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BazaCall: Phony call centers lead to exfiltration and ransomware

Our continued investigation into BazaCall campaigns, those that use fraudulent call centers that trick unsuspecting users into downloading the BazaLoader malware, shows that this threat is more dangerous than what’s been discussed publicly in other security blogs and covered by the media.
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Zero Trust Adoption Report: How does your organization compare?

The last decade has been full of disruptions that have required organizations to adapt and accelerate their security transformation. As we look forward to the next major disruption—the move to hybrid work—one thing is clear: the pace of change isn’t slowing down.
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Combing through the fuzz: Using fuzzy hashing and deep learning to counter malware detection evasion techniques

A new approach for malware classification combines deep learning with fuzzy hashing. Fuzzy hashes identify similarities among malicious files and a deep learning methodology inspired by natural language processing (NLP) better identifies similarities that actually matter, improving detection quality and scale of deployment.
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When coin miners evolve, Part 1: Exposing LemonDuck and LemonCat, modern mining malware infrastructure

LemonDuck, an actively updated and robust malware that’s primarily known for its botnet and cryptocurrency mining objectives, adopted more sophisticated behavior and escalated its operations. Today, beyond using resources for its traditional bot and mining activities, LemonDuck steals credentials, removes security controls, spreads via emails, moves laterally, and ultimately drops more tools for human-operated activity.
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Microsoft acquires CloudKnox Security to offer unified privileged access and cloud entitlement management

Today on the Official Microsoft Blog, Microsoft announced the acquisition of CloudKnox Security, a leader in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM). CloudKnox offers complete visibility into privileged access.
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The evolution of a matrix: How ATT&CK for Containers was built

As containers become a major part of many organizations’ IT workloads, it becomes crucial to consider the unique security threats that target such environments when building security solutions. The first step in this process is understanding the relevant attack landscape.
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