Black Hat Europe 2025: Reputation matters – even in the ransomware economy
Being seen as reliable is good for ‘business’ and ransomware groups care about 'brand reputation' just as much as their victims
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The popular text editor Notepad++ has addressed a severe security weakness in its update mechanism that could allow attackers to hijack network traffic and push malicious executables to users under the guise of legitimate updates. Security researchers recently observed suspicious traffic patterns involving WinGUp, the built-in updater used by Notepad++. According to their findings, update […]
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