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Malvertising Is a Cybercrime Heavyweight, Not an Underdog

SecureWorld News

Just to illustrate the scope of the issue, the Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team spotted more than 800 malvertising campaigns in only the first six months of 2023, noting that the number of attacks that flew under researchers' radar was likely much higher. Of course, good old vigilance won't go amiss.

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Common Techniques Hackers Use to Penetrate Systems and How to Protect Your Organization

ForAllSecure

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. Software Vulnerabilities Exploiting software vulnerabilities is one of the most common ways that hackers penetrate systems.

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The CyberWire Daily Podcast EP. 389 With Guest Speaker David Brumley

ForAllSecure

The CyberWire Daily includes interviews with a wide spectrum of experts from industry, academia, and research organizations all over the world. The SyTech projects exposed included social media monitoring solutions and TOR deanonymization tools. Reports suggest that smishing is one possible attack vector for the spyware.

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The CyberWire Daily Podcast EP. 389 With Guest Speaker David Brumley

ForAllSecure

The CyberWire Daily includes interviews with a wide spectrum of experts from industry, academia, and research organizations all over the world. The SyTech projects exposed included social media monitoring solutions and TOR deanonymization tools. Reports suggest that smishing is one possible attack vector for the spyware.

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THE CYBERWIRE DAILY PODCAST EP. 389 WITH GUEST SPEAKER DAVID BRUMLEY

ForAllSecure

The CyberWire Daily includes interviews with a wide spectrum of experts from industry, academia, and research organizations all over the world. The SyTech projects exposed included social media monitoring solutions and TOR deanonymization tools. Reports suggest that smishing is one possible attack vector for the spyware.

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Antitrust investigations aren’t the biggest threat to Facebook’s future

The Verge

Finally, if you break us up, a giant technology company from China will likely emerge as the world’s dominant social network, creating a beachhead for the expansion of Chinese soft power — and, along with it, censorship and authoritarianism. Google and Apple’s COVID-19 exposure notification system was supposed to preserve people’s privacy.