Endpoint/Device Security

A new Mirai-derived botnet, dubbed Tengu, was identified with advanced persistence and self-defense mechanisms, including the ability to use a compromised Linux device's hardware watchdog to trigger a reboot when its main process is terminated, according to a recent report by The Hacker News.

Based on information from Dark Reading, security researchers identified a new class of vulnerabilities, dubbed "PleaseFix," that significantly compromise the security of agentic browsers, potentially leading to account takeover and remote system compromise.

The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American man for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone, a case believed to be the first of its kind in the United States where federal prosecutors have charged someone for the alleged destruction of data using a "duress" password, as first reported by TechCrunch.

Three questions can test whether endpoint control architecture is working

A banking Trojan known as Lampion, believed to have originated in Brazil, is still actively used in ongoing attacks targeting Portuguese organizations.

The predictive remediation feature, built on the Ivanti Neurons platform, works alongside Autonomous Patch Management.

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