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A Disembodied Threat

One of the most sophisticated mechanisms malware uses to stay below security systems’ radars is having no detectable file body. Malware creators use various techniques to accomplish that. Perhaps the most insidious of which is the execution of the malicious code wholly within the machine’s volatile memory.

Advanced cyberthreats, demystified

Cyberweapons have to communicate to their creators, propagate within the infrastructure and send data. That’s when an effective and highly flexible algorithm can be capable of spotting them.

Ashley Madison users are still target for cybercroocks

Karma Watch: Ashley Madison

When Canada-based adultery site Ashley Madison was hacked, cybercriminals wasted no time in taking advantage of it. Even now, a year later, they continue to blackmail people and hold their data hostage. We look back at what happened then and talk about what’s happening now.

Dropping Elephant: Inelegant Espionage

An Indian-speaking threat actor, Dropping Elephant chooses targets mainly in the Asian region, paying particular attention to Chinese government/diplomatic organizations – and also to foreign embassies and diplomatic offices in China.