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Kinsing Malware Hides Itself as a Manual Page and Targets Cloud Servers

Tenable

Unlike traditional on-premises infrastructure, cloud infrastructure allows attackers to quickly deploy resources for cryptomining, making it easier to exploit. One of the most common cryptomining threats for cloud environments is the Kinsing malware. The malware has a cryptominer embedded in it called XMRig.

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CISA’s Malware Analysis Platform could Foster Better Threat Intel

Ooda Loop

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has given organizations a new resource for analyzing suspicious and potentially malicious files, URLs, and IP addresses by making its Malware Next-Gen Analysis platform available to everyone earlier this week.

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Threat Alert: Fileless Malware Executing in Containers

Aqua Security

Our cyber research team detected a new type of attack that executes and runs malware straight from memory in containers, thus evading common defenses and static scanning. We found four container images in Docker Hub designed to execute fileless malware attacks.

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More connected, less secure: Addressing IoT and OT threats to the enterprise

CIO

Malware is the top threat to IoT/OT With so many vulnerabilities plaguing IoT devices, these devices are attractive and relatively easy entry points into corporate networks for attackers. In fact, two notorious botnets, Mirai and Gafgyt, are major contributors to a recent surge in IoT malware attacks.

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5 tips for securing your remote workspace

CIO

Security professionals must adapt controls to a world where the perimeter is distributed, and users can log into corporate resources from any network and any device. This may sound hackneyed, but employees continue to click on malware (according to HP 21% have done so since working from home). Use the tools IT provides.

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Top 5 Security Trends for CIOs

CIO

A second, more pernicious risk is the fact that ChatGPT can write malware. Sometimes the malware has errors, but with simple repetition the hacker can generate multiple working versions of the code. Such polymorphic malware is particularly hard to detect, because it may be different from one attack to another.

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Social Engineering Remains the Coin of the Realm for Ransomware Gangs (or APTs- Advanced Persistent Threats)

Ooda Loop

Or Stuxnet (which came down to, in the end, someone unwittingly walking into the Iranian nuclear facility with a USB drive with malware on it). We have been on the social engineering (aka Human Risk Management or Human Engineering beat for a while - providing resources to our readership and the OODA Network regularly.

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