The Parallax

JANUARY 22, 2018

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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The Parallax

MARCH 20, 2018

T o create layers of obfuscation that hide an attack’s origins, Grange says, Inception Framework then reroutes its malicious messages at least three times through the hijacked routers before ultimately sending them to their targets, or allowing the hidden malware to communicate with its control server.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Startups and VC Kyle reports that a founder grew frustrated using standard document apps like Acrobat and Microsoft Office to print out and mark up documents. Using AI, the editor — called Macro — pulls out key terms, sections and equations to make documents interactive and hyperlinked. Macro raised $9.3 billion valuation.

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The Parallax

MAY 7, 2018

Malware and antivirus software usually go together like tacos and pickles. Williams and others have documented North Korea’s penchant for repurposing code, malicious and otherwise, without permission. Whatever the malware does, “the North Korean regime does not want to alert its users to it,” Lechtik wrote in his report.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

As more companies shift more of their IT activities into cloud environments, c ollaboration doesn’t just happen between people in the same organization; increasingly people share documents and data across different companies, too. .

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Tenable

JANUARY 27, 2025

It has been well documented how attackers are leveraging AI to write more sophisticated and effective malware for ransomware attacks, as well as to enhance phishing scams and more. Thus, protecting cloud data is paramount to maintaining the integrity and security of your businesss AI usage.

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Tenable

AUGUST 4, 2022

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. Background. Description.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Read Mary Branscombe explain the nature of fileless malware and what you can do to protect against it on Tech Republic : When you get tricked by a phishing mail and open a document attachment that has a malicious macro or a link to a malicious site, or you download an infected application, there’s a […].

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

It allows users to add documents to the context. When generating an answer, Claude includes citations that show exactly which parts of the documents were used in developing the response. Security Cybercriminals are distributing malware through Roblox mods. They need to be properly documented in a machine-readable fashion (e.g.,

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Kaseya

MAY 14, 2020

Document critical dependencies – boot orders, application requirements, etc. Invest in backup and recovery solutions that will automatically test recoverability of applications and document actual disaster recovery time and recovery point. Failure to Protect Against Data Corruption and Malware.

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The Parallax

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Some required physical access to the device; others could be run remotely; and at least one involved DNS spoofing, first documented in the early 1980s. . Some device makers are poor at hardening, or limiting attack surface. Engineers also underestimate reverse-engineering attacks, or presume that there are no bad actors,” Tartaro says.

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CIO

MAY 15, 2024

A model trained on, say, an archive of flat earth conspiracy theories will be bad at answering science questions, or a model fine-tuned by North Korean hackers might be bad at correctly identifying malware. They’re also full of inaccurate and biased information, malware, and other materials that can degrade the quality of output.

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Symantec

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Activity appears to be a continuation of previously documented Operation CuckooBees campaign.

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Tenable

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

on premises, cloud, or hybrid),” reads the 11-page document, jointly published by cybersecurity agencies from the Five Eyes Alliance countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K. “Deploying AI systems securely requires careful setup and configuration that depends on the complexity of the AI system, the resources required (e.g.,

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The Crazy Programmer

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

For instance, it will notice when a host has been infected with malware and tries to spread the malware across the network. An Anomaly-based Intrusion Detection System (AIDS) is designed to pinpoint unknown cybersecurity attacks such as novel malware attacks. It will compare the attacks against an established baseline.

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The Crazy Programmer

JANUARY 9, 2019

Data breaches and compromised websites frequently used to spread malware can be risky for your business; including small businesses. However, these documents aren’t just for enterprises. In fact, small or medium-sized businesses are likely to suffer more consequences of cyber-attacks than large enterprises. Policy Matters.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

APRIL 1, 2025

Cross-document view transitions sound awful, but they allow web developers to build sites from many small HTML pages. Cybercriminals are using online file conversion tools to steal information and infect sites with malware, including ransomware. Who said that language development would stop in the age of AI?

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SecureWorks

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Type: Blogs BRONZE PRESIDENT Targets Government Officials The likely Chinese government-sponsored threat group uses decoy documents and PlugX malware to compromise targets. The likely Chinese government-sponsored threat group uses decoy documents and PlugX malware to compromise targets.

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Firemon

JANUARY 13, 2025

Maintain Complete System Documentation Accurate and up-to-date documentation is the cornerstone of effective change and configuration management. Network configuration management tools ensure that all infrastructure parameters are consistent, documented, and compliant with security policies.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Action To support compliance with a governance-first approach to content-rich process automation, businesses must be vigilant when it comes to managing the retention and privacy of documents. Easily accessible, less secure data is vulnerable to hackers and malware, which, if breached, can have catastrophic consequences for an organization.

