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MY TAKE: 3 privacy and security habits each individual has a responsibility to embrace

The Last Watchdog

And the malware that subsequently gets installed continues to get more stealthy and capable with each advancing iteration. Researchers recently flushed out a new variety of the Xbash family of malware tuned to seek out administrators’ rights and take control of Linux servers. Apps from other sources can carry malware or spyware.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

I seem to be doing most of that activity now on Mastodon , which appears to have absorbed most of the infosec refugees from Twitter, and in any case is proving to be a far more useful, civil and constructive place to post such things. For a variety of reasons, I will no longer be sharing these updates on Twitter.

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Sofacy’s Zepakab Downloader Spotted In-The-Wild

Security Affairs

The sample has been initially identified by an Italian independent security researcher, who warned the InfoSec community and shared the binary for further analysis. Here the malware implements recon functionalities, retrieves machine information and grabs screenshot every minute. The core of Zepakab. AutoIt script’s main function.

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Gootkit: Unveiling the Hidden Link with AZORult

Security Affairs

Most of the infection attempts started with a particular email attachment: a compressed archive containing stealthy JavaScript code, most of the times able to avoid antivirus detection during the initial stages of the attack campaigns. exe and AZORult malware variant analyzed by UNIT42. Stage 1 – The Attached Javascript.

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Ransomware Decoded: Preventing Modern Ransomware Attacks

Security Boulevard

Many types of malware silently persist on the network, move laterally, communicate with their C2, or obfuscate their behaviors to prevent detection. In contrast to this, traditional ransomware was all about coming in with a big splash and causing immediate damage.

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IT threat evolution Q1 2021. Non-mobile statistics

SecureList

Attempts to run malware designed to steal money via online access to bank accounts were stopped on the computers of 118,099 users. At the end of last year, the number of users attacked by malware designed to steal money from bank accounts gradually decreased, a trend that continued in Q1 2021. Top 10 banking malware families.

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3 Essential Measures to Mitigate the Risk from Follina — A New Windows Zero-Day Actively Exploited in the Wild

CyberSecurity Insiders

Last week the infosec community was hit with news about a new Windows 0-day vulnerability, Follina. Up-to-date endpoint protection and antivirus software on remote and in-office endpoints that can detect and remove malware that gets into the system. Mike Walters, President and Co-founder of Action1.

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