The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2019

Enterprises have dumped small fortunes into stocking their SOCs (security operations centers) with the best firewalls, anti-malware suites, intrusion detection, data loss prevention and sandbox detonators money can buy. Related: Why we’re in the Golden Age of cyber espionage. But this hasn’t done the trick.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

It could also help users identify various cybersecurity attacks, whether they are types of spoofing , phishing, social engineering, or malware. Waqas Apart from the training aspect, AR technology can also be used to enhance threat detection in real-time.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 26, 2021

A new malware dubbed as DevilsTongue has been found circulating on the web these days and it’s said that it is targeting Microsoft Windows Systems, iPhones, Macs, Android based computing devices like smart watches and televisions and several cloud networks across the globe.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Evasive action : Always scrutinize email addresses, double-check with senders through alternative channels, and use email filtering tools to detect these stealthy phantoms. Vampire malware: draining systems dry This malware creeps in undetected, draining resources and stealing data in the dark.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Once executed, this upgrade triggered commands to install the malware payload, compromising the victim's system. A phishing campaign also tricked targets into installing malware disguised as a CPU update, widening the attack surface." The malicious code could spread to numerous downstream applications and systems once installed.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

While fully agentic AI malware remains years away, the industry must prepare now. Despite widespread cloud adoption, most SecOps teams rely on outdated, on-premises alert tools, leading to missed threats and wasted resources on false positives. As compute costs decrease, autonomous operations and AI-discovered zero-day exploits loom.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

million malware, adware, and riskware attacks. The most common threat to mobile devices was adware: 40.8% of all threats detected. We detected more than 1.3 The year’s trends Malware, adware, and riskware attacks on mobile devices dipped in February, only to rise steadily until the end of the year.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Sometimes malware creators manage to get their apps listed in the official app store. A malicious app claiming to be a financial management tool has been downloaded 100,000 times from the Google Play Store. The app known as Finance Simplifiedbelongs to the SpyLoan family which specializes in predatory lending.

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Anton on Security

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

But as we increasingly move towards more elaborate detection approaches like detection-as-code using languages like the Sigma language , or Python, it is becoming more difficult to deduce in detail how certain threat detections work. the cornerstone of all effective cyber threat detection systems is accurate detection.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Multiple threat actors actively exploited the recently disclosed OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools flaw CVE-2024-36401 in malware-based campaigns. By” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2022

Stories from the SOC is a blog series that describes recent real-world security incident investigations conducted and reported by the AT&T SOC analyst team for AT&T Managed Threat Detection and Response customers. This particular event confirmed our suspicion that this was, indeed, the WannaCry malware.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Sophos and ReversingLabs released SoReL-20M, a database containing 20 million Windows Portable Executable files, including 10M malware samples. Sophos and ReversingLabs announced the release of SoReL-20M , a database containing 20 million Windows Portable Executable files, including 10 million malware samples. ” continues Sophos.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Hurd Wayne Hurd , VP of Sales, Luminys Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS) advancements will provide more accurate threat detection that allows security teams to focus on real risks, minimizing false alarms. While streamlining threat response, AIs rapid integration raises ethical concerns, especially in national security.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2020

Last week, the popular security researcher MalwareMustDie and the experts at Intezer Labs spotted a new piece of malware dubbed Kaiji, that is targeting IoT devices via SSH brute-force attacks. Guys, another new #China ( #PRC ) made #DDoS #ELF #malware , I called it: " #Linux /Kaiji", coded in #Go lang, packed, VT low detection=1.

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Penetration Testing

DECEMBER 25, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, Doctor Web’s November 2023 virus activity review offers an intriguing glimpse into the shifting nature of digital threats.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2022

A new ransomware gang dubbed Black Basta has reportedly partners with QBot malware to hacking corporate environments. As Qbot has the potential to steal critical information, such as password credentials and malware payloads, on infected devices, Black Basta might have partnered with it to steal information from its victims.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 7, 2025

Ramat Gan, Israel, January 7th, 2025, CyberNewswire CyTwist , a leader in advanced next-generation threat detection solutions, has launched its patented detection engine to combat the insidious rise of AI-generated malware.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

7, 2024, CyberNewswire — Criminal IP , a renowned Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) search engine developed by AI SPERA , has partnered with Hybrid Analysis , a platform that provides advanced malware analysis and threat intelligence, to enhance threat research. Torrance, Calif.,

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Leverage data analysis: Data analytics and IoT technologies are revolutionizing the oil and gas sector, enabling better monitoring and threat detection. Lessons learned Segmentation of networks: IT and OT systems must be isolated to prevent malware from spreading. It requires continuous verification, even for internal users.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

AI-powered threat detection is enabling organizations to identify and neutralize attacks faster, but adversarial AI is also supercharging cyber threats. According to the report: "AI can analyze vast amounts of security data in real time, identifying anomalies and potential threats faster than traditional methods.

