The Verge

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The message links to an official Microsoft website that claims “pirated software exposes your PC to security threats.” Microsoft warns Office pirates that they run the risk of running into viruses, malware, data loss, identify theft, and the inability to receive critical updates. Office 2021 version , either. Image: Ghacks.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

A tool released on GitHub advertised the sought-after ability to unlock the full Ethereum mining capabilities of recent Nvidia RTX graphics cards but actually contains malware. The publication points readers to Joe’s SandBox Cloud , a cool site that illustrates exactly how the malicious file spreads through a system upon installation.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

When Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering last year said, “We have a level of malware on the Mac that we don’t find acceptable,” he apparently really meant it. Federighi characterized Apple as being in an enduring battle against malware on the Mac. Apple is giant taking steps to secure the Mac.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 15, 2023

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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SecureWorld News

JUNE 29, 2022

Their analysis identified the malware as a variant of the Meteor data-wiping malware that targeted Iran's national railway system and government in 2021. Security researchers from Check Point documented their findings on the incident.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 16, 2021

DOJ prosecutors say Oleg Koshkin, a 41-year-old Russian national, operated a crypting service used to conceal Kelihos malware from antivirus software. In other words, it could fool antivirus into believing there was no threat and no security reason to deny the malware access to a particular system.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 6, 2021

October 4, 2021. September 30, 2021. October 5, 2021. March 14, 2021. October 5, 2021. October 2, 2021. When a user thinks they are getting something free, but just get malware instead. Free software or just malware?? ??????????????? September 27, 2021. October 1, 2021.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 18, 2023

Bots are highly versatile software programs designed to automate tasks and streamline processes. of advanced bad bots observed in 2021. Advanced Bad Bots 2021-2022 3. These unsolicited messages often contain malware, phishing links, or other deceptive content, intending to deceive unsuspecting recipients.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

They’re usually performed through a botnet, a network of machines that have been compromised using malware or malicious software to control them remotely. While the number of DDoS attacks have increased in 2021 on Azure, the maximum attack throughput had declined to 625Mbps before this 2.4Tbps attack in the last week of August.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 16, 2021

DOJ prosecutors say Oleg Koshkin, a 41-year-old Russian national, operated a crypting service used to conceal Kelihos malware from antivirus software. In other words, it could fool antivirus into believing there was no threat and no security reason to deny the malware access to a particular system.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 28, 2021

In January 2021, the FBI and other international law enforcement agencies worked together to take down one of the world's most notorious malware strains, Emotet. Keep operating systems and software patched.". Emotet was one of the most dangerous malwares in the world, according to Europol. What was Emotet?

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Dataconomy

JULY 17, 2023

Email security service SlashNext, which used the chatbot, claims that the creator of WormGPT is offering access to the software for sale in a well-known hacker forum. The developer claims to have utilized the open-source GPT-J from the 2021 big language model, which is an earlier large language model.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 23, 2021

This refers to the average rate of legitimate traffic in 2021 Q2. Fifteen percent of the bot's IP addresses were located in Indonesia, while 17% came from India and Brazil combined, meaning there is a chance many devices in these countries are infected with malware. Dosd is a home-grown software-defined daemon. So peaking at 17.2

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Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

According to recent Microsoft Intelligence findings , education is the most targeted industry, with nearly 80% of malware encounters in the last 30 days. Installing Malware. Malware is malicious software designed to infect or damage the system and networks. Install Anti-Malware Software. Backup Your Data.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Both United Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines saw service outages in 2023 resulting from wonky software upgrades, and Southwest ended the previous year with a Christmas travel meltdown blamed on outdated systems. Honestly, it’s a wonder the system works at all. Probably the worst IT airline disaster of 2023 came on the government side, however.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Winning a prize is one of life’s sweetest rewards—unless that prize is malware in disguise. Researchers discovered this malicious software reached more than 10 million people through Android’s Google Play Store and third-party app stores, resulting in millions of dollars stolen. GriftHorse Trojan scope and apps infected.

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Dataconomy

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Types of Cyber Attacks Ransomware A potent malware, Ransomware is now the preferred tool for cybercriminals. Predictions by Cybersecurity Ventures suggest a staggering USD 30 billion cryptocurrency crime cost in 2025, marking a worrying 15 percent annual increase from 2021’s USD 17.5 billion loss.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 11, 2023

No charging station is safe, apparently, as the FBI is warning travelers looking to charge their devices in airports, hotels, and coffee shops that "juice jacking" is a thing—as bad actors are using public chargers and even free cables and charging plugs to infect phones and other devices with malware.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

Common Types of Cyber Attacks Common techniques that criminal hackers use to penetrate systems include social engineering, password attacks, malware, and exploitation of software vulnerabilities. Malware can be delivered through email attachments, malicious websites, or compromised software.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 13, 2023

