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fromThe Hacker News
1 week ago

From Ransomware to Residency: Inside the Rise of the Digital Parasite

To be clear, ransomware isn't going anywhere, and adversaries continue to innovate. But the data shows a clear strategic pivot away from loud, destructive attacks toward techniques designed to evade detection, persist inside environments, and quietly exploit identity and trusted infrastructure. Rather than breaking in and burning systems down, today's attackers increasingly behave like Digital Parasites. They live inside the host, feed on credentials and services, and remain undetected for as long as possible.
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fromTechzine Global
3 months ago

Pro-Russian hackers hide in Windows with Linux VMs

Curly COMrades deploy hidden Hyper-V Linux virtual machines named ‘WSL’ on Windows hosts to run undetectable malware and tunnel traffic through the host IP to evade detection.
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