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By Deeba Ahmed Alchimist is a single-file C2 framework discovered on a server hosting an active file listing on the root directory and a set of post-exploitation tools. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Linux, Windows and macOS Hit By New “Alchimist” Attack Framework

Cisco Talos is well-known for its work in spotting and defeating fake news, disinformation and misinformation. And state-sponsored actors, unwitting social media users and even direct government agencies have played a part in spreading fake news during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.  In this video, we'll look at a few examples of what essentially equates to propaganda spreading across social media, leading to false stories, headlines, posts and the continued degradation of the meaning of "truth."

In this video, we'll look at a few examples of what essentially equates to propaganda spreading across social media, leading to false stories, headlines, posts and the continued degradation of the meaning of "truth."

Enterprises seeking asset visibility and security enabled to simplify the procurement process of Armis.

Nexusguard DDoS Statistical Report reveals key attack observations and analysis from the first half of 2022.

HackerOne Assets combines ASM with insights from security experts to protect known and unknown digital assets.

The comprehensive, multiplatform framework comes loaded with weapons, and it is likely another effort by a China-based threat group to develop an alternative to Cobalt Strike and Sliver.

By Jon Munshaw.  Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter.  October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Which, if you’ve been on social media at all the past 13 days or read any cybersecurity news website, you surely know already.  As it does every year, I saw Cybersecurity Awareness Month kick off with a lot of snark and memes of people joking about what it even means to be “aware” of cybersecurity and why we even have this month at all. And I get why it’s easy to poke fun at, it is at its core a marketing-driven campaign, and hardcore security experts and researchers have notoriously pushed back against this being a marketing-driven field.  I’m not saying there should be Cybersecurity Awareness Month mascots brought to life on the floor of Black Hat, but it is probably time to pump the brakes on the skepticism and snark. After all, this week should be about broadening the security community, not trying to exclude others from it. I came to Talos ...

Despite dozens of tools and external vendors, 2 in 3 organizations believe their data strategy isn't sustainable beyond three years, which could leave businesses vulnerable.

A previously undocumented command-and-control (C2) framework dubbed Alchimist is likely being used in the wild to target Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. "Alchimist C2 has a web interface written in Simplified Chinese and can generate a configured payload, establish remote sessions, deploy payload to the remote machines, capture screenshots, perform remote shellcode execution, and run