Use of ‘Hunter-Killer’ Malware on the Rise, Study Finds

Hackers are increasingly deploying “ultra-evasive, highly aggressive” malware with the ability to find and shut down enterprise security tools in compromised systems, allowing the bad actor to go undetected longer, according to researchers with Picus Security. In its Picus Red Report 2024, the security validation firm said there was a 333% year-over-year increase in such..

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