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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:17:58 +0000

The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.

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March 24, 2022 admin

Anti-war open-source software developer targets Russians and Belarussians with “protestware”

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:07:26 +0000

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought to life protestware. It’s also beginning to ruin the open-source developer community.

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March 17, 2022 admin

Pro-Ukraine ‘Protestware’ Pushes Antiwar Ads, Geo-Targeted Malware

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 22:33:21 +0000

Researchers are tracking a number of open-source “protestware” projects on GitHub that have recently altered their code to display “Stand with Ukraine” messages for users, or basic facts about the carnage in Ukraine. The group also is tracking several code packages that were recently modified to erase files on computers that appear to be coming from Russian or Belarusian Internet addresses.