We love a good wow moment in the living rooma stylish and impactful something-something that catches your eye when you first enter the most welcoming space of your home. Maybe its a statement-making piece of furniture, an arrangement of artwork that commands your attention, or a single wall clad in character-rich reclaimed wood or wallpaper. All of these ideas and more make for interesting living room accent wall design ideasdesign focal points that will stop your guests in their tracks, all while making your home feel uniquely you.One fun thing about accent walls is the optionsso many options! Farmhouse living room accent wall ideas, like freshly painted shiplap, wainscoting, board-and-batten paneling, and beadboard, bring architectural interest to a living room. Looking for more rustic living room ideas? Try reclaimed wood as a way to add instant charm to new builds or renovations alike.Perhaps the most popular and easy!way to enliven a single wall is with living room accent wall paint ideas. Pretty living room paint colors act as a backdrop for impressive, artful arrangements, like gallery wall ideas that incorporate collected artwork, family photos, and other meaningful mementos. These personality-driven design moments invite you to pause and linger. Below, discover some of our favorite one-of-a-kind DIY living room accent wall ideas like paint, wallpaper, and paneling right here!Here are more ways to make your living room your favorite room in the house: 1Vertical Wood Paneling Accent WallDane Tashima for Country LivingThe soaring vertical paneling in this converted barns living room draws the eye up to the impressive wood beams overhead. Leather furniture, baskets, and stacks of firewood add warmth to the soaring space. TOUR THIS HOUSE2Grasscloth and Wainscoting Accent WallHelen Norman for Country LivingThis might just be the most stylish TV wall weve ever seen! On a family room accent wall of beige grasscloth above painted shiplap wainscoting, designer James Farmer arranged a mix of vintage French baskets of varying shapes and framed hunting-themed art around the television. RELATED: Cozy Living Rooms Youll Want to Snuggle Up In ForeverAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below3Wall of Windows Accent WallAnnie SchlecterTalk about an accent wall! In this open-concept great room, floor-to-ceiling windows frame an ever-changing view of the lake for what we would argue is the ultimate accent wall. A cozy seating area near the windows makes for an ideal spot to soak up nature, while double sofas provide maximum comfort for a weekend crowd. TOUR THIS HOUSE4Angled Wood Paneling Accent WallDave WaddellFor a subtle yet clever twist on wood paneling, install it on an angle. Here, warm white paint on the ceiling and walls provides a clean backdrop for the khaki sofa and colorful rug. Another of our favorite slightly modern living room accent wall ideas: Cover an accent wall in an ultra-cool throwback wallpaper.Get the Look: Wall Paint Color:Oyster White by Sherwin-WilliamsRELATED: The Best Warm White Paint Colors For Every Room in Your HouseAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below5Black Paint Accent WallMax Kim-Bee for Country LivingMatte gray-black paint is a sophisticated canvas for a casual gallery wall of framed and unframed family silhouettes, oil paintings, and a 1920s deer mount. We love this as one of our favorite black living room accent wall ideasthe artwork really pops! A handmade flag, which sports the red cross of St. Patrick, hung atop a corrugated metal piece, adds even more visual punch. TOUR THIS HOUSE6Creative Wallpaper Accent WallChristopher Dibble for Country LivingWe could not be more obsessed with this DIY living room accent wall idea! In place of standard wallpaper, take vintage book pages and decoupage them on your wall with wallpaper glue. The ones shown here are from vintage bird-watching manuals and maritime books, a nod to the homes waterside location. It took about a day to install, says homeowner Ted Kennedy Watson. We just love it!TOUR THIS HOUSERELATED: 20 Types of Sofas and How to Choose the Right One for Your RoomAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below7Rock or Stone Accent WallMarta Xochilt Perez for Country LivingThis impressive accent wall of moss rock makes for the most amazing lodge-like vibes in this Minnesota living room. The stone is stacked tall to meet the timbered ceiling of white oak and elm. Below, the fireplace and cubbies are seamlessly built in, creating the coziest spot for listening to music or warming up in front of the fire. TOUR THIS HOUSE8Vintage Collections Accent WallBjorn WallanderFloor-to-ceiling painted shelves piled with prized collections, like ceramic vases, mercury glass compotes, plates, and more offer a revolving accent wall for collectors (raise your hand!). Pro tips for the most pleasing visual arrangement: Group like items in odd numbers and stagger heights and prop paintings and trays behind groupings as pretty backdrops, as