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The Trojan Sysadmin: How I Got an AI to Build a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Exploring whether an AI language model (Grok 3, built by xAI) could be induced to create a tool with potential illegal applications, despite its ethical guidelines, and how contradictions in its responses ...
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Blov HTML Crypter: Phishing Evasion Through Encryption and Obfuscation
SlashNext Research Team | | Blov HTML Crypter, Email Protection, Link Phishing, malicious code, malicious links, Phishing, phishing sites
Cybercriminals are sharpening their phishing tactics with tools like Blov HTML Crypter — a utility that modifies HTML files to evade detection by security scanners. By employing techniques such as minification, encryption, ...

Blov HTML Crypter: Phishing Evasion Through Encryption and Obfuscation
SlashNext Research Team | | Blov HTML Crypter, Email Protection, Link Phishing, malicious code, malicious links, Phishing, phishing sites
Cybercriminals are sharpening their phishing tactics with tools like Blov HTML Crypter — a utility that modifies HTML files to evade detection by security scanners. By employing techniques such as minification, encryption, ...
Evasive Panda Cyber Attacks: Threat Actor Targets Tibetans
Wajahat Raja | | Advanced persistent threat (APT), China-linked Hackers, cyber attacks, Cyber Espionage, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity News, ESET, Evasive Panda, malicious code, Malware Tactics, MgBot, Monlam Festival, Nightdoor Backdoor, Supply Chain Attacks, threat actors, Tibetans, watering hole attacks
Cybersecurity experts at ESET have come across a malicious campaign that targets Tibetans in many countries by leveraging the website of a religious gathering. Evasive Panda cyber attacks are associated with a ...

VirusTotal: Generative AI is Great at Detecting, Identifying Malware
Generative AI engines similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard will become indispensable tools for enterprises and cybersecurity operations in detecting and analyzing malicious code in a real-world environment, according to researchers ...
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Assessing Content Management System Security
Kayla Matthews | | Authentication, CMS, content management system, malicious code, passwords, plug-in, security
As more businesses turn paperless and strive for more efficiency, content management systems become more and more popular. But having all your sensitive information in one place can be a risk. The ...
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Automate Software Security Checks to Find Open Source Software, SDK Perils
Eric Castro | | data harvesting, malicious code, Malware, open source code, open-source-software, OSS, Privacy, SDK, security threat, software development kit
The reusability and convenient utility of open source software (OSS) and software development kits (SDKs) has been a boon to mobile application developers. Both types of software shortcuts help developers save time ...
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How to Protect WordPress Websites from SQL Injection
If you are one of the many who are using WordPress as a content management system (CMS) for your website, it’s important to be aware of SQL injection threats that could take ...
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5 Steps to Integrate SAST Tools with DevSecOps
Static application security testing, or SAST, is the process to test the source code to find any security defect in the code or its vulnerabilities. In the application security assurance program, SAST ...
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Bank accounts hacked for over 1 million dollars
Michael Mongold | | bank, blended threat, British, Command And Control, criminal, Eleonore, Exploit, malicious code, Michael Mongold, money mule, phoenix, sophos, trend micromicro, trojan, Yahoo, zeus v3
Last month, a British bank and its customers were hit by a coordinated and targeted attack by criminals that launched their efforts from Eastern Eu rope. In an impressive display of a ...