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Cyberspies tap free tools to make powerful malware framework

Network World

Over the past year, a group of attackers has managed to infect hundreds of computers belonging to government agencies with a malware framework stitched together from JavaScript code and publicly available tools. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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SysAdmin Gets 10 Years in Prison

SecureWorld News

Being a systems administrator can be a fulfilling job with a lot of rewards. Some were hackers, others developed the malware installed on computers, and still others crafted the malicious emails that duped victims into infecting their company systems.

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Lazarus APT Targeting Cryptocurrency, CISA Warns

SecureWorld News

The threat actors use social engineering to encourage individuals to download trojanized cryptocurrency applications on Windows or macOS operating systems. They use the apps to gain access to the victim's computer and install malware across the network environment, stealing private keys and exploiting other security gaps.

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Ransomware Detection at Chip Level? Yes, Says Intel

SecureWorld News

This technique also helps verify that the operating system and its virtual environment are running directly on Intel hardware, as opposed to malware that is spoofing the hardware. Providing operating system visibility into the BIOS- and firmware-protection methods used at boot time. Intel's 11th gen core vPro processors.

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Insider Threat: A perspective on how to address the increasing risk

CTOvision

Spanning a wide range of malicious activities from destructive malware and denial of service attacks, to the theft of intellectual property and even espionage, cyber threats pose a significant risk to any business. In recent years, multiple high-profile, high-impact breaches have raised awareness of the cyber threat. The Insider Threat.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Beyond MITRE ATT&CK

ForAllSecure

Duff: ATT&CK itself is just a project within the MITRE Corporation, right, so it was originally spun up as a research and development effort that was being done about eight years ago now. So what we wanted to do is go off and develop a company that would give organizations the tools that they need to really make it their own.

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