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Malware Training Sets: FollowUP

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Since that day I received hundreds of emails from students, researchers and practitioners all around the world asking me questions about how to follow up that research and how to contribute to expanding the training set. Now, if you wish you are able to generate training sets by yourself and to test new algorithms directly into WEKA.

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Swiss army asks its personnel to use the Threema instant-messaging app

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” Recently media shared an FBI training document that reveals the surveillance capabilities of the US law enforcement detailing which data can be extracted from encrypted messaging apps. We got an FBI training doc on obtaining data from secure messaging apps, and shared it w/ @AndyKroll / @RollingStone. ” states the U.S.

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Sopra Steria hit by the Ryuk ransomware gang

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A cyber attack was detected on the Sopra Steria computer network on the evening of October 20. Sopra Steria is a member of France’s Cyber Campus , a French initiative to spread cybersecurity awareness, training, and product sales. Security measures have been taken to limit the risk of propagation.”

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 489 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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CISA adds SonicWall SonicOS, ImageMagick and Linux Kernel bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Electronic payment gateway Slim CD disclosed a data breach impacting 1.7M

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 293

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COVID-19 themed attacks October 1 – December 5, 2020 Drug dealers are selling Pfizer COVID vaccines on the darkweb LockBit Ransomware operators hit Swiss helicopter maker Kopter Police arrest two people over stealing sensitive data from defense giant A ransomware attack hit the Greater Baltimore Medical Center Cisco fixes exploitable RCEs in Cisco (..)

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Cyber attacks hit the Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania

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Albania’s National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security (AKCESK) revealed that cyber attacks hit the Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania. In September 2022, Albania blamed Iran for another cyberattack that hit computer systems used by the state police. ” adds AKCESK.

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Analyzing the APT34’s Jason project

Security Affairs

These “exception protections” are usually adopted in two main scenarios: (i) the end-user is not a super “techy” guy, so he might end-up with some unexpected conditions or (ii) the attacker is a professional developer who is trained to write product oriented code and not simple working software (which is what attackers usually do).