shown here.Advertisement - Continue Reading Below9Art Gallery Accent WallAlec Hemer for Country LivingOne piece of art is great, but a whole wall of art... thats an accent wall! Keep the subject matter consistent for a more cohesive look, like in this arrangement of boat scenes and seascapes in the Maine home of designer Loi Thai. RELATED: The Fisherman Aesthetic Is One of 2025s Hottest Design Trends10Reclaimed Wood Accent WallRyann Ford A rustic reclaimed wood accent wall creates a quintessentially country focal point in this Texas living room. In fact, almost every building material in this house has lived a former life! Two sets of French doors and a pair of metal sconces create symmetry, with the columned fireplace mantel as the star of the show. TOUR THIS HOUSEAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below11Unique Collection Accent WallDavid Hillegas for Country LivingThis living room accent wall is clad in vertical shiplap painted a striking deep blue. For eye-catchingand budget-friendly!wall art, hang one large basket on the wall as an anchor, then surround it with several smaller round baskets for a starburst effect. This kind of wall decor works with other collectibles too, like framed silhouettes, botanicals, paint-by-numbers, or kids artwork. RELATED: More Pretty Living Room Paint Colors for Walls, Ceilings, Trim, and More12Vintage Furniture Accent Wall David Tsay for Country LivingA piece of furniture that covers the entire back wall of this Texas living room makes quite a statement. The substantial apothecary cabinet houses collected yellowware and provides storage for linens, crafting supplies, and more. Other vintage treasures include a chippy factory cart used as a moveable coffee table and general store signage that create focal points throughout.TOUR THIS HOUSERELATED: 100+ Best Places to Shop for Antiques and Vintage OnlineAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below13Fireplace Nook Accent WallBrie Williams for Country LivingIn her tiny bungalow, homeowner Bambi Costanzo transformed a completely blank nook into a curated accent wall that includes an electric firebox, an antique mantel wrapping a brick surround, lower shelves to display treasures, and a hodge-podge collection of landscape paintings. The thoughtful arrangement gives the room instant hand-me-down history. For small living room accent wall ideas like this one, we say pack in the charm!TOUR THIS HOUSE14Large Art Accent WallPaul Costello for Country LivingSometimes keeping it simple is the best way to go. One oversize piece of art or architectural salvage, like this late 1800s weathered clock face, is all a wall needs to go from sleepy to statement. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below15Wall-to-Wall Art Accent WallRead McKendree for Country LivingFor a one-of-a-kind accent wall, think outside the box and hang a collection of artwork wall to wall and ceiling to floor. Its a fun look that can continue to evolve as you find new pieces to add to the arrangement. 16Horizontal Wainscoting Accent WallQuentin BaconThis living room accent wall does double duty, with handsome forest green horizontal wainscoting on the lower half and a warm creamy white above that serves as a perfect backdrop for a unique arrangement of Adirondack-style and tramp art frames. For the record, we love a collage of collected mirrorswhatever the frames!from flea markets or tag sales as a budget-friendly way to decorate an accent wall.RELATED: Wainscoting Ideas to Add Character to Every Room in Your HomeAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below17Grasscloth-Covered Accent WallAlec HemerIn this tailored living room, the wall behind the sofa is covered in a grasscloth wallcovering that from far away reads solid but reveals its texture and varied shades upon closer sight. A grid of framed art fills out the space between the apple-green velvet curtains. 18Hat Collection Accent Wall Read McKendree for Country LivingTurn unexpected items into art for an accent wall that is sure to spark conversation. Here, in an Massachusetts beach cottage, a row of straw hats adds fun shape and texture to a white wall. I love using things that are three-dimensional, designer Marynn Udvarhelyi says, noting how the hats pair well with the warm wood trim.TOUR THIS HOUSEAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below19Wide Tongue-and-Groove Paneling Accent WallErin KellyTen-inch-wide poplar paneling on this cottages fireplace wall brings loads of character to the cozy living space. Painting the flat-front mantel, brick fireplace surround, and wall the same color is a smart small-space design trick. Another pro tip: Be sure to consider the lines the paneling creates when choosing a board width. Four- or six-inch paneling might have been too busy in this room. TOUR THIS HOUSERELATED: 50 Fireplace Ideas to Warm Up Your Home20Bookshelf Accent WallAnnie Schlechter for Country LivingLet's talk about bookshelf wealth. A floor-to-ceiling library (complete with a library ladder!) in a Manhattan apartment is every book-lover's dream and sets the coziest scene for curling up by the stone-framed fireplace. A gallery wall of family art adds even more of a personal touch.TOUR THIS HOUSERELATED: 32 Built-In Bookcase Ideas to Take Any Room from Boring to BookishAmy MitchellManaging EditorAmy Mitchell is the managing editor for VERANDA and Country Living, where she writes articles on a variety of topicsdecorating and design, gardens, and holidays. Amys experience in the shelter magazine category spans more than 20 years, as shes previously held positions at Coastal Living and Cottage Living. Her personal pursuits include cooking, gardening, and hunting her favorite tag sale spots for the next piece of Pyrex for her prized collection.

Apple is shaking up its executive team in light of ongoing struggles to roll out advanced Apple Intelligence features for Siri. Bloomberg reports that Apple CEO Tim Cook has lost confidence in the ability of AI headJohn Giannandreato execute on product development. As such, Mike Rockwell, current vice president of the Vision Products Group and creator of Apple Vision Pro, is taking the reigns of the Siri team. Giannanndrea is not leaving Apple, but Siri is being completely removed from his responsibilities. He will continue to oversee research, testing, and other AI-related technologies. Rockwell will report to Apples software boss, Craig Fderighi. According to the report, Giannanndrea long considered Rockwell a potential successor. The report also says another senior manager from Rockwells team is moving to the Siri group: In the past several days, Apple started moving over another senior manager from Rockwells team Aimee Nugent to the Siri group. Like Vorrath, she has a reputation for fixing challenging projects. The changes allowed two of Rockwells trusted executives to evaluate the organization before he became heavily involved.Inside Apple, Rockwell hasnt been shy about criticizing Siri, according to people familiar with the matter. For years, he has pitched senior vice presidents on ideas for overhauling the voice assistant to make it more personalized. He has also been advising the AI group in recent weeks. With Rockwell shifting to the Siri team, Paul Meade will take over the Apple Vision Pro team. Meade previously led hardware engineering for Vision Pro and worked under Rockwell. Read the full report at Bloomberg.Add 9to5Mac to your Google News feed. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.Youre reading 9to5Mac experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Dont know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel

One of the biggest narratives currently going around about Apple is the companys AI struggles. But while those struggles are very real, Apple has two big aces up its sleeve that should minimize the damage from new Siri shipping late, and propel the company into a bright future. Those two things: innovations in Apples upcoming hardware and software.AI matters, but Apples core business is still driven more by other thingsApples bread and butter has long been the integration of hardware, software, and services to create great products.Those products then tend to sell in very large quantities, and make Apple extremely successful.AI is obviously becoming increasingly important for every tech player. Its important to Apples core business of selling products. But, I would argue, its not yet that important to Apples business.I suspect that for the average person in the market for a new smartphone, tablet, or laptop, AI is still not nearly at the top of their priority list.And especially not the very specific, chatbot assistant-style AI that is Siri.iPhones, iPads, and Macs all have AI today, and it seems to work relatively fine for most people. The many current Apple Intelligence features may not represent the best of AI as relates to competitors, but theyre perfectly adequate.Yes, Siri needs a lot of work.But how many of your friends, when buying a new device, will make a purchase decision based on Siri?I dont have data to back this up, but I feel very confident in saying two things matter way more to users:Innovative new hardware designsFlashy new software updatesInnovative hardware and software will lift Apple above AI challengesApple may need another year or more to iron out its Siri problems.But during that year, it will be giving users two things they care about much more.This fall, the iPhone 17 lineup will include an ultra-thin, futuristic model thats sure to attract a lot of attention.iPhone 17 Air will be the first model in a while thats likely to regularly prompt the excited question, Is that the new iPhone?Its radical new look will merit a lot more interest and envy, I suspect, than an updated Siri ever will.Similarly, Apple is planning notable design changes for its iPhone 17 Pro line. There are even hints that we may get the first iPhone Ultra this year, complete with a massive battery that should make a lot