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Marking its fifteenth year, Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report analyzes data breach demographics spread across multiple industry verticals, providing results based on breach cases and incidents reviewed. The data gleaned from its analysis provides organizations insight into what threat types are driving attacks and how trends play a significant role over time in security. Additional guidance is provided based on quantifiable data from industry leaders, such as Jamf. Verizon also includes security recommendations, indicators of compromise and next steps to take after a breach has been identified, from very small businesses to large enterprises.

May 25 2022 by

Jesus Vigo

The Jamf Threat Labs team has recently identified changes to the UpdateAgent malware dropper. These changes primarily focus on new executables written in Swift that reach out to a registration server to pull down a new set of instructions in the form of a bash script. Perhaps one of the most identifiable features of the malware is that it relies on the AWS infrastructure to host its various payloads and perform its infection status updates to the server. The continued development of this malware shows that its authors continue to remain active, trying to reach as many users as possible.

May 16 2022 by

Jamf Threat Labs

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