Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2024

Since 2011, Wang and his co-conspirators had been distributing malware through malicious VPN applications, including MaskVPN, DewVPN, PaladinVPN, ProxyGate, ShieldVPN, and ShineVPN. The law enforcement also arrested its administrator, the 35-year-old Chinese national YunHe Wang, in Singapore. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

However, P8 contains many built-in functions and redesigns of the communication protocol and encryption algorithm, making it a well-designed and powerful espionage platform. The access management software facilitates access to the encrypted partition of the drive. There are also some changes to the victimology.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2022

To validate the cookies and to grab more information about the YouTube user account, the malware starts one of the installed web browsers on the infected machine in headless mode and adds the cookie to its cookie store.” Aparat is an Iranian video-sharing site that was founded in 2011. ” reads the post published by Intezer.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2025

IBM: Best for Advanced Encryption 13 $233.91 CrowdStrike Best for endpoint security and services Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California Founded: 2011 Annual Revenue: $3.4 IBM Best for advanced encryption Headquarters: Armonk, New York Founded: 1911 Annual Revenue: $61.9 Cisco: Best for Integrated Network Security 16 $242.51

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As a result of collaborative efforts, the VTI Principles serve as a comprehensive set of best practices for VPN providers that bolster consumer confidence and provider accountability, promoting wider VPN adoption and access to the technology’s benefits. Our coalition launched at a significant time in our industry’s history.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

You probably use the deep web all the time — examples may include bank accounts, your email, and login-restricted content such as news or streaming entertainment. The hidden service gained traction in 2011 and then hit the mainstream when a Gawker article about the site was published. From 2011 to 2013, the Silk Road hosted 1.2

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 29, 2023

First observed in 2011, the holiday stresses the importance of having extra copies of data in case of an attack or accident. Control Access Ensuring password security is one of the easiest steps you can take to protect your data, devices, and accounts. Encrypt Your Sensitive Data Data encryption isn't just for large organizations.

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Webroot

MARCH 15, 2021

That day came in February 2011, met with a dramatic announcement by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. On the other hand, IPv6 is based on 128-bit encryption. Device manufacturers, too, should look to account for accelerated IPv6 adoption when it comes to securing their products. That made for just under 4.3

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 25, 2018

In particular, Mozilla was instrumental in the birth of Let's Encrypt , the free and open certificate authority that's massively increased the adoption of HTTPS on the web. My relationship with 1Password stretches all the way back to 2011 when I came to the realisation that the only secure password is the one you can't remember.

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Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Encryption: End-to-end encryption isn’t enabled by default for doorbells but should be activated. Enhanced encryption protocols now provide better protection against unauthorised access to Wi-Fi credentials. Encryption: What’s the deal? Since then, Ring has made substantial improvements to address this issue.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The xPack backdoor is a.NET loader that fetches and executes AES-encrypted payloads, it supports multiple commands. The threat actors were returning periodically in the compromised network to launch xPack again and steal account credentials from the compromised organizations.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 30, 2023

The campaign began in 2011 as World Backup Month and was changed to World Backup Day later. World Backup Day is an annual celebration held by the backup technology industry to encourage people to back up their data and avoid the risk of losing it forever.

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Elie

MARCH 17, 2018

This file is encrypted with a hardcoded [XOR encryption] function. This encryption is used to escape the signatures that detect the code that Gooligan borrows from previous malware. Encrypting malicious payload is a very old malware trick that has been used by. since at least 2011. back in 2011.

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Elie

MARCH 17, 2018

This file is encrypted with a hardcoded [XOR encryption] function. This encryption is used to escape the signatures that detect the code that Gooligan borrows from previous malware. Encrypting malicious payload is a very old malware trick that has been used by. since at least 2011. back in 2011.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Other features include applying secure socket layer (SSL) or transport layer security (TLS) and AES-256 encryption. Also Read: Best Encryption Software & Tools for 2021. EnterpriseDB.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2023

Knowing them, a threat actor could be able to hijack the session and therefore the account. If attackers had access to this key, they could create an admin account and have privileged access to a website. It is crucial to ensure that leaked keys are in longer bit-lengths and encoded using secure encryption/hashing algorithms.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

SmokeLoader (aka Smoke) is a modular malware that has been known since 2011, distributed via phishing emails and drive-by downloads. Configuration is stored in several registry keys in encrypted and base64 encoded form. To get more information about a user’s Facebook account, Disbuk queries Facebook Graph API. SmokeLoader.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The first two samples had 2010/2011 as the compilation date, as shown on the graph below. In fact, the PIN is encrypted in the device upon entry using a variety of encryption schemes and symmetric keys. Sometimes the traffic is not even encrypted. SPSniffer: serial port sniffer allowing capture of not-encrypted traffic.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 15, 2023

