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Even North Korea has an antivirus program—but it’s used for spying

The Parallax

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. Jaku is a known spyware-botnet combination, spread over BitTorrent.

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Daily Crunch: Thousands of Google Play users download Android banking trojan

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Daily Crunch: After clinching $12.3B valuation, Brex hires Meta exec as chief product officer

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Today we have new venture funds, spyware news, Brex raising (again), and more. Cybersecurity matters to democracy : Spyware built by the infamous NSO Group was “used to spy on three critics of the Polish government,” according to Citizen Lab, TechCrunch reports. Image Credits: ShadowPix (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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Daily Crunch: India’s Central Bank says cryptocurrency ‘may even be worse’ than Ponzi schemes

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It is an interesting argument against Windows and the larger Web (we kid), but does raise notable points regarding mobile security and consumer expectations. Image Credits: DNY59 (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. TechCrunch+ is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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Daily Crunch: Byju’s founder chips in toward $800M funding round to reach $22B valuation

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EU to investigate state use of spyware : The Pegasus mobile spyware is causing headaches in Europe for more than just the folks who found themselves targets of the software. Image Credits: Luca Lorenzelli/EyeEm (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. The TechCrunch Top 3. Bruno Vieira Costa, founder and CEO, Abstra.

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Understanding Malware: A Guide for Software Developers and Security Professionals

The Crazy Programmer

The term includes a range of harmful software types including worms, viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, ransomware, and adware. Ransomware: These programs encrypt the user’s files and demand payment to unlock them. Spyware: Software that monitors and gathers user information secretly. Sluggish computer performance.

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Operating System Characteristics (Features)

The Crazy Programmer

An operating system is also referred to as an OS, and it’s a programming framework. Thus, it’s a crucial program that stays functional in the computer device to run single or multiple tasks at a time. However, there can be many reasons, but a few resources are getting used by other programs. Resource Management.