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BadUSB is a computer security attack using USB devices that are programmed with malicious software. [2] For example, USB flash drives can contain a programmable Intel 8051 microcontroller, which can be reprogrammed, turning a USB flash drive into a malicious device. [3] This attack works by programming the fake USB flash drive to emulate a ...
Adversarial machine learning is the study of the attacks on machine learning algorithms, and of the defenses against such attacks. [1] A survey from May 2020 exposes the fact that practitioners report a dire need for better protecting machine learning systems in industrial applications. [2]
XcodeGhost (and variant XcodeGhost S) are modified versions of Apple's Xcode development environment that are considered malware. [1] The software first gained widespread attention in September 2015, when a number of apps originating from China harbored the malicious code. [2] It was thought to be the "first large-scale attack on Apple's App ...
DoublePulsar is a backdoor implant tool developed by the U.S. National Security Agency's (NSA) Equation Group that was leaked by The Shadow Brokers in early 2017. [3] [citation needed] The tool infected more than 200,000 Microsoft Windows computers in only a few weeks, [4] [5] [3] [6] [7] and was used alongside EternalBlue in the May 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack.
Lazarus Group. Lazarus Group (also known as Guardians of Peace or Whois Team[1][2][3]) is a hacker group made up of an unknown number of individuals, alleged to be run by the government of North Korea. While not much is known about the Lazarus Group, researchers have attributed many cyberattacks to them since 2010.
The headquarters of Sony Pictures in Culver City, California, United States. On November 24, 2014, a hacker group identifying itself as "Guardians of Peace" leaked a release of confidential data from the film studio Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). The data included personal information about Sony Pictures employees and their families, emails ...
By Christopher Bing and Raphael Satter (Reuters) -Elite hackers tied to Russian intelligence last month targeted several German political parties with an eye toward burrowing into their networks ...
A penetration test target may be a white box (about which background and system information are provided in advance to the tester) or a black box (about which only basic information other than the company name is provided). A gray box penetration test is a combination of the two (where limited knowledge of the target is shared with the auditor ...