Lacework

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Hackers may hijack AWS infrastructure for a number of reasons. While cryptomining is more profitable on infrastructure owned by somebody else, the same can also be said for SMTP abuse and spam. For AWS specifically, the malware scans for and parses AWS keys but also has the ability to generate keys for brute force attacks.

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Tenable

MAY 16, 2024

Unlike traditional on-premises infrastructure, cloud infrastructure allows attackers to quickly deploy resources for cryptomining, making it easier to exploit. One of the most common cryptomining threats for cloud environments is the Kinsing malware. The malware has a cryptominer embedded in it called XMRig.

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CIO

JANUARY 13, 2023

By Anand Oswal, Senior Vice President and GM at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks Critical infrastructure forms the fabric of our society, providing power for our homes and businesses, fuel for our vehicles, and medical services that preserve human health. Examples are all around us. Simply put, failure is not an option.

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The Crazy Programmer

JULY 27, 2021

One of the main ones being malware. APTs are commonly used to launch malware into software development lifecycles. APTs are commonly used to launch malware into software development lifecycles. Some companies find that malware can be sent into their software without them being able to properly detect it. Flexibility.

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Tenable

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Meanwhile, cybercriminals have amplified their use of malware for fake software-update attacks. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). That’s the main takeaway from the Center for Internet Security’s list of the 10 most prevalent malware used during the third quarter.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A new variant of a skimmer has revealed the increasingly muddy waters associated with tracking groups involved in Magecart-style attacks. On Wednesday, researchers from RiskIQ described how a new Grelos […].

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Palo Alto Networks

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

With the sophistication of today’s threat landscape, malware is more evasive than ever. Nova – the next evolution of network security that allows you to stop zero-day malware with zero stress. The Evolution of Modern Malware. Modern malware is increasingly evasive. Today, we’re announcing PAN-OS 11.0

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CIO

AUGUST 24, 2022

Cyber resilient storage is among the most important and highly demanded requirements of enterprises today to ensure exceptional cybersecurity and combat cyberattacks across the entire storage estate and data infrastructure. The “sting” of a ransomware or malware attack is removed quickly, efficiently, and comprehensively.

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Aqua Security

APRIL 3, 2020

We therefore believe that these attacks are directed by actors with sufficient resources and the infrastructure needed to carry out and sustain such attacks, and that this is not an improvised endeavor. These are the highest numbers we’ve seen in some time, far exceeding what we have witnessed to date.

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The Crazy Programmer

JULY 18, 2021

Cybersecurity is more critical than ever in today’s modern world, especially with news of ransomware attacks and other forms of malware on the rise. An SDP hides an organization’s infrastructure from outsiders, regardless of where it is situated, by constructing a perimeter with software rather than hardware.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Menlo Security , a malware and phishing prevention startup, announced a $100 million Series E today on an $800 million valuation. “When they click a link or engage with a website, the safe visuals are guaranteed to be malware-free, no matter where you go or you end up,” Ben-Efraim said.

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Lacework

JULY 15, 2022

This ancient technique has found its place in the world of malware, namely hiding malicious code within other files including image formatted files ( T1027.003 ). General indicators and signatures for steg malware are provided in the hunting section. Steg malware is uncommon relative to other malware. Malware Details.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

These issues are akin to leaving the front door to your digital infrastructure unlocked. Malware is the top threat to IoT/OT With so many vulnerabilities plaguing IoT devices, these devices are attractive and relatively easy entry points into corporate networks for attackers. of the total number of attempted IoT malware attacks.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Not all that long ago, it was common for enterprises to rely on signature-based detection for malware, static firewall rules for network traffic and access control lists (ACLs) to define security policies. Gaining malware samples is a lot harder than acquiring data in image processing and NLP.

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Palo Alto Networks

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Skate at Your Own Risk (Management) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA ) defines threat intelligence sharing as a key part of a robust cybersecurity program. Like skating, large user communities share an interest in quickly finding solutions to do something better.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

It will become increasingly necessary as software incorporates AI and IT teams need to become specialists in AI infrastructure. The CNCF Artifact Hub is a source for cloud native configurations, plug-ins, and other software for building cloud native infrastructure. Microsoft sees GenAIOps as a “paradigm shift” for IT.

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CIO

JULY 25, 2024

Malware, phishing, and ransomware are fast-growing threats given new potency and effectiveness with AI – for example, improving phishing attacks, creating convincing fake identities or impersonating real ones. The bottom line AI gives your adversaries unprecedented power.

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CIO

JULY 25, 2024

The outage put enterprises, cloud services providers, and critical infrastructure providers into precarious positions, and has drawn attention to how dominant CrowdStrike’s market share has become, commanding an estimated 24% of the endpoint detection and response (EDR) market.