of users happy.These kinds of innovations with Apples most important product ever couldnt come at a better time.Paired with the unusually exciting iPhone 17 line, Apple reportedly plans to ship major design overhauls for its software this year.iOS 19 is expected to bring the biggest visual redesign to the iPhone since iOS 7 back in 2013.Big changes are on the way for macOS 16 and iPadOS 19 too.Apple ships new features for its software platforms all the time. But the companys major redesigns this year are bound to get a lot of attention.Again, if you ask your friends whether they care more about a big iOS redesign or a better Siri with AI, I suspect opinions will be one-sided.Apples AI struggles: wrap-upApple has been unable to ship its big Siri upgrades on the timeline it originally expected. Thats unfortunate. Theres no doubt that competitors like OpenAI and Google are making AI advancements faster than Apple.But the sky isnt falling. Apples core business continues chugging along, and should have a big year ahead thanks to the iPhone 17 line, iOS 19, and the variety of other big products shipping.Hopefully well see a powerful, personalized new Siri arrive by this time next year, and Apples AI struggles can be put behind the company. But in the meantime, Apple has plenty of exciting things coming to keep us distracted.How big a problem do you think Apples Siri and AI struggles are? Let us know in the comments.Best iPhone accessoriesAdd 9to5Mac to your Google News feed. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.Youre reading 9to5Mac experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Dont know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel

Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk's transgender daughter, is opening up about her "cringe" dad.Speaking toTeen Voguefor her second-ever interview, the 20-year-old college student revealed that her billionaire dad doesn't take up much real estate in her brain."I'm not giving anyone that space in my mind," Wilson told the magazine. "The only thing that gets to live free in my mind is drag queens."Unfortunately, the same can't be said of Musk, who has repeatedly trashed Wilson the eldest of his 14 known children alongside her twin brother Griffin for living her life authentically as a trans woman.Though she didn't reveal the exact age at which she came out, Wilson who was able to access gender-affirming care as a minor thanks primarily to her mother's support suggested that her mom knew she was trans before she did."When I came out to her, she was like, 'Yeah, that figures,'" she toldTeen Vogue. "She kind of [pieced it together], so when I came out, she pretended to be slightly surprised for 30 seconds and then was like, 'Yeah, honey. Okay.'"Musk, on the other hand, was a harder egg to crack though apparently Wilson came out long enough ago that he did, eventually, sign off on the medical interventions that allowed her to transition before she turned 18."No, he was not as supportive as my mom," she explained. "First of all, I had not talked to him in months in months so I had to get f*cking parental consent to gettestosterone blockersand [hormone replacement therapy]."That personal and clearly painful anecdote highlights one of the more puzzling aspects of Musk's trajectory that for all his technolibertarianism, he hasn't always ascribed to such hard-right politics he does today.On that note, Wilson was unequivocal and pushed back against the suggestion that her transition made her dad into a fascist."It's such a convenient narrative, that the reason he turned right is because I'm a f*cking tr*nny, and that's just not the case," she said. "That's not what that does to people. Him going further on the right, and I'm going to use the word 'further'... is not because of me. That's insane."She also called out her father's "Nazi salute sh*t," a reference to his apparent Sieg Heil at Trump's inaugural festivities in January, "insane.""Honey, we're going to call a fig a fig," she said, "and we're going to call a Nazi salute what it was."Though she's deeply concerned about the world her father is building alongside Donald Trump, Wilson is not afraid of the world's richest man."He's a pathetic man-child," she said. "Why would I feel scared of him?... I don't give a f*ck. Why should I be scared of this man? Because he's rich? Oh, no, I'm trembling."Wilson's entire interview, which touches on much more than her infamous father, is worth a read and her insistence that her dad is "cringe" is one that we all can agree with.Share This Article

