Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Introduction Ivanti, an IT management and security company, has issued a warning about multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in its VPN products exploited by Chinese state-backed hackers since December 2023. to gain access to ICS VPN appliances. to gain access to ICS VPN appliances.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have released guidance and best practices for securing virtual private network (VPN) solutions. What might be most striking about the document is how many security steps and solutions it takes to properly secure VPN connections.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The experts exploited the vulnerability to reconstruct encryption keys and developed a decryptor that allows victims of the Rhysida ransomware to recover their encrypted data for free. Rhysida ransomware employed a secure random number generator to generate the encryption key and subsequently encrypt the data.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 9, 2021

In 1880, the French government awarded Alexander Graham Bell roughly the equivalent of $300K as a prize for inventing the telephone. 1998 was the same year that researchers at AT&T Labs were issued a patent (filed in 1995) for what became known in our industry as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Not much has changed in 23 years.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 23, 2022

They require integrity, authentication, trusted identity and encryption. Protocols and policies setting new parameters for trusted connections are being hammered out and advanced encryption, authentication and data protection solutions are being ramped up. Related: Leveraging PKI to advance electronic signatures.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Identity Governance: This concerns the business processes and guard rails for effective IAM service assurance. Gartner has projected that by 2025, more than 60% of organizations will move away from VPN and rely on ZTNA. Nation-state attackers have exploited high-severity vulnerabilities in legacy VPN platforms to breach networks.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 22, 2022

T-Mobile says no customer or government information was stolen in the intrusion. In most cases, this involved social engineering employees at the targeted firm into adding one of their computers or mobiles to the list of devices allowed to authenticate with the company’s virtual private network (VPN).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2021

Security through a VPN. Among many other benefits, a VPN encrypts these files and keeps the online activity private by masking a user’s real IP address. Here are the different ways in which a VPN elevates cybersecurity: Encryption. Encryption technology in VPNs helps conceal the user’s data.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

and foreign government organizations. and foreign government organizations. and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors.” Consider installing and using a VPN. Use two-factor authentication with strong passwords.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 13, 2024

Multi-Factor Authentication: the mandatory first step for organizations moving to the cloud. But there is one simple solution to drastically reduce the risk of account take-over: enable Multi-Factor Authentication. markets.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 9, 2022

In a FLASH publication issued by the FBI in coordination with DHS/CISA, the FBI says it has identified at least 52 organizations across 10 critical infrastructure sectors affected by RagnarLocker ransomware, including organizations in the critical manufacturing, energy, financial services, government, and information technology sectors.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

VPN services on the rise A VPN creates an encrypted tunnel that effectively conceals user traffic from internet service providers and potential snoopers, thus reducing the number of parties that can access user data even on public Wi-Fi. In Canada, a similar ban on the WeChat messenger was introduced in October.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 30, 2021

SSO allows users to access multiple applications, and the underlying data, without having to re-authenticate to access each application. Password vaults, also described as password managers, are encrypted vaults that digitally store usernames and passwords. While VPNs create a trusted zone, they have their own set of vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert to warn that the Mamba ransomware is abusing the DiskCryptor open source tool to encrypt entire drives. Mamba ransomware is one of the first malware that encrypted hard drives rather than files that was detected in public attacks. ” reads the alert published by the FBI.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 30, 2023

Your SSN is used to identify you with a wide variety of third-party organizations, from government agencies to businesses. When you request services from government agencies like the Department of Labor. Multifactor authentication that requires an additional verification step when logging into your account.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The most popular options include virtual private network (VPN) or remote desktop protocol (RDP). VPN works by initiating a secure connection over the internet through data encryption. One downside of using a VPN connection involves vulnerability. One downside of using a VPN connection involves vulnerability.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 27, 2023

Now, Europol has published a progress report showing the enormous impact the infiltration of the encrypted communications tool EncroChat made. Other parties that might have a vested interest in keeping their chat messages secret include government parties, journalists, security professionals, or lawyers.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Russian-linked group, dubbed "Nobelium" by Microsoft, has continued its hacking campaigns targeting business and government entities around the globe, according to new research from Mandiant. Abuse of multi-factor authentication leveraging 'push' notifications on smartphones.". Use of a new bespoke downloader we call CEELOADER.".

