Beware of Weaponized MSI Installer Masquerading as WhatsApp to Deliver XWorm RAT

A newly identified cyber threat linked to a China-based threat actor has emerged, targeting users across East and Southeast Asia.

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5 ways to avoid #spyware disguised as legit apps - before it's too late. You may not be the intended target of these malicious #apps #masquerading as legitimate programs - but you can still be their victim.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-ways-to-avoid-spyware-disguised-as-legit-apps-before-its-too-late/
#malware #security
5 ways to avoid spyware disguised as legit apps - before it's too late

You may not be the intended target of these malicious apps masquerading as legitimate programs - but you can still be their victim.

ZDNET
False claims Democrats plotted to kill Trump spread by bogus US news sites

As the US presidential election nears, experts sound the alarm over an explosion of AI-powered propaganda masquerading as news.

South China Morning Post
Bigotry masquerading as philosophy was a 2023 low point

The Hamas attack on Israel and Israel's response emboldened bigots of all stripes, even as they try to mask their bigotry as progressive or conservative ideology.

MSNBC
Nikki Haley Is Masquerading as a Moderate

The former U.N. ambassador is on an upswing in the polls, thanks in part to her canny ability to be a bland radical.

The New Republic

Young #frogs may #camouflage selves as animal poo
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-young-frogs-camouflage-animal-poo.html

From #masquerading to blending in: ontogenetic shifts in antipredator #camouflage in Wallaceโ€™s #FlyingFrogs https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-023-03376-w

"To test their hypothesis that the frogs were trying to escape predators, the researchers created differently colored wax frog models and placed them in the zoo's rainforest house."

Young frogs may camouflage selves as animal poo: study

The young offspring of a frog native to Southeast Asia display an "unusual color pattern", probably to camouflage themselves "as animal droppings" to escape predators, according to a study.

Using a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B as a router/firewall for the home LAN http://steinar.bang.priv.no/?p=66 #raspberry #pi #debian #dnsmasq #fail2ban #ferm #firewall #ip #masquerading #jessie #mosh #ntop #raspbian #raspbian #8 #raspbian #jessie #router #ssh Since 1999 I have been using a 1996 vintage DEC PII desktop as the router/firewall between the internet and my home network.  The DEC computer came to me with Win95 (or possibly Win98) in 1998, got SuSE linux and started its mission as router and
Using a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B as a router/firewall for the home LAN

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