According to the BBC, the data includes: Passport scans of both pupils and parents which date back to 2011. Backups are the last line of defence against an attack that encrypts your data. There’s going to be quite a bit of concern for parents and teachers alike, with sensitive data being thrown into the mix. Backup your data.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

The threat actor abused Bitly shortener and an ad hoc BlogSpot account to protect the malicious code, lastly stored in an encrypted zip archive hosted on Mega.nz. The shared secret is used to encrypt the GZipped memory stream using a xor-based algorithm in a compress-then-encrypt fashion.

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Google Security

MAY 23, 2023

Once Chrome determines that the certificate is valid, Chrome can use it to establish an encrypted connection to the website. Encrypted connections prevent attackers from being able to intercept (i.e., For example, in 2011 a compromised CA led to a large-scale attack on web users in Iran. eavesdrop) or modify communication.

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SC Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

Visitors crowd a cloud computing presentation at the CeBIT technology trade fair on March 2, 2011 in Hanover, Germany. Misconfigured buckets and leaky APIs continue to be the biggest and most impactful cloud security holes for businesses. Sean Gallup/Getty Images).

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 3, 2021

VPNs offer clients an encrypted access channel to remote networks through a tunneling protocol and can obfuscate the client’s IP address. Founded in 2011, CyberGhost VPN is headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, and boasts over 30 million global customers. Even better, customer accounts are not limited to a set number of devices.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Executive summary Tropic Trooper (also known as KeyBoy and Pirate Panda) is an APT group active since 2011. The tool documentation is in simplified Chinese and maintained by Chinese-speaking accounts. We were able to source different implementations of encrypted web shells in.NET and ASPX scripts from the same server.

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The Security Ledger

AUGUST 17, 2018

The late, great device hacker Barnaby Jack demonstrated an over the air attack on an insulin pump at a hacker conference in Miami way back in 2011. The question is this: why is it that sophisticated, multi national firms that make medical devices have such a hard time addressing cyber risk in their products?

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In particular, advertisers can display targeted offerings, and attackers can access accounts with various services, such as online banking. For example, an attacker could log in to a victim’s Facebook account and post a phishing link or spread spam. Attacks on personal data. Their enduring relevance is a surprise.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. Bessemer Venture Partners. NightDragon. Sequoia Investments.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

It's a process of protecting critical information through encryption and being aware of the potential for eavesdropping on conversations. In 2011, there a was user in a chat room by the name of altoid, like the mint. Anyone talking about it in 2011 most likely had inside information. And he had. So you're going to need cash.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

People who responded to recruitment messages were invited to create an account at one of these sites, enter personal and bank account data (mules were told they would be processing payments for their employer’s “programmers” based in Eastern Europe) and then log in each day to check for new messages. indep: Yeah.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 11, 2023

The term was first used by Brian Krebs in 2011 after a proof of concept was conducted at DEF CON by Wall of Sheep. There are crawlers that can search your phone for personally identifiable information (PII), account credentials, banking-related or credit card data in seconds.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A sophisticated set of encryption and electronics is at work inside the vehicle. Vamosi: In my book from 2011 When Gadgets Betray Us , I profiled a young Czech born streetwise car thief, an unlikely example of a high tech criminal. And for the most part, this is true. He's been stealing cars since the age of 11. It's I like it.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 21, 2021

Once a machine gets infected, ZeuS immediately steals information from web browsers and Windows’ protected storage (PStore) , such as banking or financial information and stored account credentials, respectively. Because of this, fraudsters can easily log back into that banking account using the recorded keystrokes. was leaked.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It could install a keylogging program, allowing the hacker to gain access to sensitive information like bank account details, passwords, and physical addresses as long as the victim typed that information into their computer at any point. The Rise of Ransomware: 2011-2022. It later evolved to also include file encryption.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

But according to denizens of several Russian-language cybercrime forums that have been following his case in the Israeli news media, Burkov was by all accounts an elite cybercrook who primarily operated under the hacker alias “ K0pa.” A screen shot from the Mazafaka cybercrime forum, circa 2011.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 27, 2020

Burkov, 29, admitted to running CardPlanet , a site that sold more than 150,000 stolen credit card accounts, and to being the founder and administrator of DirectConnection — a closely guarded underground community that attracted some of the world’s most-wanted Russian hackers. .” Andrei Shirokov / Tass via Getty Images.

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