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Squid Game app downloaded thousands of times was really Joker malware in disguise

TechSpot

There is no official Squid Games app—not counting Netflix, of course—yet ESET’s Android malware researcher Lukas Stefanko tweeted that there are over 200 applications related to the series listed on the Play Store, and at least one of them was yet another piece of malicious software that slipped past Google’s.

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AI-assisted cybersecurity: 3 key components you can’t ignore

Network World

AI is really a toolkit made up largely of machine learning and LLMs, many of which have been applied for over a decade to tractable problems like novel malware detection and fraud detection. Controls on data sourcing : there are copyright issues, of course, but also privacy considerations on ingestion. But there’s more to it than that.

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How to manage cloud exploitation at the edge

CIO Business Intelligence

However, this shift requires a thorough understanding of the security implications and how a business can protect its data and applications. Cloud infrastructure is especially sensitive, as many critical applications are at risk, such as customer-facing applications. Second, cyber criminals are well-organized and act fast.

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Top 5 Security Trends for CIOs

CIO Business Intelligence

With MFA, the website or application will send a text message or push notification to the user with a code to enter along with their password. A second, more pernicious risk is the fact that ChatGPT can write malware. Such polymorphic malware is particularly hard to detect, because it may be different from one attack to another.

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5 reasons to shift from Flash to HTML5 for Mobile Learning

Kitaboo

Besides, it could easily be misused by malware developers. The company defines BYOD strategy as “an alternative strategy that allows employees, business partners, and other users to use a personally selected and purchased client device to execute enterprise applications and access data. Rapid updates in Flash made it prone to crash.

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Insider Threats at AT&T Wireless Activated by Cybercriminals

SecureWorld News

Prosecutors say he was one of the masterminds behind bribing AT&T Wireless employees to install both malware and hardware in this Washington call center. Employees installed malware. ". Employees installed new variants of malware. What, exactly, was this unlocking malware all about?

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Why endpoint security will be a renewed priority for businesses of all sizes in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Of course, even if the ransom is paid and the key received, there’s no guarantee that other malicious code won’t remain on the devices to continue to gather data for the criminals. A truly robust endpoint solution will provide protection at all levels of the device, from the core BIOS, through to the hardware, firmware and application layers.