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DDoS attacks in Q1 2021

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News broke in January of the FreakOut malware, which attacks Linux devices. Cybercriminals exploited several critical vulnerabilities in programs installed on victim devices, including the newly discovered CVE-2021-3007. This loophole was previously exploited by ADB.Miner, Ares, IPStorm, Fbot, Trinity, and other malware.

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APT trends report Q2 2021

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For more than four years, the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky has been publishing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat (APT) activity. Moreover, we saw ShadowPad detections coincide with FourteenHi variant infections, possibly hinting at a shared operator between these two malware families.

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