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Microsoft did door-to-door router replacements to stop Trickbot malware

The Verge

Microsoft says it’s gone door-to-door replacing routers compromised with the Trickbot malware in Brazil and Latin America, hoping to squash an international hacking group. The Daily Beast reported the detail in an article about the group, which is an ongoing target for US Cyber Command as well as information security companies like Microsoft.

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School Gives Malware Infected Laptops to Students

SecureWorld News

government recently sent out roughly 800,000 laptops to disadvantaged students who may not have access to one at home. Unfortunately, a number of the laptops sent out were discovered to have malware. English students' laptops infected with malware. English students' laptops infected with malware.

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5 challenges for securing the future

CIO Business Intelligence

Information security has been an intriguing part of our past, is a critical part of our present, and will be a defining factor in our future. The economics of security are clear: “There is no financial stability without cybersecurity,” writes Loretta J. To have a future requires mastering information security.

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Invincea Announces 54 New Enterprise Customers for Its Flagship Enterprise Solution, $8.1M in Advanced Research Contracts for Its Labs Division

CTOvision

In the first quarter of 2014, the company’s advanced research division—Invincea Labs—secured $8.1M in new contracts for advanced cybersecurity projects for defense and federal government agencies in the areas of cloud-based advanced malware analysis, spear-phishing attacks against Android, and big data analytics for compromise detection.

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Report Reveals Top Cyber Threats, Trends of 2023 First Half

SecureWorld News

Critical Start today released its biannual Cyber Intelligence Report, featuring the top threats observed in the first half of 2023 and emerging cybersecurity trends impacting the healthcare, financial services, and state and local government industries. The new Beep malware is top of mind for organizations and individuals.

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Global Supply Chain Cyberattack Underway via IT Monitoring Software

SecureWorld News

The software updates for your IT management tools arrive automatically and contain legitimate changes—but hidden inside the update is malware that gives hackers secret access to your network. Government and prominent security researchers, this type of attack is playing out right now on a global scale. And according to the U.S.

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Defending Against the Threats to Our Security

SecureWorld News

Ransomware is malware that encrypts the victim's data and demands a ransom for its decryption. Cyberattacks are not only a threat to individuals and businesses but also to national security. According to Microsoft, nearly 80% of nation-state attackers targeted government agencies, think tanks, and other non-government organizations.