Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The government says Snatch used a customized ransomware variant notable for rebooting Microsoft Windows devices into Safe Mode — enabling the ransomware to circumvent detection by antivirus or endpoint protection — and then encrypting files when few services are running. ru using the email address tretyakov-files@yandex.ru.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

“APT28 has been known to access vulnerable routers by using default and weak SNMP community strings, and by exploiting CVE-2017-6742 (Cisco Bug ID: CSCve54313) as published by Cisco.” SNMP v2 doesn’t support encryption and so all data, including community strings, is sent unencrypted.” ” continues the advisory.

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Webroot

JANUARY 25, 2022

More literally, VPNs are tools used to encrypt network traffic and to hide a user’s IP address by masking it with a proxy one – in this case one belonging to the VPN provider. A VPN may route your encrypted traffic through a datacenter located anywhere in the world (though it’s best when it’s nearby so the user’s experience doesn’t suffer).

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2022

Many of these instant messaging platforms are secure, even offering end-to-end encryption, so the lack of security is not necessarily in the apps themselves. Prior to LeapXpert in 2017, Dima created a large CPaaS platform, built customer communications platforms, and was the CTO of a large multinational communication provider.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

A Mandiant’s report attributed the string of attacks against the SWIFT banking system to the APT38, including the hack of Vietnam’s TP Bank in 2015, Bangladesh’s central bank in 2016, Taiwan’s Far Eastern International in 2017, Bancomext in Mexico in 2018, and Banco de Chile in 2018. ” reads the analysis published by Trellix.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 30, 2020

Newer, chip-based cards employ a technology known as EMV that encrypts the account data stored in the chip. The technology causes a unique encryption key — referred to as a token or “cryptogram” — to be generated each time the chip card interacts with a chip-capable payment terminal.

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Pentester Academy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Introduction In May 2017, a worldwide ransomware attack infamously known as WannaCry was set in motion. This ransomware made use of the EternalBlue , an exploit of Microsoft’s implementation of their SMB protocol, released by The Shadow Brokers hacker group in April 2017, to gain access to remote Windows machines in most cases.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

Each module of the CommonMagic framework is used to perform a certain task, such as communicating with the C2 server, encrypting and decrypting C2 traffic, and executing plugins. Since 2017, there have been no traces of Groundbait and BugDrop operations. ” reads the new report published by Kaspersky.

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Elie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This blog post shed light on the inner workings of the ransomsphere economics and exposes which cybercriminal groups are the biggest earners. This is the second blog post in my series about ransomware economics. previous blog post about our methodology. The first post. final post. You can check out the slides.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 1, 2018

Here's how I feel about 2017: Blogging. This is still where it really all began for me and my blog has been an absolute cornerstone of everything I do. It was a massive year for encrypted web communications and people have really eaten up material on it.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

PKI is an asymmetric system, using two keys to encrypt communications; public and private keys. A Public key is used to encrypt data, whether that be on the user’s browser, data, or part of a message to be sent. If an organization wants a secure website that uses encryption, then a certificate needs to be obtained.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

Chatting with Snowden on an encrypted IM connection, I joked that the NSA cafeteria menu probably has code names for menu items. Transferring files electronically is what encryption is for. I told Greenwald that he and Laura Poitras should be sending large encrypted files of dummy documents back and forth every day.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

At a first sight, the office document had an encrypted content available on OleObj.1 Those objects are real Encrypted Ole Objects where the Encrypted payload sits on “EncryptedPackage” section and information on how to decrypt it are available on “EncryptionInfo” xml descriptor. Stage1: Encrypted Content.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 27, 2023

Background NotPetya first emerged in June 2017, when it quickly spread across various countries, primarily targeting organizations in Ukraine. The destructive malware was initially disguised as a ransomware attack, with victims being presented with a ransom note demanding a payment in Bitcoin to unlock their encrypted files.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies found 88 new IAB sales on dark web marketplaces in the first quarter of 2020, compared to just three in all of 2017. It’s far easier to steal and encrypt sensitive data when someone else manages the first and hardest step in the breach process. As IABs continue to grow, so will ransomware.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 5, 2018

In this blog post, I’ll discuss how healthcare enterprises can not only meet these challenges, but go beyond compliance to best practice to secure their data and their reputations. Control of data user access and encryption key management to make sure only those authorized to do so can access encrypted data as clear text.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

Attackers used Twitter profiles for sharing links to a blog under their control ( br0vvnn[.]io The attackers published a blog post titled “DOS2RCE: A New Technique To Exploit V8 NULL Pointer Dereference Bug ” and shared it via Twitter. “If you visited the referenced ZINC-owned blog (br0vvnn[.]io), eXplorer.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 1, 2018

