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SquirrelWaffle Loader

I. Targeted Entities Microsoft Office Documents II. Introduction A new malware loader, SquirrelWaffle, is malware-spamming malicious Microsoft Office documents to deliver Qakbot malware. III. Background Information Cisco Talos researchers discovered malspam campaigns beginning in mid-September when they noticed booby-trapped Office documents infecting systems with SquirrelWaffle in the initial stage of the infection chain.[1] The campaigns …

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Appoints Tony Coles of iHeartMedia as Newest Board Member

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA), the country’s preeminent leader in one-to-one youth mentoring, has announced Tony Coles, iHeartMedia’s division president of Metro Markets, and president of Black Information Network (BIN), as its newest board member. Coles brings expertise in media and a passion for mentorship, especially in reaching communities of color, to BBBSA …

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2021’s Top 10 Risks: The Pandemic Shines a Spotlight on Interconnected Risks

October 27, 2021 OVERVIEW With ransomware attacks filling the headlines and the COVID-19 pandemic pushing organizations to embrace remote working and online business models, cyber security has become a top-of-mind concern for many business leaders. It should come as no surprise, then, that cyber attacks and data breaches rank first on the list of the …

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St. Pete may soon use its biogas to power crypto mining operations

St Petersburg continues to establish itself as a city of technology and innovation, and there’s a proposal in the works that could increase its relevance to a critical element of the blockchain industry: cryptocurrency miners. Miners earn revenue by performing processing an energy intensive computations to verify blockchain transactions. City Councilmember Robert Blackmon has a …

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