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What is infostealer malware? Learn the silent threat to your data
According to the KELA State of Cybercrime 2025 report, more than 4.3 million devices were infected by infostealer malware in 2024, and 3.9 billion passwords were compromised in the process. This malicious software is designed to secretly collect sensitive data from devices. The data can include passwords, credit card information, and even crypto wallet credentials. Needless to say, infostealer malware is…
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Hot Car Fatalities Are a Year-Round Threat to Children and Pets
CR’s testing shows it doesn’t take scorching temps for hot cars to pose safety risks Heatstroke is the leading cause of death in vehicles (excluding crashes) for those 14 and younger. By Emily A. Thomas, PhD Heatstroke can be a four-season threat in some parts of the country. About 39 children die each year from vehicular heatstroke, according to Kids…
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Malware-free attacks: The threat to businesses
Attackers often use malware to target business systems. But recently, ‘malware-free’ attacks – which see adversaries instead abuse existing tools to target devices – are growing in popularity. The figures are concerning. According to CrowdStrike’s 2025 global threat report, cyber attacks leveraging trusted services to conduct malicious activities are becoming the norm. In fact, the shift towards malware-free attack techniques…
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Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says Zuckerberg “saw us as a threat”
When Instagram was acquired for $1 billion in 2012, co-founder Kevin Systrom believed that joining Facebook would help Instagram’s “skyrocketing growth” reach even greater heights. In some ways, it did. Instagram now has billions of users and has since “generated many multiples of that price and then some,” Systrom said on Tuesday from a Washington, DC courtroom. But according to…
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Infostealer malware: What’s the threat to businesses?
Infostealers have been around for some time but recently they’ve been making headlines. This targeted malware, created to compromise the systems of victims and exfiltrate sensitive information, is on the rise and poses an active threat to all businesses. A recent report found that infostealers exposed billions of credentials in 2024, with KELA Cyber Threat Intelligence measuring 4.3 million machines…
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Security researchers hack BlackLock ransomware gang in push back against rising threat actor
Security researchers have exploited a vulnerability in the dark web site of the BlackLock ransomware group to gather information about planned attacks. Late in 2024, researchers at Resecurity identified a vulnerability in BlackLock’s Data Leak Site (DLS), allowing its analysts to inspect the threat group’s network infrastructure and identify specific activity logs, hosting providers, and linked MEGA accounts used to…
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Machine Learning in NGFW Threat Detection
Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) have become a cornerstone of modern cybersecurity infrastructure. Traditional firewalls filter traffic based on static rules, but NGFWs offer more advanced features. These include intrusion prevention, application awareness, and deep packet inspection. Cyber threats are becoming more complex and difficult to combat, so NGFW producers have turned to Machine Learning (ML) to enhance detection methods. Machine Learning,…
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February was the worst month on record for ransomware attacks – and one threat group had a field day
February 2025 was the worst month on record for the number of ransomware attacks, according to new research from Bitdefender. Analysis from the security company shows the number of ransomware attacks reached 962 last month, marking a significant increase on the year prior in which 425 attacks were recorded. Of those, 335 were claimed by the Ransomware as a Service…
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WinRing0: Why Windows is flagging your PC monitoring and fan control apps as a threat
On Tuesday morning, some PC gamers woke up to discover their computers were seemingly under threat. A “HackTool” called WinRing0 had suddenly started triggering a Windows Defender alert, as if their PCs were under attack. Some of those computers even began behaving oddly — like blasting their fans at high speed — once the HackTool had been quarantined. I know,…
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Apple faces UK antitrust threat as regulator targets browsers – Computerworld
Safari and Chrome, ‘holding back innovation’ “Following our in-depth investigation, we have concluded that competition between different mobile browsers is not working well, and this is holding back innovation in the UK,” said Margot Daly, chair of the CMA’s independent inquiry group. “The analysis set out in our report and the range of potential interventions considered to address the market…
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