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

US government agencies warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting the U.S. The Daixin Team group gains initial access to victims through virtual private network (VPN) servers. In one successful attack, the attackers likely exploited an unpatched vulnerability in the organization’s VPN server.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 9, 2021

Reiterating the same that was said to the US Senate Committee last week, Blount stated that the Colonial Pipeline attack took place because the company was using a legacy VPN system that did not have a 2FA in place. And so the hacker accessed the network just by stealing the password via a phishing email. .

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 18, 2021

“Phishing is responsible for the vast majority of breaches in this pattern, with cloud-based email servers being a target of choice." — 2021 Verizon DBIR The federal government had a tough year when it came to data breaches and ransomware attacks.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

The Australian government is urging companies in the region to adopt strong cybersecurity practices due to increased global risk stemming from the conflict in Ukraine. Firewall status, drive encryption status, password status and whether an antivirus or anti-malware agent is running can all contribute to improved security resilience.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

. “AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including, but not limited to, the Financial Services, Critical Manufacturing, and Government Facilities sectors. Use multifactor authentication where possible.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 22, 2021

After a year of face masks, intermittent lockdowns and endless government announcements, many countries are now rolling out their coronavirus vaccination programs. Traditionally, organizations have relied on virtual private networks (VPNs) to grant users access to the corporate network remotely. Why Zero Trust Network Access matters.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2021

PYSA, aka Mespinoza, is a malware capable of exfiltrating data and encrypting users’ critical files and data stored on their systems. CERT France issued an alert a year ago about PYSA widening its reach to include French government organizations, and other governments and institutions outside of France.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 26, 2022

First spotted in June 2022, the DAIXIN Team quickly got the government's attention after executing multiple ransomware attacks against organizations in the health and public health sector. As is standard these days, the ransomware attacks involved both encrypting servers and stealing data. The DAIXIN leak site.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

Where the Federal government goes, other parts of the private sector follow. So it was good to see that in response to last May’s Executive Order 14028 , the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memo Wednesday outlining a new strategy for moving the federal government toward a zero trust cybersecurity posture.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

Ransomware gangs also got stealthier in 2023, with ThreatLabz observing an increase in encryption-less extortion attacks. The absence of encryption allows attackers to eliminate development cycles and decryption support and quietly exfiltrate data before making ransom demands.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The gang also claimed on the ‘Stolen data’ page of their Tor leak site that they have stolen unencrypted files from K-Electric before encrypting its systems. and foreign government organizations. Consider installing and using a VPN. Use two-factor authentication with strong passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 30, 2021

It’s a feature-rich product too, with an additional cost for VPN the only noteworthy omission. Web content filtering and VPN aren’t offered, and for encryption it merely reports on the status of Windows BitLocker, but none of those features are widely offered enough to be considered a standard EDR feature. Visit website.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2020

Victims included celebrities, tech CEOs, reporters, government officials and employees at some of the world’s largest tech companies. Within hours after a public disclosure about vulnerabilities that needed patching in enterprise-grade VPN, threat actors shifted into high gear. This pattern has happened time and time again.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Endpoint encryption for all laptops. I think the real problem here, the big challenge for businesses, is going to be around data governance," Moran says. Training for employees (awareness). Privacy training, specifically. Well documented policies and standards for employees (data handling). Intrusion detection and response.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Managed Detection and Response Product Guide Top MDR Services and Solutions Encryption Full disk encryption, sometimes called whole disk encryption, is a data encryption approach for both hardware and software that involves encrypting all disk data, including system files and programs.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The result was that BYOD became a standard operating practice across the enterprise which required robust internal controls and safeguards for data protection and governance. Security controls, such as password security procedures, the use of encryption for stored data, and VPN usage.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The gang also claimed on the ‘Stolen data’ page of their Tor leak site that they have stolen unencrypted files from K-Electric before encrypting its systems. and foreign government organizations. Consider installing and using a VPN. Use two-factor authentication with strong passwords. Source BleepingComputer. GB archive.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Use of a VPN – virtual private networks (VPN) create a secure connection to other networks over the internet. They can both encrypt data and hide an IP address by using a secure chain to shield network activity. Secure wireless networks – if you have a Wi-Fi network in your workplace, ensure it is secure, encrypted, and hidden.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The most remarkable findings In early 2023, we discovered an ongoing attack targeting government entities in the APAC region by compromising a specific type of a secure USB drive, which provides hardware encryption. BlindEagle has targeted both government entities and individuals in South America.

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