Character.AI, the Google-backed chatbot startup embroiled in two separate lawsuits over the welfare of minor users, was caught hosting at least four publicly-facing impersonations of Sewell Setzer III the 14-year-old user of the platform who died by suicide after engaging extensively with Character.AI bots, and whose death is at the heart of one of the two lawsuits against the company.The chatbot impersonations use variations of Setzer's name and likeness, and in some cases refer to the deceased teen in openly mocking terms. They were all accessible through Character.AI accounts listed as belonging to minors, and were easily searchable on the platform. Each impersonation was created by a different Character.AI user.Setzer took his life in February 2024. The lawsuit, filed in October in Florida on behalf of his mother, Megan Garcia, alleges that her child was emotionally and sexually abused by chatbots hosted by Character.AI, with which the 14-year-old was emotionally, romantically, and sexually intimate.The teen's last words, as The New York Times first reported, were to a bot based on the "Game of Thrones" character Daenerys Targaryen, telling the AI-powered character that he was ready to "come home" to it. Real-world journal entries showed that Setzer believed he was "in love" with the Targaryen bot, and wished to join her "reality."At least one of the impersonations described as a "tribute" by its creator makes a clear reference to the details of the lawsuit directly on the character's publicly viewable profile. It describes Setzer as "obsessed" with "Game of Thrones," and suggests that the bot is meant to gamify Setzer's death."The next day he goes to school," reads the profile, before asking if the user will "be able to free him from C.AI."Impersonations are clearly outlawed in the Character.AI terms of service, which according to a Character.AI webpage haven't been updated since at least October 2023. With permission from the family, we're sharing screenshots of two of the profiles.As it does for all characters, the Character.AI interface recommends "Chat Starters" that users might use to interact with the faux teen."If you could have any superpower for a day, what would you choose and how would you use it?" reads one."If you could instantly become an expert in one skill or hobby," reads another, "what would it be?"In a forceful statement, Garcia told Futurismthat seeing the disparaging chatbots was retraumatizing for her, especially so soon after the first anniversary of her son's suicide last February. Her full statement reads:February was a very difficult month for me leading up to the one-year anniversary of Sewell's death. March is just as hard because his birthday is coming up at the end of the month. He would be 16. I won't get to buy him his favorite vanilla cake with buttercream frosting. I won't get to watch him pick out his first car. He's gone.Seeing AI chatbots on CharacterAI's own platform, mocking my child, traumatizes me all over again. This time in my life is already difficult and this adds insult to injury.Character.AI was reckless in rushing this product to market and releasing it without guardrails. Now they are once again being reckless by skirting their obligation to enforce their own community guidelines and allowing Sewell's image and likeness to be used and desecrated on their platform.Sewell's life wasn't a game or entertainment or data or research. Sewell's death isn't a game or entertainment or data or research. Even now, they still do not care about anything but farming young user's data.If Character.AI can't prevent people from creating a chatbot of my dead child on their own platform, how can we trust them to create products for kids that are safe? It's clear that they both refuse to control their technology and filter out garbage inputs that lead to garbage outputs. It's the classic case of Frankenstein not being able to control his own monster. They should not still be offering this product to children. They continue to show us that we can't trust them with our children.This isn't the first time that Character.AI has been caught platforming chatbot impersonations of slain children and teenagers.Last October, the platform came under fire after the family of Jennifer Crecente, who in 2006 was murdered by an ex-boyfriend at the age of 18, discovered that someone had bottled her name and likeness into a Character.AI chatbot. Crecente was in her senior year of high school when she was killed."You can't go much further in terms of really just terrible things," Jennifer Crecente's father Drew Crecente told The Washington Post at the time.And in December, while investigating a thriving community of school violence-themed bots on the platform, Futurism discovered many AI characters impersonating and often glorifying young mass murderers like Adam Lanza of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting that claimed 26 lives and Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the killers who killed 13 people in the Columbine High School massacre.Even more troublingly, we found a slew of bots dedicated to the young victims of the shootings at Sandy Hook, Columbine, Robb Elementary School, and other sites of mass school violence. Only some of these characters were removed from the platform after we specifically flagged them."Yesterday, our team discovered several chatbots on Character.AI platform displaying our client's deceased son, Sewell