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+60,000 Android apps spotted hiding adware for past six months

Security Affairs

Bitdefender researchers have discovered 60,000 different Android apps secretly installing adware in the past six months. Bitdefender announced the discovery of more than 60,000 Android apps in the past six months that were spotted installing adware on Android devices. ” reads the report published by Bitdefender.

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Silver Sparrow, a new malware infects Mac systems using Apple M1 chip

Security Affairs

“However, our investigation almost immediately revealed that this malware, whatever it was, did not exhibit the behaviors that we’ve come to expect from the usual adware that so often targets macOS systems.” The adware writes each of its components out line by line with JavaScript commands. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 423 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Experts found new MOVEit Transfer SQL Injection flaws The University of Manchester suffered a cyber attack and suspects a data breach Russians charged with hacking Mt.

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GUEST ESSAY. Everyone should grasp these facts about cyber threats that plague digital commerce

The Last Watchdog

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

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New variant for Mac Malware XCSSET compiled for M1 Chips

Security Affairs

XCSSET is a Mac malware that was discovered by Trend Micro in August 2020, it was spreading through Xcode projects and exploits two zero-day vulnerabilities to steal sensitive information from target systems and launch ransomware attacks. ” If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

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If only you had to worry about malware, with Jason Haddix: Lock and Code S05E04

Malwarebytes

Last year, some ransomware gangs refrained from deploying ransomware in their own attacks, opting to steal sensitive data and then threaten to publish it online if their victims refused to pay up—a method of extracting a ransom that is entirely without ransom ware. But not every organization has that at hand. ThreatDown can help.

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The Most Common Types of Malware in 2021

CyberSecurity Insiders

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

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