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Lazarus APT Cloaks Payloads With BMP Image Files

The Lazarus threat group is hiding its payloads in bitmap image (BMP) files, as seen in spear-phishing attacks targeting victims in South Korea.

Apt, Malware, Lazarus, Threat Actors

Decipher Podcast: Steve Ragan

Steve Ragan, security researcher with Akamai, joins Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch to discuss the evolution of phishing kits over the past year, and how attacks on the identity and trust model will change as employees start to go back into the office.

Podcast

China’s Big Data Boom Spurs a Flourishing Underground Economy

As part of a prosperous Chinese-language underground economy, cybercriminals are illegally monetizing big data by selling it to scammers, threat groups or even marketers.

Cybercrime, Big Data, China

More Malware Targets M1-Based Macs

A recent variant of the XCSSET malware has the capability to infect ARM M1-based Macs in addition to x86-based machines.

Macos, Apple

New Bill Would Curb the Export of Americans’ Data

The newly-proposed U.S. draft bill would introduce a license requirement for foreign companies to trade U.S. citizens’ personal information.

Data Privacy, Government, Regulation