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Why stopping stalkerware confounds cybersecurity experts

The Parallax

SAN FRANCISCO—The greatest trick stalkerware, one of the most dangerous forms of malware , ever played was convincing the world that it didn’t exist. Until recently, cybersecurity experts could overlook stalkerware because of the personal nature of how it spreads, its muddled legal status—and how it is detected.

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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. READ MORE ON SECURITY AND GEOPOLITICS.

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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. So these installations wouldn’t be blocked.

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Auto Remediation of GuardDuty Findings for a Compromised ECS Cluster in AWSVPC Network Mode

Dzone - DevOps

Summary It is of utmost importance for enterprises to protect their IT workloads, running either on AWS or other clouds, against a broad range of malware (including computer viruses, worms, spyware, botnet software, ransomware, etc.

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Technology Context From the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR)

CTOvision

They do what it takes to get in, including devising very sophisticated phishing schemes, creating spyware, placing code in RAM, leaving hacker tools, installing rootkits and continually adjusting/re-placing spyware. The exact code will of course vary, but they will implant it in your enterprise. Then it will communicate out.

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How to Build a Mobile-First Security Strategy

Ivanti

Spyware : Spyware kits, services and source code are commonly traded and shared on the dark web — and even on mainstream repositories like GitHub or online communities like Reddit. Malware : The vast majority of Android malware is delivered from third-party app stores.

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Apple releases security updates for iOS, iPadOS and macOS, fixing two actively exploited zero-days

TechCrunch

The technology giant rolled out new software updates, iOS and iPadOS 17.1.2, Apple has released security updates for iPhones, iPads and Macs to patch against two vulnerabilities, which the company says are being actively exploited to hack people. and macOS 14.1.2,

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