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Microsoft Threat Intelligence released findings from their investigation on the Russian threat group known as Forest Blizzard (STRONTIUM). The group used a specialized tool to gain higher privileges and steal login information in compromised networks. Since June 2020, and maybe even since April 2019, Forest Blizzard has been using a …

According to a new research bad actors could exploit the DOS-to-NT path conversion process to hide and impersonate files, directories, and processes, gaining rootkit-like capabilities. “When a user executes a function that has a path argument in Windows, the DOS path at which the file or folder exists is converted …

After three years of research, an international team has created the first ‘World Cybercrime Index’, which ranks the most significant sources of cybercrime at a national level. The PLOS ONE journal’s Index, reveals that a few countries pose the biggest cybercrime threat. Russia is the top, followed by Ukraine, China, …