size of the malware; The amount of systems infected; and. Both are basically the same, just adjusted for operating system. dll or x64.dll dll and x64.dll

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Lacework

JUNE 2, 2022

For years, Lacework has helped security teams understand what’s happening in their workloads via an agent that runs on Linux operating systems. Today, we are happy to announce expanded coverage of this agent-based workload protection, which includes new support for the following operating environments: . Compatibility .

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Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Linux Operating System Fundamentals – Have you heard of Linux, but don’t really know anything about it?

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Palo Alto Networks

DECEMBER 5, 2022

These smishing attacks, or phishing performed through SMS, are on the rise. Jailbreaking increases the risk of downloading malware. Now you can protect a broad set of endpoints, mobile devices and cloud workloads in your organization, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, Chrome and now iOS, with the Cortex XDR agent.

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The Crazy Programmer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Operating System. One of the significant advantages of a peer-to-peer network is that any OS, whether Windows or Mac, can be used. Here the user does not require to own any networking operating system such as windows server OS. Slow Performance. Issues in Remote Access.

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Kaseya

AUGUST 18, 2023

As NextGen AV and EDR solutions have evolved to better respond to malware, more and more cybercriminals are performing living off the land (LOTL) attacks instead.  What is a LOTL attack?  Computers have powerful built-in tools that are crucial to an operating system functioning.

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Prisma Clud

JUNE 20, 2023

A narrow window exists to address minor security incidents before they become major breaches. It must also integrate with different workload types, as well as operating systems like Linux or Windows and architectures like x64 or ARM. Their expertise and diligence are indispensable alongside DevOps and security teams.

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Openxcell

JUNE 13, 2022

Desktop wallets are hot wallets as they are supposed to be connected to the desktop to operate. These wallets are secured using several protections like firewalls, malware removal tools, antivirus software, etc. It also protects private keys against malware attacks and allows offline storage of coins.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

APRIL 2, 2024

The attack was discovered by an engineer who noticed some performance anomalies. It’s available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. In a Twitter post (that I can’t find) they claim performance similar to Gemini-1 at each model size. is releasing an open-source system for fine tuning large language models with up to 70B parameters.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

AUGUST 10, 2021

An attacker plants malware on your system that encrypts all the files, making your system useless, then offers to sell you the key you need to decrypt the files. An email to a victim entices them to open an attachment or to visit a website that installs malware. The concept behind ransomware is simple.

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Tenable

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Data breaches, malware, new vulnerabilities and exploit techniques dominated the news, as attackers and defenders continue the perpetual cat and mouse game. The flaw was eventually noted to affect systems as far back as Windows 2000 all the way up to Windows Server 2008 R2. Let’s speculate, shall we?

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Kaseya

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Those tools also take an inventory of all IT assets, such as servers, desktops, virtual machines, operating systems, applications and active ports, on each machine to scan them for security flaws. The Stuxnet worm was spread through Microsoft Windows computers and could be carried on USB drives as well.

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Kaseya

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

A third-party application is software created by a company other than the original manufacturer of the device on which the application running or the operating system (OS) that supports it. For example, Adobe Acrobat Reader is a third-party app that is available for both Microsoft Windows and macOS. What is an Application Patch?

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Altexsoft

JULY 18, 2022

Overly permissive privileges —occur when users have more privileges than required to perform their responsibilities or gain access to restricted information. Privilege abuse —occurs when users misuse their privileges to perform unauthorized actions. You can mitigate this issue by using query-level access control. Conclusion.

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Kaseya

MARCH 31, 2021

This has been made possible with the use of virtualization technologies that allow a single physical server to run multiple virtual machines that each have their own guest operating system. This technology doesn’t require a host operating system to run virtual machines. What Is Hyper-V and How Does It Work?

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Kaseya

DECEMBER 27, 2023

They can then use this advantage to conduct corporate espionage, steal confidential information or launch devastating cyberattacks, like malware, ransomware, phishing, advanced persistent threats (APTs) and more. Moreover, forensics capabilities can be used to analyze the malware sample and its behavior.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 4, 2014

Extends Platform Coverage to Windows 8.1 and Office 365; Optimizes Performance Running on Smaller Footprint Endpoints, Touchscreen Tablets and Virtual Desktops; and Supports Distributed Rollouts With Group Templates and CDN-Enabled Client Upgrades. delivers key features and benefits, including: Microsoft Windows 8.1 FreeSpace 4.0

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Altexsoft

JUNE 22, 2021

To control the machines in the network, the bots are infected with malware that places them under the control of the bot herder. Next, they create a bot builder, which packs a malware payload and then embeds it with the address of the C2 and relevant configuration information. Infected bots are often referred to as “zombies”.

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Altexsoft

JUNE 22, 2021

To control the machines in the network, the bots are infected with malware that places them under the control of the bot herder. Next, they create a bot builder, which packs a malware payload and then embeds it with the address of the C2 and relevant configuration information. Infected bots are often referred to as “zombies”.

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Palo Alto Networks

JUNE 2, 2020

Open a Live Terminal session, initiate a malware scan or isolate an endpoint. Alert table enhancements – You can view, sort and filter endpoint alerts based on MAC address, domain and endpoint operating system, as well as network alerts based on App-ID category, email subject, URL and much more. In Cortex XDR 2.4,

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