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Runa Sandvik’s new startup Granitt secures at-risk people from hackers and nation states

TechCrunch

Journalists and activists are increasingly targeted by the wealthy and resourceful who seek to keep the truth hidden, from nation-state aligned hackers hacking into journalist’s inboxes to governments deploying mobile spyware to snoop on their most vocal critics. When The New York Times was hacked by China in 2012, that was phishing.

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Hidden inside Dark Caracal’s espionage apps: Old tech

The Parallax

The hackers hid Trojan malware in legitimate-looking and functioning apps for devices running Google’s Android operating system, promoting their third-party app marketplace installation via links on Facebook and other social platforms. It has since become a notorious tool for monitoring political dissidents.

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Daily Crunch: India’s Central Bank says cryptocurrency ‘may even be worse’ than Ponzi schemes

TechCrunch

They make sure that the right processes are set up and that the right tools are selected and used to make remote work successful.”. The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has called for a bloc-wide ban on the controversial Pegasus spyware tool , warning its use could lead to an “unprecedented level of intrusiveness,” she writes.

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Congratulations to the Winners Who Escaped the Dreaded Haunted House of IT

Kaseya

It prevents hackers from gaining easy access to your systems through the use of weak or stolen login credentials. Malware – short for malicious software, is a term used to represent computer viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware, adware, spyware, etc. The Weapon: Automated Phishing Defense Tool. The Threat: Malware.

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5 Cyber Security Threats to SMEs, and How Software Development Services Can Help

KitelyTech

SMEs should identify accounts with access to internal systems and terminate those no longer in use or associated with ex-employees. Additionally, SMEs can seek software development services Chicago businesses can work with to help them implement tools that can track the activity of these important, yet sensitive accounts.

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Learn the Language of Vulnerability Assessment: Key Security Terms You Should Know

Tenable

Spyware: Programs that monitor activity of infected computers (e.g., Mitigation and/or remediation may be as simple as patching an app or operating system, or may require more consequential actions like removing programs, disabling hosts or temporarily shutting down a network. Balancing security and compliance.

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AI Applications in Cybersecurity with Real-Life Examples

Altexsoft

Many modern security tools, like threat intelligence, already utilize machine learning. You can use regression to predict system calls of operating systems, and then identify anomalies by comparing the prediction to an actual call. Conventional security tools use signatures or attack indicators to identify threats.