Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Like other ransomware gangs, Lorenz operators also implement double-extortion model by stealing data before encrypting it and threatening them if the victim doesn’t pay the ransom. The group is known to have a role for its affiliates that prohibits attacking healthcare organizations. Other ransomware attacks recently hit US hospitals.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Black and BlackCat/AlphV , which had already been reported by the media in the first decade of last July. Like all ransomware, this is a type of malware that, once introduced into an organization, encrypts the data and then requires the victim to pay a ransom in order to decrypt it. Black The LockBit 3.0 ORIGINAL_extension].specific/different

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Reflecting on the Wannacry ransomware attack, which is the lesson learnt e why most organizations are still ignoring it. The cryptolocker had the task of encrypting the data of the affected system; The exploit was to infect the victim’s local network, if not properly updated, through the SMB protocol vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2022

A cyber attack forced the American publishing giant Macmillan to shut down its IT systems. The company spokesman Erin Coffey told different media outlets that attackers have encrypted certain files on the Macmillan network. The attack took place on June 25, the security breach also impacted the U.K.

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2023

In an era where data has become the cornerstone of business operations, the loss of vital information can result in severe setbacks and irreparable damage. Whether it’s due to accidental deletion, hardware failure, cyber-attacks, or natural disasters, the loss of valuable data can have devastating impacts on an organization.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A French hospital near Paris canceled operations and transfer some patients due to a cyber attack suffered over the weekend. France’s health ministry announced that the Hospital Centre of Versailles was hit by a cyber attack over the weekend. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Electronics retail giant MediaMarkt was a victim of a ransomware attack that forced the company to shut down its IT infrastructure to contain the threat and disrupted store operations in the Netherlands and Germany. Media Markt is a German multinational chain of stores selling consumer electronics with over 1000 stores in Europe.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

. “The Superior Court of Justice (STJ) announces that the court’s information technology network suffered a hacker attack, this Tuesday (3), during the afternoon, when the six group classes’ judgment sessions were taking place. “It was basically a ransomware attack . . ” reads the CISO Advisor.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

The group published the following message on its leak site to clarify the theft of data from government agencies reported by some media: “ WE GOT A LOT OF EMAILS ABOUT GOVERNMENT DATA, WE DON’T HAVE ANY GOVERNMENT DATA AND ANYTHING DIRECTLY RESIDING ON EXPOSED AND BAD PROTECTED NOT ENCRYPTED FILE TRANSFER WE STILL DO THE POLITE THING AND DELETE ALL.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2023

The LockBit ransomware gang formally apologized for the attack on the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and has released a free decryptor for the Hospital. The group is known to have a role for its affiliated that prohibits attacking healthcare organizations. “We formally apologize for the attack on sikkids.ca

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

“We are absolutely committed to ensuring UK academia is as safe as possible from cyber threats, and will not hesitate to act when that threat evolves.”. This summer the NCSC investigated an increased number of cyber attacks on universities, schools, and colleges, most of them were hit with ransomware. ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2021

Earlier Friday, there were disruptions along the pipeline, but it was unclear whether that was a direct result of the attack.” Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that the Colonial Pipeline was shut down due to a cyber attack carried out by the Darkside ransomware gang. reported The New York Times. Source WSJ.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has disclosed a cyber attack and that the threat actors have exposed the customers’ data. A series of messages published on Barnes & Noble’s Nook social media accounts state that it had suffered a system failure and is working to restore operations by restoring their server backups.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

Y2k22 bug in Microsoft Exchange causes failure in email delivery Security Affairs most-read cyber stories of 2021 PulseTV discloses potential credit card breach The Have I Been Pwned service now includes 441K accounts stolen by RedLine malware Multiple flaws in Netgear Nighthawk R6700v3 router are still unpatched How to implant a malware in hidden (..)

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2023

The attribution of the attack to North Korea is based TTPs observed by the National Police Agency, including IP addresses, the used of specific words in the North Korean vocabulary, and the anonymization techniques involved in the attacks. ” reported the YonHap News agency.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The company confirmed the security breach with a series of messages on its social media channels ( Facebook and Twitter ). The attack took place on February 8, a threat actor breached its corporate network and encrypted some of its devices. ” reads a statement published by the company.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

French IT outsourcer Sopra Steria has been hit by a ransomware attack, while the company did not reveal the family of malware that infected its systems, local media speculate the involvement of the Ryuk ransomware. “A A cyber attack was detected on the Sopra Steria computer network on the evening of October 20.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 2, 2019

