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Norton 360 Now Comes With a Cryptominer

Krebs on Security

Norton 360 , one of the most popular antivirus products on the market today, has installed a cryptocurrency mining program on its customers’ computers. In 2017, the identity theft protection company LifeLock was acquired by Symantec Corp. based NortonLifeLock Inc. “It’s disgusting, gross, and brand-suicide.”

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Wannacry, the hybrid malware that brought the world to its knees

Security Affairs

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. The operating algorithm was RSA.

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What IG Professionals Should Know About the Internet of Bodies

ARMA International

A company in Wisconsin had a “chipping party” in 2017 to implant microchips in some of its employees to make it easier for them to access the buildings and systems and to buy food in the company break room. [1]. Another common name for the IoB is embodied computing , where the human body is used as a technology platform.

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. The 911 service as it exists today.

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Part 2: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about the evolution from RIM to Content Services?

ARMA International

This means imagining the “art of the possible” for a new future using a cloud computing model to deliver transformative change. Similarly, the DT journey is about reimagining the future – and imagining new ways of doing things. The pandemic forced every organization to think about the “art of the possible.” Enabling CS for DT.

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STEPS FORWARD: How the Middle East led the U.S. to adopt smarter mobile security rules

The Last Watchdog

When it comes to securing mobile computing devices, the big challenge businesses have long grappled with is how to protect company assets while at the same time respecting an individual’s privacy. A few months later the United Arab Emirates stood up its National Electronic Security Authority (NESA) which proceeded to do much the same thing.

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GravityRAT malware also targets Android and macOS

Security Affairs

GravityRAT is a malware strain known for checking the CPU temperature of Windows computers to avoid being executed in sandboxes and virtual machines. ” reads an analysis published by Cisco Talos that spotted the malware back in 2017 when it was used by an APT group targeting India. . ” concludes Kaspersky.