Anton on Security

JUNE 21, 2021

Sometimes great old blog posts are hard to find (especially on Medium …), so I decided to do a periodic list blog with my favorite posts of the past quarter or so. This covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog , and now our Cloud Security Podcast too! Here is my third.

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Anton on Security

MARCH 29, 2021

Sometimes great old blog posts are hard to find (especially on Medium …), so I decided to do a periodic list blog with my favorite posts of the past quarter or so. It covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog [and now our Cloud Security Podcast too!] Here is my second.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 21, 2021

Sometimes great old blog posts are hard to find (especially on Medium …), so I decided to do a periodic list blog with my favorite posts of the past quarter or so. This covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog , and now our Cloud Security Podcast too! Revisiting the Visibility Triad for 2020”.

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Cloud Migration Threat Detection Encryption Government 105

Security Boulevard

MARCH 3, 2022

Great old blog posts are sometimes hard to find (especially on Medium) , so I decided to do a periodic list blog with my favorite posts of the past quarter or so. This covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog , and our Cloud Security Podcast too ( subscribe ). Revisiting the Visibility Triad for 2020”.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2022

SideWinder, an aggressive APT group, is believed to have carried out over 1,000 attacks since April 2020, Kaspersky reported. The group stands out for the high frequency and persistence of its attacks, researchers believe that the APT group has carried out over 1,000 attacks since April 2020. ” states Kaspersky.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Great blog posts are sometimes hard to find (especially on Medium ), so I decided to do a periodic list blog with my favorite posts of the past quarter or so. This covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog , and our Cloud Security Podcast too ( subscribe ). Here is the next one.

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Threat Detection Cloud Migration Encryption CISO 52

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 21, 2022

In October 2020, Formbook was rebranded as Xloader and some significant improvements were introduced, especially related to the command and control (C2) network encryption. Previous blog posts have analyzed various aspects of Formbook and Xloader’s obfuscation. We will explain the encryption algorithms in the following sections.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

xyz pic.twitter.com/VLhISark8Y — Goldwave (@OGoldwave) March 13, 2023 The variant employed in the campaign supports a more sophisticated encryption method of byte remapping and a monthly rotation of the C2 server. #ViperSoftX is back, doesn't look like much has changed. c2 arrowlchat[.]com ” concludes the report.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 29, 2021

Sometimes great old blog posts are hard to find (especially on Medium …), so I decided to do a periodic list blog with my favorite posts of the past quarter or so. It covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog [and now our Cloud Security Podcast too!]. Revisiting the Visibility Triad for 2020”.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Great blog posts are sometimes hard to find (especially on Medium ), so I decided to do a periodic list blog with my favorite posts of the past quarter or so. This covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog , and our Cloud Security Podcast too ( subscribe ). Revisiting the Visibility Triad for 2020”.

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Threat Detection Cloud Migration Encryption CISO 52

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Sometimes great old blog posts are hard to find (especially on Medium ) , so I decided to do a periodic list blog with my favorite posts of the past quarter or so. This covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog , and our Cloud Security Podcast too ( subscribe ). “Can Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q3.5

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 28, 2020

January 28, 2020 marks the 13th iteration of Data Privacy Day. Namely, they should implement encryption, key management and identity and access management (IAM) to help preserve the privacy of their stored data. Encryption. An organization’s digital security strategy would not be complete without encryption.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Sometimes great old blog posts are hard to find (especially on Medium ), so I decided to do a periodic list blog with my favorite posts over the past quarter. This covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog , and now our Cloud Security Podcast too! Revisiting the Visibility Triad for 2020”.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Mitigating Ransomware Attacks – Decoupling Encryption Keys From Encrypted Data. Wed, 11/25/2020 - 05:55. Once the hackers gain an inside entry in an organisation’s IT systems, they deploy a file-encrypting malware known as ransomware. Some ransomware selectively seeks out sensitive data and will only encrypt those files.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In 2020: The share of spam in email traffic amounted to 50.37%, down by 6.14 In 2020, Bitcoin blackmailers stuck to their old scheme, demanding that their victims transfer money to a certain account and threatening adversity for failure to meet their demands. The share of spam in global email traffic in 2020 was down by 6.14

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Cisco Security

MARCH 16, 2021

In fact, 63% of threats detected by Cisco Stealthwatch in 2019 were in encrypted traffic. The European Union is concerned enough that it drafted a resolution in November 2020 to ban end-to-end encryption, prompting outcry from privacy advocates. DNS message encryption (control plane) is new. No snooping, no spoofing.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “ Zeppelin ” in May 2020. He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 24, 2021

This spring, data breaches picked up right where they left off in 2020, with recent incidents at a dating website. The post Entrust and Prime Factors spotlight US and UK application-level encryption trends appeared first on Entrust Blog.

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Anton on Security

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Sometimes great old blog posts are hard to find (especially on Medium ) , so I decided to do a periodic list blog with my favorite posts of the past quarter or so. This covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog , and our Cloud Security Podcast too ( subscribe ). Here is the next one.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 15, 2022

Meta Digs in Heels on Encryption. Government Encryption Fight. The fight for encryption can be summarized by the arguments of two sides: government and business. Both agree that encryption is useful - the question at hand is, what is the cost of using encryption? Meta Commits to Encryption. brooke.crothers.