Setzer III, in their profile pictures, attempting to imitate his personality and offering a two way call feature with his cloned voice," said the Tech Justice Law Project, which is representing Garcia in court, in a statement about the bots. "This is not the first time Character.AI has turned a blind eye to chatbots modeled off of dead teenagers to entice users, and without better legal protections, it may not be the last. While Sewells family continues to grieve his untimely loss, Character.AI carelessly continues to adds insult to injury."Soon after we reached out to Character.AI with questions and links to the impersonations of Setzer, the characters were deleted. In a statement that made no specific mention of Setzer or his family, a spokesperson emphasized the company's "ongoing safety work.""Character.AI takes safety on our platform seriously and our goal is to provide a space that is engaging and safe," the spokesperson said in an emailed statement. "Users create hundreds of thousands of new Characters on the platform every day, and the Characters you flagged for us have been removed as they violate our Terms of Service. As part of our ongoing safety work, we are constantly adding to our Character blocklist with the goal of preventing this type of Character from being created by a user in the first place.""Our dedicated Trust and Safety team moderates Characters proactively and in response to user reports, including using industry-standard blocklists and custom blocklists that we regularly expand," the statement continued. "As we continue to refine our safety practices, we are implementing additional moderation tools to help prioritize community safety."More on Character.AI: Did Google Test an Experimental AI on Kids, With Tragic Results?Share This Article

Mar 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat AnalysisYouTube videos promoting game cheats are being used to deliver a previously undocumented stealer malware called Arcane likely targeting Russian-speaking users."What's intriguing about this malware is how much it collects," Kaspersky said in an analysis. "It grabs account information from VPN and gaming clients, and all kinds of network utilities like ngrok, Playit, Cyberduck, FileZilla, and DynDNS."The attack chains involve sharing links to a password-protected archive on YouTube videos, which, when opened, unpacks a start.bat batch file that's responsible for retrieving another archive file via PowerShell.The batch file then utilizes PowerShell to launch two executables embedded within the newly downloaded archive, while also disabling Windows SmartScreen protections and every drive root folder to SmartScreen filter exceptions.Of the two binaries, one is a cryptocurrency miner and the other is a stealer dubbed VGS that's a variant of the Phemedrone Stealer malware. As of November 2024, the attacks have been found to replace VGS with Arcane."Although much of it was borrowed from other stealers, we could not attribute it to any of the known families," the Russian cybersecurity company noted.Besides stealing login credentials, passwords, credit card data, and cookies from various Chromium- and Gecko-based browsers, Arcane is equipped to harvest comprehensive system data as well as configuration files, settings, and account information from several apps such as follows -VPN clients: OpenVPN, Mullvad, NordVPN, IPVanish, Surfshark, Proton, hidemy.name, PIA, CyberGhost, and ExpressVPNNetwork clients and utilities: ngrok, Playit, Cyberduck, FileZilla, and DynDNSMessaging apps: ICQ, Tox, Skype, Pidgin, Signal, Element, Discord, Telegram, Jabber, and ViberEmail clients: Microsoft OutlookGaming clients and services: Riot Client, Epic, Steam, Ubisoft Connect (ex-Uplay), Roblox, Battle.net, and various Minecraft clientsCrypto wallets: Zcash, Armory, Bytecoin, Jaxx, Exodus, Ethereum, Electrum, Atomic, Guarda, and CoinomiFurthermore, Arcane is designed to take screenshots of the infected device, enumerate running processes, and list saved Wi-Fi networks and their passwords."Most browsers generate unique keys for encrypting sensitive data they store, such as logins, passwords, cookies, etc.," Kaspersky said. "Arcane uses the Data Protection API (DPAPI) to obtain these keys, which is typical of stealers.""But Arcane also contains an executable file of the Xaitax utility, which it uses to crack browser keys. To do this, the utility is dropped to disk and launched covertly, and the stealer obtains all the keys it needs from its console output."Adding to its capabilities, the stealer malware implements a separate method for extracting cookies from Chromium-based browsers launching a copy of the browser through a debug port.The unidentified threat actors behind the operation have since expanded their offerings to include a loader named ArcanaLoader that's ostensibly meant to download game cheats, but delivers the stealer malware instead. Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan have emerged as the primary targets of the campaign."What's interesting about this particular campaign is that it illustrates how flexible cybercriminals are, always updating their tools and the methods of distributing them," Kasperksy said. "Besides, the Arcane stealer itself is fascinating because of all the different data it collects and the tricks it uses to extract the information the attackers want."Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post.SHARE

