Malware Operating System Software Review 
CIO
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Organizations that follow the principle of least privilege can improve their security posture by significantly reducing their attack surface and risk of malware spread. In the early days of Windows operating systems up through Windows XP, almost any program a user would launch would have administrator-level privileges.
Palo Alto Networks
JUNE 7, 2021
The Unit 42 cybersecurity consulting group published research on the first known malware targeting Windows containers, which was discovered by Unit 42 researcher Daniel Prizmant and named Siloscape. This then gives an attacker access to run any code, anywhere in the victim’s cluster. Diagram of Kubernetes cluster (source: Kubernetes).
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Tenable
OCTOBER 22, 2024
CVE-2010-2568: Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploited Zero-Day Local Stuxnet High 2010 Why it’s significant: Regarded as one of the most sophisticated cyberespionage tools ever created, Stuxnet was designed to target SCADA systems in industrial environments to reportedly sabotage Iran's nuclear program.
The Parallax
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Google Play is an ‘order of magnitude’ better at blocking malware. RCS’ vulnerabilities can impact devices running Google’s Android mobile operating system, which currently account for about three-fourths of the world’s smartphones. One involves a carrier sending a user a one-time code to verify their identity.
Kaseya
APRIL 15, 2020
Just like the coronavirus spreads from person to person, cybersecurity malware too can spread rapidly from computer to computer and network to network. Cloud Jacking is likely to emerge as one of the most prominent cybersecurity threats in 2020 due to the increasing reliance of businesses on cloud computing. Mobile Malware.
CIO
JULY 17, 2023
Companies that have embraced the cloud need to understand the Shared Responsibility Model: a security and compliance framework that explains what shared infrastructure and systems the cloud provider is responsible for maintaining and how a customer is responsible for operating systems, data, and applications utilizing the cloud.
ProtectWise
MAY 15, 2017
Any network with hosts running a version of the Windows operating system missing the MS17-010 patches is vulnerable to WannaCry's infection mechanism. The patches for Microsoft (currently supported) operating systems were released on March 14, 2017 following the Shadow Brokers leak. Who Created The Malware?
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