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Encryption Government Accountability Technology 52

Anton on Security

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Sometimes great old blog posts are hard to find (especially on Medium ), so I decided to do a periodic list blog with my favorite posts over the past quarter. This covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog , and now our Cloud Security Podcast too! Here is the next one.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

2020 marks the launch of the Thales Data Threat Report-Global Edition for the seventh consecutive year. The 2020 Thales Data Threat Report-Global Edition indicates that we have reached a tipping point. Sage advice: encrypt everything. Yet, despite their significance, rates of data encryption and tokenization are low.

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Digital transformation Threat Reports Encryption Technology 79

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 19, 2021

CipherTrust Data Security Platform now allows users to control encryption keys for data processed by Google Cloud’s Confidential Computing. The Thales partnership with Google Cloud takes a huge step forward with the announcement of Google Cloud ubiquitous data encryption. Tue, 10/19/2021 - 06:19.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2020

Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for January 2020 address a total of 49 vulnerabilities in various products, including a serious flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-0601, in the core cryptographic component of Windows 10, Server 2016 and 2019 editions. The flaw, dubbed ‘NSACrypt’ and tracked as CVE-2020-0601, resides in the Crypt32.dll

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Advertising Software Encryption Hacking 71

SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

In a move that could bring some relief to organizations looking to secure their cloud migrations, Amazon Web Services on Friday announced that it had acquired Wickr, provider of secure end-to-end encryption and communications platform. government agencies, it could help strengthen AWS’ position in the public sector.”.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Today, Gartner named McAfee a Leader in the 2020 annual Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) for the fourth time evaluating CASB vendors. Support of encryption enhancements in Microsoft Teams, becoming the only CASB that is Certified for Microsoft Teams. You can read them here. All rights reserved.

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Marketing Architecture Risk Encryption 86

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Quantum computers can launch attacks that break asymmetric cryptography, rendering the entire PKI-based encryption method obsolete. As technology becomes capable of defeating a higher proportion of current and legacy security efforts, cybersecurity in 2020 will be defined by the need to stand out. National Initiatives in 2020.

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Technology Government Encryption Internet 83

Heimadal Security

AUGUST 11, 2021

News that Egregor ransomware impacted Crytek enterprise back in October 2020 has been confirmed by the enterprise itself. The threat actors succeeded in getting access to the game developer’s network, the consequences being data theft and system encryption. The company started to notify the affected clients. Who Is Crytek?

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Heimadal Security

JULY 29, 2021

In the context of the pandemic that flared up in 2020, 2021 has been a revolutionary year, with massive transformations in multiple sectors of our lives. Ransomware Encryption Protection Became a Necessity As I have noted in […]. The post 2021 CyberMarket Movements appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Encryption Ransomware 98

Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2020

The updated Grandoreiro Malware equipped with latenbot-C2 features in Q2 2020 now extended to Portuguese banks. During April and May 2020, a new Grandoreiro variant was identified. The Grandoreiro malware has been distributed via malscan campaigns around the globe during Q2 2020. 100:51224/$rdgate? 100:51224/$rdgate?ACTION=x

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 27, 2021

. “Chainalysis has traced more than $46 million worth of funds in NetWalker ransoms since it first came on the scene in August 2019,” the company said in a blog post detailing its assistance with the investigation. “It picked up steam in mid-2020, growing the average ransom to $65,000 last year, up from $18,800 in 2019.”

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

While 2020 presented many macro challenges, it was a momentous year of growth, change, and opportunity for PKWARE—including acquisitions, expanding our customer base, supporting groundbreaking Microsoft encryption technology, and much more. Looking for ways to better secure your organization’s sensitive and personal data this year?

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Here’s the blog we wrote about it last year. Under the EU GDPR, a ransomware attack that leads to personal data being encrypted is deemed a data breach. The post Security Roundup November 2020 appeared first on BH Consulting. The ICS has published the findings in a report you can read here. Another fine mess? Sign up here.

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Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

It was in January 2021 when HelloKitty was identified as a ransomware operational group by the FBI; nevertheless, it looks like new data points to them being active since as early as November 2020. The group is well known for breaking into and encrypting CD Projekt Red‘s networks in February and claiming to have stolen […].

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Ransomware Encryption DDOS Cybersecurity 79

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

All the encryption , firewalls , cryptography, SCADA systems , and other IT security measures would be useless if that were to occur. Despite this, physical security must be implemented correctly to prevent attackers from gaining physical access and taking whatever they desire.

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Cyber Risk Risk Firewall Surveillance 173

Malwarebytes

MARCH 30, 2021

Mespinoza originally used the.locked extension on encrypted files, and then shifted to using.pysa. PYSA is capable of exfiltrating data from its victims before encrypting the files to be ransomed. PYSA’s “leak list” blog uses a vintage MS-DOS theme and ASCII art. Leaks of exfiltrated data landed on PYSA’s blog.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2020

Xerox Corporation is the last victim of the Maze ransomware operators, hackers have encrypted its files and threaten of releasing them. Maze ransomware operators have breached the systems of the Xerox Corporation and stolen files before encrypting them. billion in revenu e in Q1 2020 and has 27,000 employees across the globe.

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