New Mirai Variant Employs Uncommon Tactics to Distribute Malware
RapperBot’s initial infection tactic is one example of the different methods attackers are using to distribute malware.
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Google Launches New Cybersecurity Initiatives to Strengthen Vulnerability Management
Google on Thursday outlined a set of initiatives aimed at improving the vulnerability management ecosystem and establishing greater transparency measures around exploitation.
“While the notoriety of zero-day vulnerabilities typically makes headlines, risks remain even after they’re known and fixed, which is the real story,” the company said in an announcement. “Those risks span everything from
“While the notoriety of zero-day vulnerabilities typically makes headlines, risks remain even after they’re known and fixed, which is the real story,” the company said in an announcement. “Those risks span everything from
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Spots Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids for the First Time
A NASA probe sent to observe Jupiter’s swarm of asteroids recently caught the first glimpse of its rocky targets, capturing deep-space images of four of the mysterious Trojans.
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Money Ransomware Group Enters Double-Extortion Fray
Ransomware group uses API calls to spread throughout shared network resources, researchers say.
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Why the US Needs Quantum-Safe Cryptography Deployed Now
Quantum computers might be a decade away, but guess how long it will take to switch systems over to post-quantum cryptography?
Star Trek: Picard Pits the Next Generation Against the Last One
Star Trek: Picard has felt very different in its final season to either the spartan, melancholy tone of its first, or the balls-to-the-wall wildness of its second. But as it prepares for one last hurrah with the TNG crew in its penultimate episode, it has borrowed a little bit of that energy of season two to prepare…
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Remcos RAT Targets Tax Pros to Scurry Off With Workers’ Filing Info
Something exciting to liven up tax season: cybercriminals accessing sensitive personal information for individuals through the army of accountants preparing for Tax Day in the US.
The Latest Push for Monetization at Twitter Is Here
Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced on Thursday that users will be able to offer subscriptions to their followers, piggybacking off the platform’s previous “Super Follow” function. The new money-making effort will allow users to offer subscription content to their followers for a small fee.
Someone Turned the macOS Folder Icon Into a Real-Life Wallet
If you’re using a Mac, take a quick peek at your desktop. It’s probably filled with lots of confusingly labelled folders full of random files as a result of a half-hearted attempt to organize your digital life. You can now add one more unlabelled blue folder to the chaos, except this one slips into your pocket.
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The Russia-linked APT29 is behind recent attacks targeting NATO and EU
Poland intelligence linked the Russian APT29 group to a series of attacks targeting NATO and European Union countries. Poland’s Military Counterintelligence Service and its Computer Emergency Response Team linked a recent string of attacks targeting NATO and European Union countries to the Russia-linked APT29 group (aka SVR group, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, and The Dukes). APT29 along with APT28 cyber espionage group […]
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