Oops: DanaBot Malware Devs Infected Their Own PCs

The U.S. government today unsealed criminal charges against 16 individuals accused of operating and selling DanaBot, a prolific strain of information-stealing malware that has been sold on Russian cybercrime forums since 2018. The FBI says a newer version of DanaBot was used for espionage, and that many of the defendants exposed their real-life identities after accidentally infecting their own systems with the malware.

May 23, 2025
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Cybertech Europe 2023 video walkthrough

In this Help Net Security video, we take you inside Cybertech Europe 2023 at La Nuvola Convention Center in Rome. The video features the following vendors: Accenture, Armis, Atlantica, Cisco, Cloudflare, CyberArk, CyberGuru, Cybergym, DGS, Forcepoint, …

October 4, 2023
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Photos: Cybertech Europe 2023

The Cybertech Europe conference and exhibition takes place at La Nuvola Convention Center in Rome, and features the latest innovative solutions from dozens of companies and speakers, including senior government officials, C-level executives, and indust…

October 3, 2023
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Multi-modal data protection with AI’s help

Cybersecurity risk is distinct from other IT risk in that it has a thinking, adaptive, human opponent. IT generally must deal with first order chaos and risk much like hurricanes in meteorology or viruses in biology: complex and dangerous – but f…

August 4, 2023
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VPNs remain a risky gamble for remote access

Organizations are expressing deep concerns about their network security due to the risks from VPNs, according to a new Zscaler report. The report stresses the need for organizations to reevaluate their security posture and migrate to a zero-trust archi…

August 4, 2023
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