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Retired Malware Samples: Everything Old is New Again

Lenny Zeltser

When training professionals how to reverse-engineer malware , I’ve gone through lots of malicious programs for the purpose of educational examples. For example, I recently came across a DarkComet RAT builder that was surreptitiously bundled with a DarkComet backdoor of its own. The backdoor had a backdoor! You Are an Idiot.

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Got 2020 Clear Vision?

Daradiction

My best friend Braden Jones and his wife Denai started a company in my hometown of Ventura in 2001 called Petunia Pickle Bottom and gave birth to a new industry. Another example that has inspired me to follow my dreams is watching my college buddy Jack Johnson become an international pop star. Jack Johnson.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #27 [Heads Up] Massive Impersonation Phishing Campaign Imitates Over 100 Brands and Thousands of Domains

KnowBe4

However, as The Insider found out, it is not only China that the US should be worried about: Russia has reanimated the Soviet spy center Lourdes in Cuba, officially closed by Putin in 2001. For instance, many examples of malware have been uncovered that expressly don't function unless they are accessed by a mobile device.

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Council of the European Union Releases Draft Compromise Text on the Proposed EU Data Protection Regulation

Hunton Privacy

The Presidency proposes parallel amendment of Regulation 45/2001 (on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community) to bring the processing activities of European Union bodies within scope of the Proposed Regulation (Recital 14a, Article 2(b)). Scope of the Proposed Regulation.