Cybersecurity Industry News Review – March 14, 2023

The U.K. Online Safety Bill triggers a security rebuke from WhatsApp, the Czech Republic concerned about TikTok, an international law enforcement effort shuts down the NetWire RAT infrastructure, while a study suggests workforce malaise towards reporting security incidents. By Joe Fay WhatsApp Would Leave U.K. Rather Than Break Encryption WhatsApp would pull its end-to-end encrypted messaging service in the U.K., rather than submit to any requirement to weaken its privacy stance to comply with the U.K. government’s Online Safety Bill. WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart said that 98 per cent of its users were outside the U.K., and ALL users wanted…

March 14, 2023
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BlackMamba PoC Malware Uses AI to Avoid Detection

HYAS researchers recently developed proof-of-concept (PoC) malware that leverages AI both to eliminate the need for command and control (C2) infrastructure and to generate new malware on the fly in order to evade detection algorithms. The malware, dubbed “BlackMamba,” is the latest example of exploits that can evade even the most sophisticated cybersecurity products. While […]

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March 10, 2023
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