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Advanced threat predictions for 2024

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The rise of destructive attacks In December of last year, shortly after we released our predictions for 2023, Russian government agencies were reported to have been targeted by a data wiper called CryWiper. The malware posed as ransomware, demanding money from the victims for “decrypting” their data.

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FinSpy: unseen findings

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FinSpy, also known as FinFisher or Wingbird , is an infamous surveillance toolset. The Pre-Validator ensures that the victim machine is not used for malware analysis. Each shellcode collects specific system information (e.g. The macOS version of the malware is not as complicated as the Windows one. The Trojan Loader.