Ooda Loop

APRIL 15, 2025

Actors are using the previously undocumented tool, which features very sophisticated methods of avoiding detection by email services, in new phishing campaigns. The […] The post A New ‘It RAT’: Stealthy ‘Resolver’ Malware Burrows In appeared first on OODAloop.

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The Crazy Programmer

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

You might already know of some of the data protection tools and measures. The predominance of SSL certs makes them the most popular and effective data protection tools. For instance, it will notice when a host has been infected with malware and tries to spread the malware across the network.

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Tenable

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Meanwhile, cybercriminals have amplified their use of malware for fake software-update attacks. For more information about securing RDP tools: “ Commonly Exploited Protocols: Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ” (Center for Internet Security) “ What is remote desktop protocol (RDP)? ” (TechTarget) “ Wondering Whether RDP IS Secure?

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CIO

APRIL 28, 2025

Tech support and job scams thrive: With over 159 million hits in 2024, scammers use job sites, social media, and live chat tools to impersonate recruiters or IT staff, stealing sensitive information, credentials, and payment details. The battle against phishing requires relentless vigilance. Download your copy today.

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Ooda Loop

APRIL 16, 2025

A Chinese state-sponsored actor, UNC5147, has been using open source tools to attack its victims. The attacker has been using a new command and control (C2) tool, the Vshell, in its campaign since January, as well as a variant of Snowlight malware.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Banks’ biggest concerns are currently malware (40%), phishing and ransomware (both 33%), data theft or misuse (30%) and business email compromise (27%), according to one study. Leveraging AI for cyber defences Microsoft Security Copilot is one tool that uses generative AI in such a way. billion in 2023 and forecast to reach $ 285.4

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

.” “When [CrowdStrike] detects malware on the end point we can find and remove the log-in,” he said, adding that CrowdStrike turning to a third party like DoControl for this work is a “testament to how hard all this is.”

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Palo Alto Networks

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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Aqua Security

JULY 19, 2023

It is widely used by many security tools for monitoring kernel activity to detect and protect organizations. Lately, we have seen a rise in the number of eBPF based tools used for malicious goals such as rootkits ( ebpfkit, TripleCross ) and malwares ( pamspy ).

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Sending screen captures to Claude so it can compute where to click is clumsy at best, and there are no doubt better solutions (such as using accessibility tools). Anthropic has published some tools for working with Claude in GitHub. At this point, tools to help analyze financial data and build customer support agents are available.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

But projects get abandoned and picked up by others who plant backdoors or malware, or, as seen recently since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a rise in “protestware,” in which open source software developers alter their code to wipe the contents of Russian computers in protest of the Kremlin’s incursion.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

This leaves us vulnerable to security threats like phishing, identity theft and session hijacking, but many cybersecurity tools were created when the main threats were file viruses, worms and network attacks, said Vivek Ramachandran , the cybersecurity entrepreneur and researcher who discovered the Cafe Latte attack.

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Palo Alto Networks

DECEMBER 24, 2024

However, it is also becoming a powerful tool for cybercriminals, raising the stakes for OT security. 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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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. Adopting still more, individual security tools, now with AI incorporated, is already happening.

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CIO

APRIL 1, 2025

Threat actors are already using AI to write malware, to find vulnerabilities, and to breach defences faster than ever. Even with automation and AI tools, businesses will only survive cyber attacks if their security teams can function under pressure. Architectures such as zero trust will also play a role in building resilience, he says.

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CIO

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The potential here is staggering, as AI can craft eerily convincing messages in the style of specific individuals, making it a potent tool for phishing attacks and virtually indistinguishable from genuine communication. Businesses must remind employees that these are not private or confidential when using chat AI tools.

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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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The Parallax

MAY 7, 2018

Malware and antivirus software usually go together like tacos and pickles. Pretty much any software can be targeted to be ripped off,” says Mark Lechtik, a security researcher on the Check Point Malware Research Team who led the investigation into SiliVaccine. Leave it to North Korea to combine them like peanut butter and jelly.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

APRIL 1, 2025

Sonnet has added a tool for searching the web. Its also added a think tool that allows Claude to determine when it needs to stop during the reasoning process and gather more data to complete the current task. Anthropic has developed a text editor tool as part of its computer use API. The text editor tool allows Claude 3.5

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

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. In fact, two notorious botnets, Mirai and Gafgyt, are major contributors to a recent surge in IoT malware attacks.

