The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

FBI spoofs 2012 – 2013. It surfaced in November 2012 and was making thousands of victims a day. David Balaban is a computer security researcher with over 17 years of experience in malware analysis and antivirus software evaluation. None of these early threats went pro.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 24, 2022

And security researchers from ESET have discovered that the malware was uploaded to the VirusTotal operated system in Brazil and was targeted by a social engineering attack. As BianLian follows the process of dividing the encrypted content in 10 bytes of data, it easily evaded detection by antivirus products.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

The following tools provide strong options to support vulnerability scanning and other capabilities and also offer options specifically for service providers: Deployment Options Cloud-based On-Prem Appliance Service Option Carson & SAINT Yes Linux or Windows Yes Yes RapidFire VulScan Hyper-V or VMware Virtual Appliance Hyper-V or VMware Virtual (..)

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SecureList

JUNE 2, 2022

Seeing that some variants of their Android malware impersonate a popular messaging app in Asia, it is also likely that malicious APKs are distributed in a variety of ways, including social engineering to convince users to install fake updates for their applications. Indicators of Compromise. WinDealer samples.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2022

Whereas older solutions like antivirus, firewalls, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) have long focused on threats at the network perimeter, the intent of NDR is to monitor and act on malicious threats within organization networks using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) analysis.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. Individuals who generate that many installation packages are obviously not worried about antivirus software.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Compare that to 2012 when the UAE ranked fifth in the Global Cybersecurity Index. It serves as a warning to regularly backup company data and train every employee on how to identify phishing and social engineering attacks. The email directs victims to download antivirus software.

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