Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

It's also why the United States has blocked the cybersecurity company Kaspersky from selling its Russian-made antivirus products to US government agencies. Meanwhile, the chairman of China's technology giant Huawei has pointed to NSA spying disclosed by Edward Snowden as a reason to mistrust US technology companies.

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Surveillance Wireless Government Internet 218

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

How not to disclosure a Hack. UK fashion retailer FatFace angered customers in its handling of a customer data theft hack. invest in better endpoint detection and response (EDR) technology, apparently recommending Cylance or VMware Carbon Black. conduct employee phishing tests. conduct penetration testing.

Energy and Utilities 122

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Banking Hacking 122

Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

” Microleaves has long been classified by antivirus companies as adware or as a “potentially unwanted program” (PUP), the euphemism that antivirus companies use to describe executable files that get installed with ambiguous consent at best, and are often part of a bundle of software tied to some “free” download.

Advertising 213

Advertising Software Computers and Electronics Internet 213

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Using an encrypted payload is quite a common way to evade Antivirus, since the encrypted payload changes depending on the used key. According to VirusTotal the software was “seen in the Wild” in 2010 but submitted only on 2018-10-12! I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background.

Malware 91

Malware Computers and Electronics Encryption Penetration Testing 91

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Very soon after its inception, Mariposa was estimated to have infected more than 1 million hacked computers — making it one of the largest botnets ever created. Spanish for “Butterfly,” Mariposa was a potent crime machine first spotted in 2008. An advertisement for the ButterFly Bot. “TM passed this information on to Brian Krebs.”

Cybercrime 39

Cybercrime Malware Antivirus Banking 39

Malwarebytes

JULY 22, 2021

Antivirus vendors detect it. It enables abuses like the mobile phone hack of Hatice Cengiz , former fiancée of murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khoshoggi. Pegasus is spyware, and spyware is not made to respect privacy. It erodes it. Digital forensics labs know how to catch it.

Spyware 123

Spyware Surveillance Mobile Government 123

Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

As a result, this technique may bypass static antivirus signatures and complicate malware reverse engineering. A seller named Mystic Stealer joined the WWH (WWH-Club) and BHF (Best Hack Forums, using the name MysticStealer) forums just a couple of days before posting, and, the stealer was listed for rent at a price of $150 per month.

Cryptocurrency 52

Cryptocurrency Password Management Malware DNS 52