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Cryptominer ELFs Using MSR to Boost Mining Process

Security Affairs

The Uptycs Threat Research Team recently observed Golang-based worm dropping cryptominer binaries which use the MSR (Model Specific Register) driver to disable hardware prefetchers and increase the speed of the mining process by 15%. This is done to boost the miner execution performance, thereby increasing the speed of the mining process.

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LemonDuck Shows Malware Can Evolve, Putting Linux and Microsoft at Risk

eSecurity Planet

The LemonDuck malware that for the past couple of years has been known for its cryptocurrency mining and botnet capabilities is evolving into a much broader threat, moving into new areas of cyber attacks, targeting both Linux and Microsoft systems and expanding its geographical reach, according to security researchers with Microsoft.

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MaliBot Android Banking Trojan targets Spain and Italy

Security Affairs

The experts documented attacks against multiple banks, including UniCredit, Santander, CaixaBank, and CartaBCC. MaliBot disguises itself as a cryptocurrency mining app named “Mining X” or “The CryptoApp”, experts also observed the malicious code masqueraded as “MySocialSecurity” and “Chrome” apps.

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Application modernization overview

IBM Big Data Hub

Modernization teams perform their code analysis and go through several documents (mostly dated); this is where their reliance on code analysis tools becomes important. The accelerator generated UI for desired channel that could be integrated to the APIs, unit test cases and test data and design documentation.

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Archive-It Partner News, October 2023

Archive-It

Events calendar Find Internet Archive staff and partners at these upcoming in-person and online events: November 13-15 : DLF 2023 Forum — St. They are looking to hear from people who manage and preserve content to learn more about your preservation storage infrastructure.

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Attacks against machine learning — an overview

Elie

Adversarial inputs include malicious documents designed to evade antivirus, and emails attempting to evade spam filters. A very recent example of such behavior is the rise of abusing cloud services such as Google Cloud to mine cryptocurrencies in response to the surge of bitcoin price late 2017. Data poisoning attacks. bitcoin prices.

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From 1945 to 2020: Showcasing Transport for London stories from one defining year to another

Preservica

However, 2020 also marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most defining and transformative events in recent human history – the end of World War II. The Cockle Shell Heroes is a film that was made at the time, it documents a group of soldiers that were sent on a secret mission to attach mines to enemy ships.