A trojanized version of the popular 7-Zip software is quietly turning home computers into residential proxy nodes, Malwarebytes warns. Spurred by a Reddit post in which a user complained about getting infected with malware after downloading 7-Zip from 7zip[.]com instead of the legitimate 7-zip.org, Malwarebytes researchers looked into the matter and found that the malicious installer functions as 7-zip, but also silently drops additional payloads onto the system. Further analysis showed the malware’s primary role … More →
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Armis has announced Armis Centrix for Application Security, which unifies application security across an organization’s software development lifecycle. The technology helps security teams secure code as a next-generation attack vector to fortify organizations’ defenses and protect against cyber threats. “To effectively manage risk, it’s essential to get to the root cause of the problem and weed it out,” said Nadir Izrael, CTO of Armis. “Code-based vulnerabilities are being embedded into organizational infrastructure, and AI-generated code … More →
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