Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2023

A new version of the Prometei botnet has infected more than 10,000 systems worldwide since November 2022, experts warn. Cisco Talos researchers reported that the Prometei botnet has infected more than 10,000 systems worldwide since November 2022. The crypto-mining botnet has a modular structure and employs multiple techniques to infect systems and evade detection.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 11, 2023

Regarding the current SVB meltdown , the English word "bankruptcy" has its roots in medieval Italy. It comes from the word "banca rotta," which means "broken bench." This term was used when a money lender ran out of funds, and the bench or table they were doing business on was physically broken in half.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2023

US CISA added an actively exploited vulnerability in VMware’s Cloud Foundation to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability in VMware’s Cloud Foundation, tracked as CVE-2021-39144 (CVSS score: 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.

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MARCH 11, 2023

Plus: A data breach exposes Washington, Ring camera footage has a new problem, and the George Santos scandal slips into the world of cybercrime.

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Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2023

Researchers observed threat actors deploying PlugX malware by exploiting flaws in Chinese remote control programs Sunlogin and Awesun. Researchers at ASEC (AhnLab Security Emergency response Center) observed threat actors deploying the PlugX malware by exploiting vulnerabilities in the Chinese remote control software Sunlogin and Awesun. Sunlogin RCE vulnerability (CNVD-2022-10270 / CNVD-2022-03672) is known to be exploited by threat actors since an exploit code was disclosed.

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