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Squid Game app downloaded thousands of times was really Joker malware in disguise

TechSpot

There is no official Squid Games app—not counting Netflix, of course—yet ESET’s Android malware researcher Lukas Stefanko tweeted that there are over 200 applications related to the series listed on the Play Store, and at least one of them was yet another piece of malicious software that slipped past Google’s.

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'In Fraud We Trust:' Malware Author Pleads Guilty

SecureWorld News

Computer malware. During the course of its seven-year history, the Infraud Organization inflicted approximately $2.2 Chiochiu admitted to being heavily involved in the malware side of the operation. Personally identifiable information. Financial and banking information. Other contraband. According to the U.S.

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Why Endpoint Security Is Important for Protecting Your Business Against the Latest Malware

SecureWorld News

For remote workers, endpoint security is perhaps the most essential measure as this is important in detecting the latest malware attacks. And unfortunately, along with remote working, these types of attacks have been growing in frequency over the course of the pandemic. Growth in malware during COVID-19.

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Businesses Flock to NSA's Free Cybersecurity Services

SecureWorld News

Popular services include receiving actionable intelligence on threats targeting their systems and leveraging the NSA's leading malware reverse-engineering skills to remove cyber threats after breaches. Companies with active DoD contracts are encouraged to learn more about the CCC and enroll in NSA's DIB Cybersecurity services.

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String of fileless malware attacks possibly tied to single hacker group

Network World

Several attacks observed over the past few months that rely heavily on PowerShell, open-source tools, and fileless malware techniques might be the work of a single group of hackers.

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Top 5 Security Trends for CIOs

CIO Business Intelligence

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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Malvertising Is a Cybercrime Heavyweight, Not an Underdog

SecureWorld News

Malvertising acts as a vessel for malware propagation. Scammers and malware operators are increasingly adept at mimicking popular brands in their ad snippets, which makes it problematic for the average user to tell the wheat from the chaff. Of course, good old vigilance won't go amiss.