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Researchers Discover New PlugX Malware Variant Spreading via Removable USB Devices 2

Researchers Discover New PlugX Malware Variant Spreading via Removable USB Devices

“This PlugX variant is wormable and infects USB devices in such a way that it conceals itself from the Windows operating file system,” Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers Mike Harbison and Jen Miller-Osborn said. “A user would not know their USB device is infected or possibly used to exfiltrate data out of their networks.”

Rationalization: Stop spending valuable resources wrongly 4

(Rationalization: Stop spending valuable resources wrongly)*

We see very often how companies (through their security staff) go shopping and rush to spend, often pushed by the pressure of the business, the inertia of the market, lack of knowledge, skill and opportunism of suppliers, before performing a good risk assessment.
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The U.S. food supply is not cyber-secure or safe from threats to control systems 7

The U.S. food supply is not cyber-secure or safe from threats to control systems

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the final rule on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in November 2015 and, according to the FDA’s website, is still in effect as of 10/21/2020.The rule aims to prevent the intentional adulteration of acts intended to cause large-scale harm to public health, including acts of terrorism aimed at the food supply.