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Window Snyder’s new startup Thistle Technologies raises $2.5M seed to secure IoT devices

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Security veteran Window Snyder thinks there is a better way. In 2016, a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service attack launched by the Mirai botnet on internet infrastructure giant Dyn knocked some of the biggest websites — Shopify, SoundCloud, Spotify, Twitter — offline for hours.

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Hidden inside Dark Caracal’s espionage apps: Old tech

The Parallax

Its success was predicated not on “zero-day” vulnerabilities or new forms of malicious software, but rather on older, known malware delivered via an all-too-familiar method: phishing. The malware included hacked versions of end-to-end encrypted communication apps Signal and WhatsApp.

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SafeBreach discloses vulnerabilities in Avast, AVG, Avira

The Parallax

Exploiting the vulnerabilities in Avast and AVG’s antivirus products , which are made by Avast Security following a 2016 acquisition , as well as in Avira ’s Launcher and Software Updater, requires a hacker to have administrator privileges. Both companies issued software patches in September.

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CVE-2020-0601: NSA Reported Spoofing Vulnerability in Windows CryptoAPI

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Microsoft kicks off the first Patch Tuesday of 2020 with the disclosure of CVE-2020-0601, a highly critical flaw in the cryptographic library for Windows. The tweet further explains that the vulnerability exists in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 and the flaw “makes trust vulnerable.”. Background.

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Even North Korea has an antivirus program—but it’s used for spying

The Parallax

Malware and antivirus software usually go together like tacos and pickles. Researchers announced on May 1 that when they inspected the ingredients of the North Korean antivirus software for Windows computers, they found a mix of spyware and old code stolen from an antivirus vendor.

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Agentless Workload Scanning Gets Supercharged with Malware Scanning

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Using WildFire in 2021 to analyze malicious files, our threat research team discovered a 73% increase in Cobalt Strike malware samples compared to 2020. The speed, volume and sophistication of modern malware attacks has made them more difficult to detect.

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Analyzing the Vulnerabilities Associated with the Top Malware Strains of 2021

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Analyzing the Vulnerabilities Associated with the Top Malware Strains of 2021. International cybersecurity agencies issue a joint alert outlining the top malware strains of 2021. While malware is used for a variety of purposes, the government agencies point out that ransomware is a primary use case. CVE-2016-0189.

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