SANS Stormcast Wednesday Feb 20th: XWorm Cocktail; Quantum Computing Breakthrough; Signal Phishing

XWorm Cocktail: A Mix of PE data with PowerShell Code Quick analysis of an interesting XWrom sample with powershell code embedded inside an executable https://isc.sans.edu/diary/XWorm+Cocktail+A+Mix+of+PE+data+with+PowerShell+Code/31700 Microsoft's Majorana 1 Chip Carves New Path for Quantum Computing Microsoft announced a breack through in Quantum computing. Its new prototype Majorana 1 chip takes advantage of exotic majorana particles to implement a scalable low error rate solution to building quantum computers https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/microsofts-majorana-1-chip-carves-new-path-for-quantum-computing/ Russia Targeting Signal Messenger Signal is well regarded as a secure end to end encrypted messaging platform. However, a user may be tricked into providing access to their account by scanning a QR code masquerading as a group channel invitation. https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/russia-targeting-signal-messenger/