The second regulation, the EU Network and Information Security Directive (NIS) 2 , provides legal measures to boost the overall level of cybersecurity in the EU. In the UK, the number of data breaches reported to the Data Protection Commission 11 rose by almost 70 percent last year, totaling 4,740 breaches during 2018.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2020

Corporate consultancy PwC’s recent poll of 1,600 CEOs worldwide found that cyber attacks are now considered the top hinderance to corporate performance, followed by the shortage of skilled workers and the inability to keep up with rapid tech advances. Awareness is a vital step forward, no doubt. But it’s only a baby step.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2021

Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that the Colonial Pipeline was shut down due to a cyber attack carried out by the Darkside ransomware gang. Multiple media, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that the company had initially refused to pay the ransom. The pipeline allows carrying 2.5 Source WSJ.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 20, 2023

AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. The terms computer security, information security and cybersecurity were practically non-existent in the 1980s, but believe it or not, firewalls have existed in some form since that time.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) says the attack occurred through a Citrix VPN vulnerability that has been known about since last year. The BSI would like to emphasize that a vulnerability ( CVE-2019-19781 ) known since December 2019 in VPN products from Citrix for Cyber -Attacks is being exploited.".

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

Large scale cyber-attacks with major impact on Ukrainian infrastructure or services have not been observed. Analysts acknowledge that in the fog of war, government entities or private institutions likely have not identified nor reported all cyber-incidents. Policy and Governance: German BSI Issus Warning For Kaspersky Products.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

In addition to its custom Atmosphere Trojan , designed to remotely control ATMs, Silence started using xfs-disp.exe which is also a Trojan deployed during the attack execution stage. The Trojanwas allegedly used in the attack on the Russian IT Bank in February 2019. About the author: Group-IB.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

For enterprise digital health, it is imperative to prevent illegitimate access attempts and to deter inside and outside attackers from causing serious damage. Cloud security success and choosing the right investments is all about having a clear understanding of threat types and their resulting damages.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Threat actors hacked the home computer of a DevOp engineer, they installed a keylogger as part of a sophisticated cyber attack. Then the attackers exploited a flaw in a third-party media software package to target the firm. Website URLs) and 256-bit AES-encrypted sensitive (i.e. ” continues the update.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 1, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, May 2021. The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published its Smart Cities (connected places) guidance for UK local authorities. TalkTalk HG635, HG523a, and HG533.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2023

EPA claims are also confirmed by private agencies like Fitch Ratings which published an alert in April 2021 to warn of the “material risk” to water and sewer utilities caused by cyber attacks that could also impact their ability to repay debt. An incident response could have a significant impact on the cash reserves.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Russian govn blocked Tutanota service in Russia to stop encrypted communication. Russian govn blocked Tutanova service in Russia to stop encrypted communication. 5 Ways artificial intelligence Is Being Used to Keep Sensitive Information Secure. DRBControl cyber-espionage group targets gambling, betting companies.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g. ransomware) were not a “data breach" unless attackers were able to view or copy/ transmit data out of the environment. Join the discussion below or message us on social media and keep us honest! Do those perceptions reflect reality? What do you think? Connect.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Let us know what you think on social media! For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g. ransomware) were not a “data breach" unless attackers were able to view or copy/ transmit data out of the environment. Join the discussion below or message us on social media and keep us honest! Or download now!

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

It was one of the worst years (if not the worst) for cyber attacks. Even FireEye and SolarWinds got hit, and those last two are digital security companies. So they have high-security practices in all ends. Monero is the cryptocurrency of choice, instead, and all communications must be PGP encrypted. Social Media.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

Criminals used UPX packer to protect malware code written in Go and a RSA public certificate is hardcoded inside malware to encrypt all user’s target files. This finding results in a simple “key” to encrypt all the infected victims. However, the RSA public key used to encrypt the target files is static and hardcoded inside ransomware.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 6, 2022

plans to move the bronze soldier in turn, led to write out the first cyber attack ever attempted on an entire nation state. I’m talking about cybercrime unicorns, talking the fog of cyberwar among nation states, and about a new book that I think will be on the shelves of every information security professional later this summer.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

Criminals used UPX packer to protect malware code written in Go and a RSA public certificate is hardcoded inside malware to encrypt all user’s target files. This finding results in a simple “key” to encrypt all the infected victims. However, the RSA public key used to encrypt the target files is static and hardcoded inside ransomware.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 16, 2021

This reference got me thinking about how Donald Trump used social media to stir the Jan. These include stronger encryption, much more efficacious cloud security and some type of behavior-based cyber arms control agreement. Keep info moving around in the Cloud – and keep it strongly encrypted.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter) Will Enable Mass Spying Reddit Says Leaked U.S.-U.K.

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