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Ransomware operators exploit VMWare ESXi flaws to encrypt disks of VMs

Security Affairs

Ransomware operators are exploiting two VMWare ESXi vulnerabilities, CVE-2019-5544 and CVE-2020-3992, to encrypt virtual hard disks. Security experts are warning of ransomware attacks exploiting two VMWare ESXi vulnerabilities, CVE-2019-5544 and CVE-2020-3992 , to encrypt virtual hard disks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Krebs on Security

Pin was active on Opensc around March 2012, and authored 13 posts that mostly concerned data encryption issues, or how to fix bugs in code. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder. A machine-translated ad for ransomware source code from Putinkrab on the Russian language cybercrime forum UFOlabs in 2019.

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Lousy IoT Security

Schneier on Security

OTA -- over-the-air updates) were stored in a publicly accessible AWS S3 bucket that also lacked TLS encryption (CVE-2019-16270, CVE-2019-16274). Unauthenticated web server: a web server running Android OS on port 8080 discloses all whiteboards stored locally on the device (CVE-2019-16271).

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Black Kingdom ransomware

SecureList

Black Kingdom ransomware appeared on the scene back in 2019, but we observed some activity again in 2021. The ransomware is coded in Python and compiled to an executable using PyInstaller; it supports two encryption modes: one generated dynamically and one using a hardcoded key. CVE-2019-11510. Product affected. Pulse Secure.

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How to secure QNAP NAS devices? The vendor’s instructions

Security Affairs

If the NAS is exposed to the Internet the dashboard will display the message “The System Administration service can be directly accessible from an external IP address via the following protocols: HTTP.”. Administrator of devices exposed to the Internet should: Disable the Port Forwarding function of the router.

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Ransomware Gangs and the Name Game Distraction

Krebs on Security

But a little more than a month later, a new ransomware affiliate program called BlackMatter emerged, and experts quickly determined BlackMatter was using the same unique encryption methods that DarkSide had used in their attacks. ” That CrowdStrike report was from July 2019. REBRANDING TO AVOID SANCTIONS.

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How Secure Shell (SSH) Keys Work

Security Boulevard

As Justin Elingwood of DigitalOcean explains , SSH encrypts data exchanged between two parties using a client-server model. That initial connection sets the stage for the server and client negotiating the encryption of the session based upon what protocols they support. It was originally published on February 5, 2019. ) .