Individual employees often adopt shadow IT for their convenience and productivity—they feel they can work more efficiently or effectively using their personal devices and preferred software, instead of the company’s sanctioned IT resources. In addition, shadow IT can lead to compliance violations and malware infections.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 2, 2022

The path toward future information security mastery includes: Acknowledging individual responsibilities/accountabilities, Making individual infosec beliefs explicit, Practicing good cyber hygiene, Paying attention to the software supply chain, and Hardening operational technology components. Spectators no more. Security, Security Practices

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

According to VMware , the attackers are not exploiting a Zero-Day vulnerability, and this service is disabled by default in ESXi software releases that were issued after 2021. The attackers are targeting products that are "significantly out-of-date" or have already reached their End of General Support (EOGS).

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GeekWire

MARCH 29, 2024

Veeam Software , the top company by market share in data protection and ransomware recovery, has officially shifted its corporate headquarters from Columbus, Ohio, to the Seattle area, drawn by the close proximity of the major cloud providers and the deep pool of technical talent. Veeam CEO Anand Eswaran inside the company’s new headquarters.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Whether it is ransomware, other types of malware, or any number of cyberattacks, threat actors keep inventing new techniques to cause disruption. In a blog post, Neel Mehta, Information Security lead for Google, explains how a hacker has managed to break certificate code parsing to invade email inboxes and infect users with malware.

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Dataconomy

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From AI-powered phishing attacks that mimic trusted voices to malware embedded within seemingly innocuous QR codes, the tactics of cybercriminals evolve at an alarming pace.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2021

“Its purpose is to protect encryption keys, user credentials, and other sensitive data behind a hardware barrier so that malware and attackers can’t access or tamper with that data.”. TPMs work by offering hardware-level protection instead of software only. in just 12 hours pic.twitter.com/9TTHC2c47w — Shen Ye (@shen) June 25, 2021.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

CISA discovered that threat actors had "exploited the Log4Shell vulnerability in an unpatched VMware Horizon server, installed XMRig crypto mining software, moved laterally to the domain controller (DC), compromised credentials, and then implanted Ngrok reverse proxies on several hosts to maintain persistence.".

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

News of the SolarWinds data breach, where it's software management updates were hacked, rocked the cyber world. And now comes news from France's National Information Systems Security Agency (ANSSI), that a French software monitoring firm has been under an undetected supply chain attack for several years. February 16, 2021.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 17, 2023

In 2021, U.S. Challenges for fraud risk management Fraud is a big and a worthwhile business for today’s online criminals, who troll the internet and insert data-stealing malware into vulnerable sites and mobile apps. AI can also enhance existing software, such as alerting systems, which often generate many false positives.

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The Verge

MARCH 5, 2021

Four exploits found in Microsoft’s Exchange Server software have reportedly led to over 30,000 US governmental and commercial organizations having their emails hacked, according to a report by KrebsOnSecurity. link] — Chris Krebs (@C_C_Krebs) March 5, 2021. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This includes the 2021 annual report at Accenture. For example, as previously reported, during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, we identified irregular activity in one of our environments, which included the extraction of proprietary information by a third party, some of which was made available to the public by the third party.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 30, 2021

Researchers found that threat actor use of the security tool increased by 161% from 2019 to 2020 and remains a high-volume threat in 2021. Its malleability coupled with its usability makes it a robust and effective tool for siphoning data, moving laterally, and loading additional malware payloads. Cobalt Strike background.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In January 2021, a ransomware attack against an identified US farm resulted in losses of approximately $9 million due to the temporary shutdown of their farming operations. The company did not pay the $40 million ransom and was able to successfully restore their systems from backups.". "In

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 8, 2022

According to Experian’s 2021 Global Identity and Fraud Report, 55% of consumers say security is the most important aspect of their online experience. Device security: Employees can be required to use sanctioned devices with corporate anti-malware solutions installed. Consumers increasingly demand security from their online services.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 22, 2021

We will be releasing a software update in early May. Visit Security Advisory SA44784 (CVE-2021-22893) for more information.". Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to place webshells on the appliance to gain persistent system access into the appliance operating the vulnerable software.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 13, 2021

pic.twitter.com/BAvAGPkTzx — Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) October 12, 2021. Prominent Warzone players have become highly vocal about the problem, forcing Raven Software to communicate more frequently about the cheating issues and promise a full anti-cheat system in August. See you tomorrow.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 26, 2021

The research community caught on to this tactic: "On Jan 14, 2021, the actors shared via Twitter a YouTube video they uploaded that proclaimed to exploit CVE-2021-1647, a recently patched Windows Defender vulnerability. The DLL is custom malware that would immediately begin communicating with actor-controlled C2 domains.".

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