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Quantum Computing: A Looming Threat to Organizations and Nation States

SecureWorld News

"Preparing for a Post-Quantum World" is the topic of a panel presentation at SecureWorld Denver on September 19, and with good reason. Quantum computing poses a potential threat to current cybersecurity practices, which are based on encryption algorithms that can be broken by quantum computers.

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StripedFly: Perennially flying under the radar

SecureList

It comes equipped with a built-in TOR network tunnel for communication with command servers, along with update and delivery functionality through trusted services such as GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket, all using custom encrypted archives. This architectural approach is a hallmark of APT malware.

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PurpleFox botnet variant uses WebSockets for more secure C2 communication

Security Affairs

The payload fetched by the PowerShell targets 64-bit architecture systems, it is a long script consisting of three components: Tater (Hot Potato – privilege escalation) PowerSploit Embedded exploit bundle binary (privilege escalation). . Most of the servers are located in China and belong to the infrastructure of the PurpleFox botnet.

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Identity and Access Management (IAM) in Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) environments.

CyberSecurity Insiders

There are, at minimum, two schemes that need to be reviewed, but consider if you have more from this potential, and probably incomplete, list: Cloud service master account management AWS (Amazon Web Services), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud Architecture (OCA), Name Service Registrars (E.g., PCI DSS v4.0

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Overview of IoT threats in 2023

SecureList

Brute-force attacks on services that use SSH, a more advanced protocol that encrypts traffic, can yield similar outcomes. User files were encrypted, with the device’s interface displaying a ransom note demanding payment of 0.03 DNS changer Malicious actors may use IoT devices to target users who connect to them.

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Ready to move to the cloud? Here’s what you need to do when vetting service providers

SC Magazine

Visitors crowd a cloud computing presentation at the CeBIT technology trade fair on March 2, 2011 in Hanover, Germany. And with more people working remotely during the pandemic, there’s been a push to the cloud, which has forced them to rethink their basic networking and security architectures. Sean Gallup/Getty Images).

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In-depth analysis of the new Team9 malware family

Fox IT

Before proceeding to the technical analysis part, it is worth mentioning that the strings are not encrypted. Next, the loader fingerprints the Windows architecture. Once the Windows architecture has been identified, the loader carries out the download. However, we believe that this functionality has been dropped.

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