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TrickGate, a packer used by malware to evade detection since 2016

Security Affairs

TrickGate is a shellcode-based packer offered as a service, which is used at least since July 2016, to hide malware from defense programs. The TrickGate packer was primarily used in attacks aimed at the manufacturing sector, and other attacks aimed at the education, healthcare, government, and finance industries.

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IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Security Affairs

Before we dive into the specific cybersecurity concerns, let us remind you about the attack that took place in October 2016. While the cybersecurity industry has presented options for every netizen, the recommendation to use original and complex passwords continues to be disregarded. The Flaws in Manufacturing Process.

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GUEST ESSAY: The story behind how DataTribe is helping to seed ‘Cybersecurity Valley’ in Maryland

The Last Watchdog

Within these government labs and agencies, taking place is a groundswell of innovation in deep technology cyber disciplines to the tune of billions of dollars annually over the past three decades. The state counts approximately 109,000 cyber engineers. Two notable examples are Sourcefire, acquired by Cisco for $2.7B

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Part 1: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about understanding the business drivers?

ARMA International

Peter Drucker (1999) compared the Industrial and Information Revolutions and their impacts on societies, industries, and jobs. So, the concept of DT is not new and was predicted as the foundation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. [1] Figure 1: Illustration of Bush’s Memex. Information and Content Explosion.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

In December, 2016, the lights went out in Kyiv, Ukraine. So the reality is that there was a team of criminal hackers, and like all intrusions, this attack didn’t just start in December 2016; it began months before it was executed. The reality is much more complicated. Don’t believe me? Here’s Robert M.

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Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks

Data Matters

Attorney General described a recent takedown of a Russian government-sponsored botnet called Cyclops Blink before it was weaponized and caused damage. and foreign government agencies. government reported a significant rise in hacks perpetrated against private companies by nation-state-sponsored threat actors.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: DEF CON Villages

ForAllSecure

And by de I'm an analyst at Javelin strategy and research where I do security risk and fraud for the financial services industry. Still, it was part of the industrial control systems or ICS village and episode 45. Leale: I've been working with and in the automotive industry. DEF CON 18: I'm Robert Vamosi.