Tag: Rare
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Four REvil Ransomware Members Sentenced in Rare Russian Cybercrime Convictions
Four members of the now-defunct REvil ransomware operation have been sentenced to several years in prison in Russia, marking one of the …
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Rare ‘CosmicStrand’ UEFI Rootkit Swings into Cybercrime Orbit
The firmware threat offers ultimate stealth and persistence — and may be distributed via tainted firmware components in a supply-chain …
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Companies Are Hiring Open Source Devs, but Skills Are Rare
If you’re a developer with open source skills, here’s some good news: You’re likely to have your pick of …
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TrickBot Returns with a Vengeance, Sporting Rare Bootkit Functions
The TrickBot malware has morphed once again, this time implementing functionality designed to inspect the UEFI/BIOS firmware of targeted …
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WordPress Plug-in Updated in Rare Forced Action
The security team at WordPress has taken advantage of a powerful, but rarely used, feature in the content management platform to force an …
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Rare Firmware Rootkit Discovered Targeting Diplomats, NGOs
It’s a silent and deadly threat long dreaded by security experts: malware entrenched in the firmware of modern computer chips that can’t be …
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Cyber Intelligence Suffers From ‘Snobby’ Isolationism, Focus on Rare Threats
Cyber-threat intelligence (CTI) teams face a host of challenges — a shortage of skilled workers and a lack of resources, for example — …
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Rare Bootkit Malware Targets North Korea-Linked Diplomats
A firmware bootkit has been spotted in the wild, targeting diplomats and members of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Africa, Asia …
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Rare case of UEFI hacking hit targets interested in North Korea, Kaspersky says
Spies have long coveted the ability to compromise a computer’s booting process and, with it, the ability to control just about every part …
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Rare and hardest to crack Enigma code machine sells for $437,000
A rare 1944 four-rotor M4 Enigma cipher machine, considered one of the hardest challenges for the Allies to decrypt, has sold at a …
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Rare NSA Advisory About Russia-Based Cyberattacks Unlikely to Stop Them
A rare advisory from the US National Security Agency (NSA), warning of attacks by Russian military intelligence on vulnerable e-mail …
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Watch: Rare Second World War footage of Bletchley Park-linked MI6 intelligence heroes emerges, shared online
Vid An astonishingly rare film documenting British intelligence personnel, linked to the code-breakers at Bletchley Park, has been released …
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