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Notorious Malware, Spam Host “Prospero” Moves to Kaspersky Lab

Krebs on Security

Security experts say the Russia-based service provider Prospero OOO (the triple O is the Russian version of “LLC”) has long been a persistent source of malicious software, botnet controllers, and a torrent of phishing websites. federal agencies from using Kaspersky software, mandating its removal within 90 days.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. “Antivirus software trusts signed programs more. For some types of software, a digital signature is mandatory.”

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16-Year-Old Security Bug Affects Millions of HP, Samsung, Xerox Printers

The Hacker News

Details have emerged about a high severity security vulnerability affecting a software driver used in HP, Xerox, and Samsung printers that has remained undetected since 2005.

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The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet

Krebs on Security

One of the most common ways PPI affiliates generate revenue is by secretly bundling the PPI network’s installer with pirated software titles that are widely available for download via the web or from file-sharing networks. An example of a cracked software download site distributing Glupteba. Image: Google.com. and starovikov[.]com.

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DEEP TECH NEWS: How ‘attribute-based encryption’ preserves privacy at a fined-grained level

The Last Watchdog

ABE has undergone significant theoretical advancements since 2005. And when it comes to cloud collaboration, ABE holds promise to help improve both security and operational efficiencies — in everything from rapid software development to global supply chains to remote work scenarios.

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Only 5% of total info stored across the world is secure

CyberSecurity Insiders

Therefore, experts predict that the software and hardware business that is needed to protect information systems will see a rise from $130 billion in 2022 to $170.3 What’s interesting is the fact that the law enforcement in US could only detect 11,792 cyber attacks on companies and government agencies between 2005- June’20.

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Millions of Windows machines affected by ancient printer vulnerability

Malwarebytes

The most surprising about this find is probably that the vulnerability apparently has existed since 2005 and was only found 16 years later. The vulnerability has been listed as CVE-2021-3438 and it is a potential buffer overflow in the software drivers that can be abused to achieve an escalation of privilege.

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