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International Malware Takedown Seized 100+ Servers

Tech Republic Security

‘Operation Endgame’ is an ongoing, law enforcement effort to disrupt botnets, malware droppers and malware-as-a-service.

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Threats delivered over encrypted channels continue to rise

Network World

Attackers are using encrypted channels to bypass traditional defenses, concealing malware, phishing campaigns, cryptomining/cryptojacking, and data theft within encrypted traffic. Malware dominates the landscape: Malware remains the most prevalent encrypted threat, representing 86.5% Encrypted threats accounted for 87.2%

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Network Security Policy

Tech Republic Security

To protect company data and reputation, it is essential to ensure that the network is secured from unauthorized access, data loss, malware infestations and security breaches. This can include internal and external systems, either company-owned or leased/rented/subscribed to. This must be done.

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DeepSeek and AI-Generated Malware Pose New Danger for Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

A recent report from Tenable highlights how DeepSeek R1, an open-source AI model, can generate rudimentary malware, including keyloggers and ransomware. While the AI-generated malware required manual debugging to function properly, its mere existence signals an urgent need for security teams to adapt their defenses.

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO Business Intelligence

The report also highlighted that Chinese groups continue to share malware tools a long-standing hallmark of Chinese cyber espionage with the KEYPLUG backdoor serving as a prime example. Vault Panda has used many malware families shared by Chinese threat actors, including KEYPLUG, Winnti, Melofee, HelloBot, and ShadowPad.

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Antivirus Policy

Tech Republic Security

By establishing an antivirus policy, organizations can quickly identify and address malware and virus threats, as well as detect and appropriately respond to incidents. The purpose of this Antivirus Policy, written by Madeline Clarke for TechRepublic Premium, is to provide guidelines for.

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Interview on Automated Malware Removal

CTOvision

Three Questions on Automated Malware Removal with Bob Gourley, Cognitio Corp and CTOVision. While there’s still an emphasis – and related spending – on malware detection, most incident response teams are actually overwhelmed by vast number of security alerts they receive. Another day, another data breach. Bob Gourley: That’s simple.

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