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Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, McAfee and Symantec Found the Cyber Threat Alliance

CTOvision

In what could be a very virtuous trend, four of the cyber security industry’s leading tech vendors (Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, McAfee and Symantec) have established a consortium focused on the furtherance of the art and science of cyber threat intelligence. Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW ). By Bob Gourley.

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Microsoft and Intel are working on a project that converts malware into images for easier identification

TechSpot

Building on an earlier joint effort, the two are now attempting to tackle malware classification as a computer vision task through an approach known as static malware-as-image network analysis (STAMINA).

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Why endpoint security will be a renewed priority for businesses of all sizes in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Most ransomware programs, once they’ve infected one computer, will proliferate across the network, and lock down the entire organisation’s IT environment. This is what Intel has aimed to deliver with the Intel vPro® platform. In all three cases, the cyber criminals are gaining access via the endpoint devices.

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Scott Lowe

Networking Lee Briggs (formerly of Pulumi, now with Tailscale) shows how to use the Tailscale Operator to create “free” Kubernetes load balancers (“free” as in no additional charge above and beyond what it would normally cost to operate a Kubernetes cluster). Think Linux doesn’t have malware?

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Fileless Powershell malware uses DNS as covert communication channel

Network World

Targeted attacks are moving away from traditional malware to stealthier techniques that involve abusing standard system tools and protocols, some of which are not always monitored. When opened, the file masquerades as a "protected document" secured by McAfee, an antivirus brand now owned by Intel Security.

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Barracuda, ReversingLabs, Telefonica and Zscaler Join Cyber Threat Alliance

CTOvision

February 13, 2015 – Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), McAfee Labs, Palo Alto Networks® (NYSE: PANW) and Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC), co-founders of the industry’s first cyber threat alliance, today announced that Barracuda Networks, Inc. ABOUT MCAFEE LABS, PART OF INTEL SECURITY. McAfee Labs is the threat research division of Intel Security.

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U.S. Cyber Command Links MuddyWater Gang to Iranian Intelligence

SecureWorld News

United States Cyber Command recently announced it has successfully identified and disclosed multiple open source tools that Iranian threat actors have been using in networks all around the world. It also surveils anti-regime activists abroad through its network of agents placed in Iran's embassies.'". Here is how the U.S.

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