Attribution can be a tricky process. In the case of a DDoS attack, threat actors often employ botnets to direct a high volume of traffic to a target, overwhelming that network and disrupting its service.After outages at Xcaused allegedly by a DDoS attack, plenty of people asked who was responsible. Elon Musk cast blame on Ukraine, Politico reports. Cybersecurity experts pushed back against that assertion. Meanwhile, Dark Storm, a pro-Palestinian group, claimed responsibility, further muddling attempts at attribution.A botnet is generally a network of compromised computers. In essence, they [a victim] are being hit from different IP addresses, different systems. So, you really can't actually pinpoint that it came from this specific location, which makes it difficult to identify root cause, explains Vishal Grover, CIO at apexanalytix, a supplier onboarding, risk management, and recovery solutions company.How should CIOs and CISOs be thinking about attribution and their own approach when they are faced with navigating the aftermath of a cyberattack?Vishal GroverVishal GroverThe Importance of AttributionAttribution is important. But it isnt necessarily the first priority during incident response.The concern that I probably would have as a CISO is addressing the vulnerability that allowed them in the door in the first place, says Randolph Barr, CISO atCequence Security, an API and bot management company.Related:Once an incident response team addresses the vulnerability and ensures threat actors arent lingering in any systems, they can dig into attribution. Who executed the attack? What was the motivation? Getting the answers to those questions can help security teams mitigate the risk of future attacks from the same group or other groups that leverage similar tactics.Of course the larger the company and the more widespread the disruption, the louder the calls for attribution tend to be. When you have a large organization like X, there's going to be a lot of people asking questions. When other folks get involved, then attribution becomes important, says Barr.For smaller organizations, attribution may be a lower priority as they leverage more limited resources to work through remediation first.How to Tackle AttributionIn some cases, attribution may be quite simple. For example, a ransomware gang is likely to be forthright about their identity and their financial motivations.But threat actors that step into the limelight arent always the true culprits. Sometimes people claim publicly that they did it, but you can't really necessarily confirm that they actually did it. They just may want the eyes on them, Barr points out.Related:Attribution tends to be a complicated process that takes a significant amount of time and resources: both technical tools and threat intelligence. Whether done internally or with the help of outside experts, the attribution process typically culminates in a report that details the attack and names the responsible party, with varying degrees of confidence.Sometimes you might not get a definitive answer. There are times when you won't be able to determine the root cause, says Grover.Attribution and Information SharingAttribution can help an individual enterprise shore up its security posture and incident response plan, but it also has value to the wider security community.That's one of the primary reasons that you go and attend a security conference or security meeting. You definitely want to share your experiences, learn from their experiences, and understand everybody's perspective, says Grover.Threat intelligence and security teams can collaborate with one another and share information about the groups that target their organizations. Threat intel teams might also pick up information about planned attacks on the dark web. Sharing that information with potential targets is valuable.Related:We build those relationships so that we know that we can trust each other to say, Hey, if our name comes up, please let us know, says Barr.Not all companies have a culture that facilities that kind of information sharing. Cyberattacks come with a lot of baggage. Theres liability to worry about. Brand damage. Lost revenue. And just plain embarrassment. Any one of those factors, or a combination thereof, could push enterprises to err on the side of silence.We're still trying to figure out, as security professionals, what is it that would allow for us to have that conversation with other security professionals and not worry about exposing the business, says Barr.

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