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Chinese hackers exploited a Trend Micro antivirus zero-day used in Mitsubishi Electric hack

Security Affairs

The hacker group has been targeting Japanese heavy industry, manufacturing and international relations at least since 2012, According to the experts, the group is linked to the People’s Republic of China and is focused on exfiltrating confidential data. According to people involved, Chinese hackers Tick may have been involved.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

Most device or software manufacturers place backdoors in their products intentionally and for a good reason. In 2016, the Mirai botnet attack left most of the eastern U.S. Malware, short for “malicious software,” is any unwanted software on your computer that, more often than not, is designed to inflict damage. Backdoors.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Behavioral Biometrics

ForAllSecure

Again, there are now extra measure for liveness--in theory a static photo won’t suffice, but in some cases you can just curve the photo and it would simulate the shape of a head. The researchers predict that soon it'll be hard to tell a human user at the keyboard, or at the mouse, from a bot or AI-driven entity. Think about it.