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Tenable

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Attackers could exploit Shellshock to gain full control of vulnerable systems, leading to data breaches, service interruptions and malware deployment. EXE), a Microsoft Office legacy component used to insert and edit complex mathematical equations within documents. The impact extended far beyond local systems.

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Ivanti

APRIL 28, 2021

Email attachments can be zipped, or encrypted files like Microsoft Word documents or Excel spreadsheets that contain malicious scripts or macros can be triggered once the file is unzipped or decrypted. Once the threat has been remediated by the company IT administrator, the workstation or server can be restored to normal operation.

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CIO

MARCH 3, 2024

It said independent, in-depth risk assessments were essential to give senior leaders objective evidence of print security gaps across devices and document workflows and enable consensus on the actions needed to protect the enterprise. The administrator can also restrict duplication of documents containing keywords. Using zero trust.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

MARCH 4, 2025

The book is apparently internal documentation from Google DeepMind. The new owner can insert malware into the libraries; the original owner, who abandoned the bucket, cant patch the corrupted libraries. Linux has a number of tools for detecting rootkits and other malware. Time Bandit is a new jailbreak for the GPT models.

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David Walsh

MARCH 23, 2021

Malware has been a problem for decades, one that was exacerbated by the the rise of the internet, file sharing, and digital assets. Whether it’s keyloggers or other types of malware, they’ll make your computer slow and insecure, all without you knowing. While your team is working from home.

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The Parallax

JULY 2, 2019

In the middle of June, Samsung tweeted out advice to owners of its smart TVs: Scan them for malware and viruses. In 2017, WikiLeaks published what it called the Vault 7 documents , a trove of CIA files that included details on the Weeping Angel initiative to spy on targets using Samsung smart TVs. . Even the top U.S.

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Tenable

JANUARY 21, 2021

A number of threat intelligence platforms continue to report on APT groups and malware campaigns that daisy-chain vulnerabilities and weaknesses against their targets. It also shows that the vulnerability leverages PowerShell and mentions malware families that have previously used it. and abroad. .

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Perficient

APRIL 15, 2025

Document Changes and Procedures Maintain internal documentation for user/group management procedures. Document who has what role: For transparency and audits. Use Expiration Policies for Guest Users and Groups Set expiration policies to automatically clean up old groups or guest accounts.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Data Breach Prevention Series: Weaponized Documents are Dominant Malware Delivery Vector. The following are some of the hot topics in the federal technology ecosystem (from FedTechTicker.com and TopTechTicker.com ): Fed Tech Ticker. Mitre Unveils $100,000 Contest to Seek Detection Systems for Unauthorized Drones.

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Kaseya

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Malicious insiders: In Ponemon’s “Cost of Cybercrime Study,” malware and malicious-insider cyberattacks accounted for one-third of the cybercrime costs in 2018 amounting to $13 million. Disgruntled employees can delete data to spite their employers or for personal gain. Let’s take a closer look at Office 365 data retention.

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Openxcell

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Viruses, worms, trojans are various types of malware. Malware is a threat to any system. Malware infects networks and devices with the intent of causing harm. Xcode is a software development environment that includes the majority of Apple’s developer documentation as well as a built-in Interface Builder.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Consider using a shared document or a dedicated tool to manage this list. Provide Training and Documentation : Offer training and documentation on the approved extensions and best practices for using them. Avoid downloading extensions from unknown or unverified sources, as they may contain malware or other malicious code.

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AlienVault

JUNE 22, 2018

We took a brief look at some documents recently discussed and reviewed by researchers in South Korea over the past week. The malware is linked to Lazarus , a reportedly North Korean group of attackers. Credit for initially identifying these documents goes to @issuemakerslab, @_jsoo_ and others. Malicious Documents.

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Tenable

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Document the secure baseline configurations for all IT/OT systems. The 101-page document also includes hundreds of suggested questions to include in an AI audit about 25 topics. The report also looks at how trends like geopolitical cyberthreats, ransomware and infostealer malware are likely to develop in 2025.

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Tenable

AUGUST 30, 2023

In these attacks, UNC4841 leveraged multiple backdoor malware families, dubbed SALTWATER , SEASPY , SEASIDE , SUBMARINE (DEPTHCHARGE), and WHIRLPOOL. These additional malware families are known as SKIPJACK and FOXTROT / FOXGLOVE. Mandiant refers to this group as UNC4841.

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AlienVault

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

In the first part of this series, we saw how you can use Osquery to analyze and extract valuable information about malware’s behavior. Using Osquery, we were able to discover how it infects a system using a malicious Microsoft Office document and how it extracts and executes the payload. Here is an example of OilRig malware.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The threat actor used a deepfake profile photo and stolen identity data to impersonate a US citizen, and was only discovered after they tried to plant malware on their company-issued laptop. August 2024: Security firm KnowBe4 reve als that they unknowingly hired a North Korean spy.

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