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Malware that Microsoft has been tracking for over a year has been leveraging numerous techniques for evasion, including random file names, fileless installation, and polymorphism. 

A man convicted of murder 37 years ago has the right to be forgotten and have his name removed from online search results, Germany's highest court ruled on Wednesday.The constitutional court in Karlsruhe found in favour of a man who was given a life sentence for killing two people on a yacht in 1982.

Kilos is a new dark web search engine that goes where Google doesn't. It was first announced by its developer on Reddit on November 15, 2019: "Introducing Kilos, a new search engine for the darknet markets."

Years ago, I worked on a consulting project for a large financial services company, which had recently invested $20 million into their core offering, a managed services platform for financials that was used by hundreds of customers. 

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) this week shared some data on government-backed hacking and disinformation attempts targteting its customers.

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit today announced that hackers managed to steal $49 million in Ethereum.The crypto-coins were transferred from the Upbeat Ethereum Hot Wallet to an unknown wallet on November 27, announced Lee Seok-woo, CEO of Doo-myeon, which operates Upbit.

Tex-Mex restaurant chain On The Border has informed customers this week that their payment card information may have been stolen by hackers.

Twitter and Facebook this week took action against malicious mobile software development kits (SDKs) that were used to improperly access user data.

Kaspersky has patched several vulnerabilities affecting the web protection features present in its Anti-Virus, Internet Security, Total Security, Free Anti-Virus, Security Cloud, and Small Office Security products.

World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has concerns over the state and future of the internet that are well-known. He fears that a technology developed to provide universal access to free information has developed a distinct dystopian miasma that unchecked could simply get worse. The primary culprits are excessive government surveillance and wanton corporate personal data collection.

Web application security firm Detectify today announced that it has raised €21.5 million (~$23.7 million) in Series B funding, which brings the total raised to date to $32 million.The Stockholm, Sweden-based company plans on using the funding to further accelerate growth through hiring new talent.

Israel-based cybersecurity startup Cymulate announced on Tuesday that it has raised $15 million in a Series B funding round led by Vertex Growth Fund.

Russian and Chinese spies repeatedly targeted the Czech state last year, the country's intelligence service (BIS) said in its 2018 report published Tuesday, detailing cyber-attacks and disinformation.

A recently discovered Android banking Trojan that features a narrow target list and two-step overlays is capable of stealing both login credentials and credit card data, ThreatFabric reports.

Palo Alto Networks on Monday announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire cloud security company Aporeto for roughly $150 million in cash.

Trend Micro security researchers have discovered thousands of Android applications impacted by the GIF processing vulnerability that was patched recently in WhatsApp.

A Chinese woman who stirred fears of espionage when she entered President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort carrying multiple mobile phones and a malware-spiked thumb drive was sentenced to eight months in prison Monday, US media reported.

A recently discovered technique allows ransomware to encrypt files on Windows-based systems without being detected by existing anti-ransomware products, Nyotron security researchers warn.

Catch Hospitality Group alerted its restaurant customers that cybercriminals managed to infect some of its point-of-sale (“PoS”) devices with credit card data scraping malware.

The intelligence cycle, just as its name implies, is cyclical. Similar to the scientific method or even the water cycle, the successful execution of each step of the intelligence cycle relies on the successful execution of the step that came before it. And this is especially crucial to remember once you reach the cycle’s final step: dissemination and feedback.