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Beware of ‘OfficeNote’ – Apple Mac malware in disguise available on Dark Web
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Beware of ‘OfficeNote’ – Apple Mac malware in disguise available on Dark Web

[ad_1] A fresh Mac threat has emerged, and it's a revamped version of the notorious XLoader malware. This time, it's disguised as a productivity app called "OfficeNote." Here's what you need to know to keep your Mac secure.XLoader: A Brief BackgroundXLoader has been causing trouble since 2015, but it usually targets Windows PCs. In 2021, a macOS version appeared, but it was distributed as a Java program, which was not very potent against Macs. Now, a new version of XLoader has surfaced, written in programming languages C and Objective C, according to a Tom's Guide report. What's more, it's signed with an Apple developer signature, making it appear legitimate. How the Malware SpreadsHackers have become quite clever. Instead of sending phishing emails with malware attachments, they're dis...
Meet DARKBert, the dark web-trained AI tool that can combat cybersecurity threats
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Meet DARKBert, the dark web-trained AI tool that can combat cybersecurity threats

[ad_1] Large Language Models (LLMs) have gained massive popularity over the past few months, especially since the emergence of AI chatbots like ChatGPT. These AI-powered models can generate new content, such as text, images, audio, and more by studying an existing database and learning patterns to generate new and unique content. While these tools have been used to generate content using generative AI, researchers have now developed the first-of-its-kind LLM to assess and combat cybersecurity threats. Interestingly, this model has only been trained on the information present on the dark web. What is DarKBERT?DarkBERT is an encoder model that adopts the RoBERTa architecture, relying on transformers. Instead of being trained on the web, researchers trained this LLM on a vast dataset of da...