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Penetration Testing

OCTOBER 19, 2024

A new and dangerous social engineering tactic, dubbed ClickFix, has emerged as a significant cybersecurity threat in 2024, according to a recent report from the Sekoia Threat Detection & Research... The post Beware of Fake Google Meet Invites: ClickFix Campaign Spreading Infostealers appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 14, 2021

The research associated with this peak resulted in the discovery of a malware hosting domain, providing several different Mirai variants, like Moobot and Satori. The Cyberium malware hosting domain has been serving Mirai variants for several known, but different botnets over the past year. Read full post.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

New research has uncovered a significant increase in QuickBooks file data theft using social engineering tricks to deliver malware and exploit the accounting software. "A

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Penetration Testing

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In a comprehensive report released by the Sekoia Threat Detection & Research (TDR) team, a new and intricate cyber threat has surfaced, targeting edge devices globally.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Learn how to spot phishing attempts and leave your own "breadcrumbs"through logging and monitoringto track and mitigate threats before they harm your organization. Be mindful of the dangers of poisoned gifts (malware), and stay vigilant against these sweet but dangerous schemes.

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SecureList

MARCH 25, 2025

That’s why Kaspersky researchers analyze the trends related to these threats and share an annual report highlighting the main dangers to corporate and consumer finances. Note that for mobile banking malware, we retrospectively revised the 2023 numbers to provide more accurate statistics. million detections compared to 5.84

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A sophisticated form of mobile malware dubbed "GoldPickaxe" has been uncovered, which collects facial recognition data to produce deepfake videos, enabling hackers to bypass biometric authentication protections on banking apps. The malware has been active since 2023, specifically targeting victims in Vietnam and Thailand.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Email security and threat detection company Vade has found that phishing emails in the third quarter this year increased by more than 31% quarter on quarter, with the number of emails containing malware in the first three quarters surpassing the 2021 level by 55.8 Malware email volume peaked in July, reaching 19.2

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Adam Levin

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Microsoft has stepped up its efforts to disrupt the Trickbot malware botnet after receiving permission to take on its network infrastructure. Based on the data we see through Microsoft Office 365 Advanced Threat Detection, Trickbot has been the most prolific malware operation using COVID-19 themed lures,” said Burt. .

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 9, 2022

Earlier this year Malwarebytes released its 2022 Threat Review , a review of the most important threats and cybersecurity trends of 2021, and what they could mean for 2022. Among other things it covers the year’s alarming rebound in malware detections, and a significant shift in the balance of email threats.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2023

There is a worrying rise in multipurpose malware, which can perform a variety of malicious actions and is adept at evasion, lateral movement and data encryption. The post Adaptable ‘Swiss Army Knife’ Malware a Growing Threat appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 26, 2025

Thankfully, save for more rigor, some advanced data authenticity approaches and monitoring for malware injection, our tried and tested data-centric security and data privacy best practices apply. Quantum computing skills will also be crucial in the next decade, both defensively and in application.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 10, 2024

June 10, 2024, CyberNewsWire — AI SPERA, a leader in Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) solutions, announced that it has started selling its paid threat detection data from its CTI search engine ‘ Criminal IP ‘ on the Snowflake Marketplace. Torrance, Calif.,

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 11, 2023

Intro In February 2022, Microsoft disabled VBA macros on documents due to their frequent use as a malware distribution method. This move prompted malware authors to seek out new ways to distribute their payloads, resulting in an increase in the use of other infection vectors, such as password-encrypted zip files and ISO files.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This approach also helps to contain the spread of malware and ransomware, which, according to Microsoft’s Digital Defense Report, resulted in 93% of these attacks being successful due to them having access to so many privileged user accounts.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 17, 2021

PowerShell was the source of more than a third of critical threats detected on endpoints in the second half of 2020, according to a Cisco research study released at the RSA Conference today. The third most frequently detected critical Indicator of Compromise (IoC) group was fileless malware – also a common PowerShell threat.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

By identifying deviations from normal patterns, AI can detect potential security incidents before they escalate into serious threats. AI’s impact on cybersecurity is transformative, providing significant advantages such as enhanced threat detection and response. What is the Impact of AI in Cybersecurity?

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