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Researchers unearth MotW bypass technique used by threat actors for years

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Researchers unearth MotW bypass technique used by threat actors for years 2024-08-06 at 14:31 By Zeljka Zorz Threat actors have been abusing a bug in how Windows handles LNK files with non-standard target paths and internal structures to prevent in-built protections from stopping malicious payloads and trick users into running them. “We identified multiple samples […]

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Malware peddlers experimenting with BPL sideloading and masking malicious payloads as PGP keys

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Malware peddlers experimenting with BPL sideloading and masking malicious payloads as PGP keys 2024-06-26 at 15:46 By Zeljka Zorz A newly spotted campaign is leveraging BPL sideloading and other uncommon tricks to deliver the IDAT Loader (aka HijackLoader) malware and prevent its detection. The campaign Spotted by Kroll’s incident responders and analyzed by the company’s

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AWS unveils new and improved security features

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AWS unveils new and improved security features 2024-06-12 at 18:31 By Zeljka Zorz At its annual re:Inforce conference, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced new and enhanced security features and tools. Additional multi-factor authentication option To facilitate the concerted push to get customers to secure their accounts with multiple authentication factors, AWS has added support

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The most prevalent malware behaviors and techniques

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The most prevalent malware behaviors and techniques 2024-03-20 at 12:46 By Zeljka Zorz An analysis of 100,000+ Windows malware samples has revealed the most prevalent techniques used by malware developers to successfully evade defenses, escalate privileges, execute the malware, and assure its persistence. Malware tactics and techniques The analyzed malware samples were most often delivered

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Keyloggers, spyware, and stealers dominate SMB malware detections

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Keyloggers, spyware, and stealers dominate SMB malware detections 2024-03-13 at 06:06 By Help Net Security In 2023, 50% of malware detections for SMBs were keyloggers, spyware and stealers, malware that attackers use to steal data and credentials, according to Sophos. Attackers subsequently use this stolen information to gain unauthorized remote access, extort victims, deploy ransomware,

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Turla’s Snake malware network disrupted by Five Eyes’ agencies

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Turla’s Snake malware network disrupted by Five Eyes’ agencies 10/05/2023 at 14:47 By Help Net Security The US Justice Department announced the completion of court-authorized operation MEDUSA, to disrupt a global peer-to-peer network of computers compromised by sophisticated malware, called “Snake” (aka “Uroburous”), that the US Government attributes to a unit within Center 16 of

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