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The malware threat landscape: NodeStealer, DuckTail, and more

Engineering at Meta

Building custom malware to target specific internet platforms Our industry continues to detect and disrupt custom-built novel malware that targets business for advertising fraud. After retrieving the decryption key, the malware reads data from the “Cookies” file, which is an SQLite database containing cookie values. environment.

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Grinch Bots strike again: defending your holidays from cyber threats

CloudFaire

Retailers reaped the rewards of their deals and advertising, seeing a 50% surge in shoppers week-over-week and a 61% increase compared to the previous month. The large pool of IP addresses and the diversity of networks poses a challenge to traditional bot defense mechanisms that rely on IP reputation and rate limiting.