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Another NFT explainer, with a bonus look at the data security implications

Webroot

“What Bitcoin was to 2011, NFTs are to 2021.”. Since cryptocurrencies were, are and will continue to be impactful technologies, surely NFTs are a topic worth exploring. NFTs use the same blockchain ledger technology to verify uniqueness that cryptocurrencies rely on to prove ownership. Non- what token?

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Phishers turning hard-working: CERT-GIB records upsurge of phishing resource blockages as duration of attacks grows

Security Affairs

H2 2019 has proved the tendency of past several years: mail remains the main method of delivering ransomware, spyware, backdoors and other malware, being used by cyber crooks in 94 percent of cases. They, in turn, let spyware and backdoors move ahead and become the second most popular malware with a 35-percent share. Balance of power.

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Updates from the MaaS: new threats delivered through NullMixer

Security Affairs

Lower.exe, a sample of “GCleaner” spyware, historically, this piece of malware was initially faking CCleaner to drop additional malware ( link ). He is a former member of the ANeSeC CTF team, one of the firsts Italian cyber wargame teams born back in 2011. The module also exfiltrates 2FA secrets from Twilio’s Authy local storage.

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NullMixer: oodles of Trojans in a single dropper

SecureList

The infection vector of NullMixer is based on a ‘User Execution’ (MITRE Technique: T1204) malicious link that requires the end user to click on and download a password-protected ZIP/RAR archive with a malicious file that is extracted and executed manually. The user extracts the archived file with the password. SmokeLoader.

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