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FakeSG campaign, Akira ransomware and AMOS macOS stealer

SecureList

This includes the “winnt” folder, which is only present in Windows 2000. The initial version, written in Go, had typical stealer features, such as stealing passwords, files, browser data and so on. It also created fake password prompts in an attempt to obtain the system password.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 457 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Clorox estimates the costs of the August cyberattack will exceed $49 Million Mastodon fixed a flaw that can allow the takeover of any account Iranian hackers breached Albania’s Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) Operation Synergia led to the arrest of 31 individuals Ex CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte sentenced to 40 years in prison Cloudflare breached (..)

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Why 83 Percent of Large Companies Are Vulnerable to This Basic Domain Hack

Adam Levin

Far from being jealously guarded assets with Fort Knox-level security, a new study of Forbes Global 2000 Companies suggests many domain names are imminently hackable. A recent domain hijack of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck.com was used to spoof the company in a spear-phishing campaign.

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IT threat evolution Q2 2024

SecureList

The backdoor hooks the password authentication function to allow the attacker to use any username/password to log in to the infected server without any further verification. The attackers also used a tool called “TomBerBil” to steal passwords from browsers. It does the same with public key authentication.

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Types of Encryption, Methods & Use Cases

eSecurity Planet

Users can establish a symmetric key to share private messages through a secure channel, like a password manager. Symmetric encryption is often used for drive encryption, WiFi encryption, and other use cases where speed performance is paramount and a password can be safely shared.

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The History of Computer Viruses & Malware

eSecurity Planet

Worms and the Dawn of the Internet Age: 1987-2000. The document contained a list of pornographic sites, along with passwords for access to said sites and would then spread itself and its NSFW content by emailing the first 50 people in the victim’s contact list. One of the first instances was the Love Letter virus of 2000.

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LockBit is back and threatens to target more government organizations

Security Affairs

At 20:47 I found that the site gives a new error 404 Not Found nginx, tried to enter the server through SSH and could not, the password did not fit, as it turned out later all the information on the disks was erased. I use different exchangers and I don't concentrate all my money on one cryptocurrency exchanger.