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Palo Alto Networks

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This challenge is underscored by the fact that approximately 450,000 new malware variants are detected each day, according to data by AV-Test. Critical IT and Security Services are Dangerously Exposed to the Internet Over 23% of exposures involve critical IT and security infrastructure, opening doors to opportunistic attacks.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

There is also a matter of security, with much effort going into ransomware and malware, but Chavez feels a big opportunity is to bring security to the data wherever it lies. Once the infrastructure is in place for data control it needs to be at the level of individual cells and rows, he said. “If

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Aqua Security

JULY 5, 2023

Aqua Nautilus researchers identified an infrastructure of a potentially massive campaign against cloud native environments. In this blog, the first in our two part series, we will unfold the story of this being developed attack infrastructure, speculate on the threat actor and the potential results of such a campaign.

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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. Externally, threat actors are also looking to supercharge their activity with AI.

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Tenable

MAY 1, 2024

Tenable Cloud Security is enhancing its capabilities with malware detection. Even though cloud adoption has become mainstream, many threats and attack tactics still rely on malware payloads. Tenable Cloud Security can now find malware in many different cloud workloads. The addition of malware detection enhances this approach.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

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. And so I’m building a security infrastructure company to support that security needs,” she said.

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CIO

AUGUST 2, 2022

If an enterprise does not have the proper level of cyber resilience built into its storage and data infrastructure, there is a huge gap. You don’t want to have to explain to the Board of Directors why the data infrastructure could not scale.

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CIO

MARCH 15, 2023

A second, more pernicious risk is the fact that ChatGPT can write malware. Sometimes the malware has errors, but with simple repetition the hacker can generate multiple working versions of the code. Such polymorphic malware is particularly hard to detect, because it may be different from one attack to another.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A recent study shows that 98% of IT leaders 1 have adopted a public cloud infrastructure. However, it has also introduced new security challenges, specifically related to cloud infrastructure and connectivity between workloads as organizations have limited control over those connectivity and communications. 8 Complexity.

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Palo Alto Networks

JANUARY 8, 2025

Security infrastructures havent evolved as fast as the browser, making them prone to cyberattacks. Malicious browser extensions can introduce malware, extract data, or create backdoors for future attacks. However, as organizations adopt hybrid work models and cloud-based operations, securing this work tool has proved a challenge.

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Palo Alto Networks

DECEMBER 24, 2024

With advancements in AI and large language models for faster data preparation and streamlined malware development, such attacks could see their timelines slashed even further, potentially taking as little as three hours from start to finish.

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Tenable

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Sophisticated OT threats, like living-off-the-land (LotL) attacks, exploit identity vulnerabilities to infiltrate critical infrastructure. Rather than deploying new malware, these attacks rely on exploiting tools that are already present in the breached network. The group targeted critical infrastructure organizations in the U.S.,

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IoT Malware Infrastructure Network 69

Infinidat

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Is a Deep Cover “Cyber Spy” Lurking in Your Data Infrastructure? The answer is none, but most of the time enterprise organizations don’t even know that a cybercriminal has infiltrated their data center, network, storage, and servers, compromising their data infrastructure. Evan Doherty. Thu, 02/24/2022 - 11:57.

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Lacework

JUNE 7, 2022

As of this writing we have observed active exploitation by known Cloud threat malware families such as Kinsing, “Hezb”, and the Dark.IoT botnet. One interesting development was the use of a new malware host – 195.2.79.26 This is noteworthy because Kinsing often leverages legacy infrastructure in their attacks.

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Ooda Loop

APRIL 15, 2024

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has given organizations a new resource for analyzing suspicious and potentially malicious files, URLs, and IP addresses by making its Malware Next-Gen Analysis platform available to everyone earlier this week.

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Ooda Loop

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The Bumblebee malware loader was taken down by law enforcement in May 2024, but may now be resurfacing. Operation Endgame, the takedown, was a series of asset freezes, infrastructure shut downs, and revealing suspects’ identities. Bumblebee was primarily used for payload delivery, but disappeared after the operation was enacted.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

JANUARY 22, 2025

With the Amazon Bedrock serverless experience, you can get started quickly, privately customize FMs with your own data, and quickly integrate and deploy them into your applications using AWS tools without having to manage the infrastructure.

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CIO

OCTOBER 4, 2023

From embedding malware or a phishing link in a document to manipulated or outright forged documents and other types of cyber fraud, the increase in document-related attacks cannot be ignored, especially if your company handles tax forms, business filings, or bank statements–the three types of most frequently manipulated documents.

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OTS Solutions

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The cloud service provider (CSP) charges a business for cloud computing space as an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) for networking, servers, and storage. If there is a missed update on a single computer, well, that’s all a hacker needs to initiate an attack of ransomware or malware. Workers wait longer for updates to complete.

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