Using the same exploit, hackers released the NotPetya attack in June 2017 which infected computers in over 100 countries worldwide. According to our recent Global Encryption Trends Study , 67% of organizations cite data discovery as one of the biggest areas of challenge when deploying encryption.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Since 2016, Microsoft is urging admins to stop using SMBv1, later versions of the protocol implemented security enhancements, such as encryption, pre- authentication integrity checks to prevent man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacks, and insecure guest authentication blocking. It also provides an authenticated inter-process communication mechanism.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 19, 2017

As 2017 draws to a close, the trends and innovations that will shape the technology industry over the coming weeks, months and years were brought into sharper focus over the course of the last twelve months. The post Established and emerging technologies to watch out for in 2018 appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales e-Security.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 2017 bill, the first of its kind, will be fully implemented as of March 1st, 2019. Leading up to that date, companies have had to meet several milestones including hiring a CISO, encrypting all its non-public consumer data and enabling multi-factor authentication. Visit our dedicated landing page here.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 21, 2023

In 2013, extortionists added encryption to their genre and started locking down victims' files instead of screens or web browsers. In 2019, crooks shifted their focus to enterprises and pioneered in stealing data in addition to encrypting it, which turned these raids into an explosive mix of blackmail and breaches.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

This file acts as downloader in the infection chain, using a series of hard-coded server addresses, It heavily rely on obfuscation and encryption to avoid the antimalware detection. Shade encrypts all the user files using an AES encryption scheme. Background of the infected machine, after encryption phase. Conclusions.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 22, 2019

For example, RevCode’s website touted the software’s compatibility with all “ crypters ,” software that can encrypt, obfuscate and manipulate malware to make it harder to detect by antivirus programs. The first advertisements in hacker forums for the sale of WebMonitor began in mid-2017.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

In May 2017, the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) rolled out its Cyber Security Framework mandating detailed data security rules, including a requirement to encrypt and containerize business data in all computing formats. This column originally appeared on Avast Blog.). Cyber hygiene isn’t difficult.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 31, 2023

This blog was jointly written with Alejandro Prada and Ofer Caspi. It has been historically associated with malicious activity performed by threat actors, APT groups (like in this Mandiant report from 2017), or government attacks (in this report by Unit42 in 2017). in March 2023, which is the most current version.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

This gives the perpetrator the access needed to launch the ransomware and lock the company out of its own infrastructure or encrypt files until the ransom is paid in cryptocurrency. Victims have two equally unattractive choices to resolve the situation. They can refuse to pay the ransom and have criminals release sensitive data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Encrypt Everything. While POPI requires organisations to secure the data they hold, encryption is intended to make that data basically useless to cybercriminals even if they manage to steal it. For more information about the encryption capabilities Thales offers, please visit our dedicated landing page.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Enter data-centric security… a set of technologies that lower the value of data through encryption, tokenization, data masking and access control methods. Transparent encryption can typically be implemented without changes to application code or databases that present the quickest path to implementation for most enterprises.

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Daniel Miessler

DECEMBER 24, 2022

It started back in August of 2022 as a fairly common breach notification on a blog, but it, unfortunately, turned into more of a blog series. After initiating an immediate investigation, we have seen no evidence that this incident involved any access to customer data or encrypted password vaults. Actually, some data was lost.

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Duo's Security Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

Enforcing security requirements such as OS updates and disk encryption help organizations set a baseline for healthy and compliant devices. Unknown devices offer the lowest level of trust because they’re beyond the control of the IT department. For critical applications and environments with sensitive data (e.g.,

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In Q3 2017, SiteLock discovered alarming cybercrime trends that will likely affect websites for months to come. That’s not all: cybercriminals attempted to compromise more websites in Q3 2017 than in the previous quarter, increasing their attempted attacks by 16 percent. In Q2 2017, backdoors accounted for 23 percent of malware files.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

billion IoT devices in use as of 2017, half are consumer gadgets, like smart TVs, speakers, watches, baby cams and home thermostats; much of the rest is made up of things like smart electric meters and security cameras in corporate and government use. This column originally appeared on Avast Blog.).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

The Necurs botnet was not active for a long period at the beginning of 2017 and resumed its activity in April 2017 when it was observed using a new technique to avoid detection. ” reads a blog post published by the firm. ” continues the blog post. “At times, they’ve been known to be inactive for weeks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 8, 2019

You can learn a little more about what FAIR and the Open Group are doing in this regard in one of my previous blogs ). 43 WAP 2017, Pa., Encryption, tokenization and data masking are data security technologies that have long been recognized as best practices that meet the definition of taking reasonable care to protect data.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

” states a blog post published on The Information. “If Instagram were storing passwords with the right encryption technology, this type of flaw shouldn’t be possible, according to Chet Wisniewski, principal research scientist at security firm Sophos.” ” continues The Information.

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Anton on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

Data security : it has happened for a few years, but somehow data security (whether encryption or DLP or some new space) has been less noisy lately, nobody seems to be disrupting it. RSA 2017: What’s The Theme? RSA 2013 and Endpoint Agent Re-Emergence RSA 2006–2015 In Anton’s Blog Posts!

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