Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2022

.” Since January, DeadBolt ransomware operators are targeting QNAP NAS devices worldwide , its operators claim the availability of a zero-day exploit that allows them to encrypt the content of the infected systems. Once encrypted the content of the device, the ransomware appends.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Also known as Gozi, Ursnif has evolved over the years to include a persistence mechanism, methods to avoid sandboxes and virtual machines, and search capability for disk encryption software to attempt key extraction for unencrypting files. Ursnif Ursnif is a banking Trojan that steals financial information. Enforce MFA. Maintain offline (i.e.,

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

One of the most dangerous kinds of malware for businesses, ransomware can slip into a network or device and encrypt sensitive files or lock down the entire device unless the victims pay the hacker a usually-sizable fee to unlock it – and even then, decryption fails most of the time. Firmware rootkits are also known as “hardware rootkits.”.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Brute-force attacks on services that use SSH, a more advanced protocol that encrypts traffic, can yield similar outcomes. User files were encrypted, with the device’s interface displaying a ransom note demanding payment of 0.03 BTC to recover the data. Regrettably, vendors could have done a much better job fixing those.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

However, instead of encrypting the data, it purposefully destroyed it in the affected systems. A creative avenue for threat actors is to expand their surveillance efforts to include devices such as smart home cameras, connected car systems and beyond. They attribute the wiper, named SwiftSlicer, to Sandworm (aka Hades).

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

So it gives you a lot of fertile ground to work on, as compared with the mostly heavily encrypted SSL, TLS web components that a lot of websites and apps use. Vamosi: So we have some hardware tools, there's still the issue of the various communications protocols and firmware itself.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

So it gives you a lot of fertile ground to work on, as compared with the mostly heavily encrypted SSL, TLS web components that a lot of websites and apps use. Vamosi: So we have some hardware tools, there's still the issue of the various communications protocols and firmware itself.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

At the end of September, at the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit , our researchers provided an overview of FinSpy , an infamous surveillance toolset that several NGOs have repeatedly reported being used against journalists, political dissidents and human rights activists. FinSpy: analysis of current capabilities.

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