#MalwareUpdate

Administrators have update lessons to learn from the CrowdStrike outage

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July 23, 2024 at 01:39PM The CrowdStrike chaos highlighted the importance of understanding delayed updates in the anti-malware world. Many administrators assumed faulty updates would be fixed before affecting their systems. However, the N-2 policy only applied to part of the system, causing widespread Blue Screen of Death issues. The incident underscores the need for … Read more

‘P2PInfect’ Worm Grows Teeth With Miner, Ransomware & Rootkit

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June 25, 2024 at 06:03AM The innocuous Linux botnet, “P2PInfect,” has transformed into a potent threat, incorporating a rootkit, cryptominer, and ransomware. Its propagation method exploits the Redis database application, primarily impacting East Asia. Organizations worldwide, utilizing Redis, are advised to enhance server protection measures against this evolving malware. Detecting its artifacts such as high … Read more