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  • Trump eyes Venezuela visit – but obstacles to his oil plan remain

    Trump eyes Venezuela visit – but obstacles to his oil plan remain


    During the Chávez presidency, Venezuela reclassified its reserves. Previously, there were thought to be just 80 billion barrels of extractable oil, but by 2011, its reported figure had nearly quadrupled. That statistical change was made possible by high oil prices at the time, which allowed previously unviable projects to look feasible.



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  • This Week In Techdirt History: February 8th – 14th



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  • 2026 64-Bits Malware Trend – SANS Internet Storm Center

    2026 64-Bits Malware Trend – SANS Internet Storm Center


    In 2022 (time flies!), I wrote a diary about the 32-bits VS. 64-bits malware landscape[1]. It demonstrated that, despite the growing number of 64-bits computers, the “old-architecture” remained the standard. In the SANS malware reversing training (FOR610[2]), we quickly cover the main differences between the two architectures. One of the conclusions is that 32-bits code is still popular because it acts like a comme denominator and allows threat actors to target more Windows computers. Yes, Microsoft Windows can smoothly execute 32-bits code on 64-bits computers. It is still the case in 2026? Did the situation evolved?

    Last week, I make the exact same exercise and generated some statistics. I download the malware archive from Malware Bazaar[3] and re-executed my YARA rule.

    Some basic numbers:

    • 2.167 ZIP archives (one per day)

    • 1.120.034.288.112 bytes  (1.1TB)

    • Time line covered: from 2020/02/24 – 2026/02/05

    • 346.985 samples analyzed (only PE files)

    • 312.307 32-bits samples

    • 34.677 64-bits samples

    • 11% of 64-bits samples

    First, an overview of the global malware trend over the complete time period:

    Zoom on the last year:

    Now the interesting graph: the 64-bits sample trend over the complete period:

    Zoom on the last year:

    We can clearly see that, compared to 2022, there is now a trend in 64-bits code! Have a look at the last 30 days:


































    Date Total Files 32-bits 64-bits
    2026-01-07 65 41 24
    2026-01-08 69 41 28
    2026-01-09 117 57 60
    2026-01-10 44 25 19
    2026-01-11 41 25 16
    2026-01-12 60 40 20
    2026-01-13 53 28 25
    2026-01-14 63 41 22
    2026-01-15 59 36 23
    2026-01-16 32 21 11
    2026-01-17 27 18 9
    2026-01-18 65 33 32
    2026-01-19 96 60 36
    2026-01-20 71 41 30
    2026-01-21 56 33 23
    2026-01-22 82 35 47
    2026-01-23 77 52 25
    2026-01-24 50 15 35
    2026-01-25 44 28 16
    2026-01-26 125 102 23
    2026-01-27 90 64 26
    2026-01-28 66 29 37
    2026-01-29 121 51 70
    2026-01-30 80 39 41
    2026-01-31 68 28 40
    2026-02-01 62 27 35
    2026-02-02 129 72 57
    2026-02-03 117 53 64
    2026-02-04 84 42 42
    2026-02-05 437 395 42

    We are getting close to a 50-50 repartition!

    ???????

    [1] https://isc.sans.edu/diary/32+or+64+bits+Malware/28968

    [2] https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-courses/reverse-engineering-malware-malware-analysis-tools-techniques

    [3] https://bazaar.abuse.ch

    Xavier Mertens (@xme)

    Xameco

    Senior ISC Handler – Freelance Cyber Security Consultant

    PGP Key



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