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The Parallax

MARCH 5, 2019

Mueller’s indictment even mentions which malware was used by the hackers.). The Backstory security data platform, which is built on Google’s infrastructure, would have exposed the Internet traffic of that malware long after the initial breach, Wiacek said. Backstory’s start page looks a lot like Google Search.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

Malware hiding in the woodwork: The U.S. government on Thursday announced that it seized a website used to sell malware designed to spy on computers and cell phones, Lorenzo writes. Beyond that, Discord is updating its moderation tool to harness the power of large language models and rolling out AI-generated conversation summaries.

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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. Existing tools and technologies are insufficient to completely thwart hackers.

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Palo Alto Networks

JANUARY 8, 2025

Connecting People, Web Browsers and Security The web browser has transformed significantly in recent years, becoming one of the most used tools for work today. However, as organizations adopt hybrid work models and cloud-based operations, securing this work tool has proved a challenge.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Almost exactly a year ago, dbt Labs shined a spotlight on the opportunities in the world of developer tools for data analytics when the startup closed a Series D of $222 million at a $4.2 Today, dbt Labs announced it acquired Transform , adding semantic tools to its data analytics platform, Ingrid reports. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

That leaves a wide opportunity for cybersecurity specialists to build tools aimed at smaller organizations that still face the same security issues — and as some have argued , perhaps even more — as their larger counterparts but don’t have the same resources to fight them. Our solution is embedded across the entire chain.”

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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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Tenable

MARCH 14, 2025

Meanwhile, Tenable did a deep dive on DeepSeeks malware-creation capabilities. The short answer: The DeepSeek R1 large language model (LLM) can provide a useful starting point for developing malware, but it requires additional prompting and debugging. Check out how to protect your org against the Medusa ransomware gang.

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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. With the OTC tool, similar to putting locks and cameras on a home, developers can download the API and attach rules to all of a user’s data. Image Credits: Ketch.

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Palo Alto Networks

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

{{interview_audio_title}} 00:00 00:00 Volume Slider 10s 10s 10s 10s Seek Slider Like legacy security tools, such as traditional firewalls and signature-based antivirus software, organizations that have more traditional (and potentially more vulnerable) SOCs are struggling to keep pace with the increasing volume and sophistication of threats.

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Palo Alto Networks

APRIL 9, 2025

AI agent workflows should also be safeguarded to prevent unauthorized tool extraction and use. Repetitive prompt execution attacks should be blocked using adversarial prompt detection, while inputs and outputs must be scanned for malicious payloads, including harmful URLs and malware.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

They trained the tool using three years of data from ERP to look for patterns in fluctuations. A case in point is how Intel helps their OEM customers by providing software tools that test for malware. One such tool is the Intel Threat Detection Technology that runs on Intel laptops.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

It allows employees to interact with familiar work tools, from Microsoft Word to PowerPoint, using everyday language prompts or inputs. Over half (53%) think they will need significant support to train staff in the use of generative AI tools, such as Copilot.

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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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CIO

JUNE 11, 2024

Malware and phishing attacks were the next-most-frequent cause cybersecurity downtime, while software failure was the next biggest cause of downtime related to IT operations. Splunk — a vendor of observability tools — suggested in the study that investing in better visibility and cybersecurity tools can help avoid downtime.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

Stability AI , the startup behind the generative AI art tool Stable Diffusion , today open-sourced a suite of text-generating AI models intended to go head to head with systems like OpenAI’s GPT-4. But Stability AI argues that open-sourcing is in fact the right approach, in fact.

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CIO

JULY 2, 2024

What level of investment should you put toward AI tools? Who will be tracking and distributing the appropriate AI tools? What AI tools could help them with those? What AI tools are they already using? Award-winning HP Wolf endpoint security uses AI-based protection to defend against known and unknown malware.

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