The Last Watchdog

APRIL 1, 2020

Deploying the latest, greatest detection technology to deter stealthy network intruders will take companies only so far. The wisdom of proactively purging stored data was driven home by the hack of Capital One bank. I challenge anybody who thinks they actually need to keep any data beyond a regulatory requirement.

Government 149

Government Cybersecurity CSO Banking 149

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Listen to EP 08: Hacking Voting Systems. Vamosi: Back in 2007 the California Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, did the unthinkable: she decertified all the digital voting systems in the state. They invited us and other members of the public to try to hack it. Apple Podcasts. Google Podcasts. Spotify Podcasts. Amazon Music.

Hacking 40

Hacking Mobile Software Technology 40

SecureList

MAY 9, 2024

The most remarkable findings The Gelsemium group performs server-side exploitation that effectively leads to a webshell, and uses various custom and public tools deployed with stealth techniques and technologies. The payloads were distinctively served, veiled as font files, in compressed and encrypted fashion.

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Malware Government DDOS Cryptocurrency 123

ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

I mean, there are so many positive stories about people who are hacking for a living and doing good things because of it. It's a process of protecting critical information through encryption and being aware of the potential for eavesdropping on conversations. I know that whenever I get a piece of new technology, I'm all excited.

Hacking 52

Hacking Mobile Cryptocurrency VPN 52

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The group operated under the control of the GRU’s Main Centre of Special Technologies (aka ‘GTsST’ or field post number 74455). The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide.

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Cyber Attacks Government Media Advertising 100

The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2019

Meanwhile, details of Alexsey Belan’s Russian-backed escapades came to light in March 2017 when the FBI indicted Belan and three co-conspirators in connection with hacking Yahoo to pilfer more than 500 million email addresses and gain deep access to more than 30 million Yahoo accounts. presidential elections.

IoT 171

IoT Hacking Banking Government 171

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

The following VBScript is run through cscript.exe, It’s an obfuscated and xor-encrypted payload. The encryption is performed by a simple xor having as key the single byte 0 while the encoding procedure is a multi conversion routine which could be summarized as follows: chr(asc(chr(“&h”&mid(x,y,2)))).

Computers and Electronics 91

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Malware Cyber Attacks 91

Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

macro technology. This technology is stored in the Workbook OLE stream in Excel 97-2003 format which makes it very difficult to detect and parse by antivirus (AV) engines. So, we are facing a living off the land technique, probably, XLM macros — an old technology that makes harder its intent and detection. A deeper dive.

Malware 82

Malware Antivirus Technology Phishing 82

ForAllSecure

JULY 6, 2022

Centre for Defence: In 2007, a struggle over a divisive Soviet statutes set the standard for a new form of Russian interference in the affairs of foreign states. It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. The second largest company in the USA was not hacked yesterday. That's not news.

Cybercrime 40

Cybercrime Government Ransomware Hacking 40