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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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Radar Trends to Watch: August 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

A system is installed; the default password is changed; the person who changed the password leaves; the password is lost; the company installs password recovery software, which is often malware-infested, to recover the password. Tiny Core Linux is amazingly small: a 22MB download, and runs in 48MB of RAM.

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Breaking Down the NASCIO Top 10 for 2023

Palo Alto Networks

Cortex XDR protects legacy Windows, Windows Server, MacOS and Linux systems. It is specifically designed to identify infected devices and block known exploits, malware, malicious URLs and spyware in 5G environments. Priority #4: Legacy Modernization Legacy modernization shouldn’t require you to sacrifice your security posture.

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The State of Security in 2024

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

are concerned about spyware, 7.6% A device can be infected with malware at one location, where protections are minimal, then infect other systems on the corporate network or the corporate cloud when it’s brought into a facility or a corporate VPN. Only 10.0% about becoming part of a botnet. Figure 1-2.

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Radar trends to watch: August 2021

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

There’s a new technique for protecting natural language systems from attack by misinformation and malware bots: using honeypots to capture attackers’ key phrases proactively, and incorporate defenses into the training process. But Google Glass showed the way, and that path is being followed by Apple and Facebook in their product development.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Beware of Mobile Spyware Attacks, Cyber Agencies Warn, While Corporate Boards Get Cyber Governance Guidance

Tenable

Check out why a global geopolitical spyware campaign could ensnare mobile users outside of its target groups. 1 - Alert: Mobile spyware campaign could spill beyond targeted victims Attackers are spreading two spyware variants in an attempt to infect mobile devices of individuals and groups tied to causes that the Chinese government opposes.

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