Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2022

Researchers detailed a new information-stealing malware, dubbed YTStealer, that targets YouTube content creators. Intezer cybersecurity researchers have detailed a new information-stealing malware, dubbed YTStealer, that was developed to steal authentication cookies from YouTube content creators. solutions.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 22, 2021

It is learnt that the massive file encrypting malware campaign started on April 19th,2021 when victims took help of the technology forums to know more about the ransomware. Qlocker Ransomware is not only accessing files by encrypting them with a password protected 7Zip archives ending with.7z

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Since 2011 it was employed in attacks aimed at Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in many countries, including Bahrain, Ethiopia, UAE, and more. The binaries are stored encrypted and obfuscated too, with a slightly different format, the AES Initialization vector being stored within the core module binary instead of in the encrypted module files.”

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Malwarebytes

JULY 26, 2021

Last week, Check Point Research described a new Mac variant of malware they call XLoader. According to Check Point, the Mac version of the malware is being “rented” as part of a malware-as-a-service program, at the price of $49 for one month or $99 for three months. Fortunately, more details have since come to light.

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Fox IT

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This model utilizes the Half-Space-Trees algorithm and provides our security operations teams (SOC) with the opportunity to detect suspicious behavior, in real-time, even when network traffic is encrypted. The prevalence of encrypted traffic. The use of encrypted network protocols yields improved mitigation against eavesdropping.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Prilex is a Brazilian threat actor that has evolved out of ATM-focused malware into modular point-of-sale malware. Active since 2014, in 2016, the group decided to give up ATM malware and focus all of their attacks on PoS systems, targeting the core of the payment industry. Evolving into PoS malware.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

After being released in 2003, he uses WiFi to commit attacks, program malware and steal credit card information. 2011 — Sony Pictures — A hack of Sony’s data storage exposes the records of over 100 million customers using their PlayStation’s online services. 1998-2007 — Max Butler — Max Butler hacks U.S. presidential election.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

NullMixer is a dropper leading to an infection chain of a wide variety of malware families. These websites are often related to crack, keygen and activators for downloading software illegally, and while they may pretend to be legitimate software, they actually contain a malware dropper. Malware execution instructions.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. The attackers also used previously undetected malware, including info stealers and keyloggers. ” reads the analysis published by the researchers.

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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. based online service providers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

One of the most recent attacks was reported by Computerland in Belgium against SMBs in the country, but according to the company they were targeted by a group of cybercriminals who appeared to be using a variant of the LockBit locker malware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2018

Ramnit is one of the most popular banking malware families in existence today, it was first spotted in 2010 as a worm, in 2011, its authors improved it starting from the leaked Zeus source code turning the malware into a banking Trojan. Malware actor publishes the address of the Bot-A in DNS (or using any other public channel).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The malware was also used by the attackers to browse the web, likely using it as a proxy to mask their IP address. The xPack backdoor is a.NET loader that fetches and executes AES-encrypted payloads, it supports multiple commands. The attackers also used a custom keylogger and three custom loaders.” ” continues Symantec.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

A technical analysis of NullMixer malware operation revealed Italy and France are the favorite European countries from the attackers’ perspective. Executive Summary Our insights into a recent NullMixer malware operation revealed Italy and France are the favorite European countries from the opportunistic attackers’ perspective.

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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. Android malware. since at least 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. Android malware. since at least 2011.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The jailbreak works with all Apple products released between 2011 and 2017, including iPhone models from 4S to 8 and X. Axi0mX’s jailbreak code is marked as a “beta” release, but there is the concrete possibility that experts coders or intelligence agencies will integrate it in hacking tools and malware.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2025

IBM: Best for Advanced Encryption 13 $233.91 Bitdefenders consumer and business products consistently earn top rankings in independent security tests, reflecting exceptional malware detection and overall protection. CrowdStrike Best for endpoint security and services Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California Founded: 2011 Annual Revenue: $3.4

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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. In our subsequent investigation, we looked for more suspicious detections on this public server and identified multiple malware sets. The table below shows the discovered malware families related to this intrusion.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

The solution includes cloud sandboxing technology, preventing zero-day threats, and full disk encryption capability for enhanced data protection. ESET Protect Advanced complies with data regulation thanks to full disk encryption capabilities on Windows and macOS. Founded: 2011. Get started today! Visit website. Visit website.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In addition, previous attacks used Golang droppers to deliver malware – we didn’t find evidence of this in the current activity. Clearly, this is a new version of the malware, which is still in development. We believe we will see new attacks from the Awaken Likho operators.

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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. Here are some perspectives from industry experts.

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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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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

In our initial report on Sunburst , we examined the method used by the malware to communicate with its C2 (command-and-control) server and the protocol used to upgrade victims for further exploitation. This campaign made use of a previously unknown malware family we dubbed FourteenHi.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware. Social Tactics.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

February 2011: Ross Ulbricht Creates the Silk Road Marketplace “I created Silk Road because I thought the idea for the website itself had value, and that bringing Silk Road into being was the right thing to do. The hidden service gained traction in 2011 and then hit the mainstream when a Gawker article about the site was published.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Their operations are based on the human operator ransomware practice where most of the intrusion is handled by hands-on keyboard criminals, even in the encryption stage. He is a former member of the ANeSeC CTF team, one of the firsts Italian cyber wargame teams born back in 2011.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 2, 2024

IntroductionIn this two-part blog series, we explore the evolution of SmokeLoader, a malware downloader that has been active since 2011. In Part 1, we explored early versions of SmokeLoader, from its initial rudimentary framework to its adoption of a modular architecture and introduction of encryption and obfuscation.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 22, 2025

Zscaler ThreatLabz has been tracking all of the aforementioned malware families and frequently provides technical assistance to support law enforcement investigations. DanaBot implements a custom binary protocol that is encrypted using 1,024-bit RSA and 256-bit AES in CBC mode. a Tor client for C2 communications).Even

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 3, 2021

The downside to this long-term trend is that communications online, never mind on public cloud platforms, present vulnerabilities via web attacks and malware. VPNs offer clients an encrypted access channel to remote networks through a tunneling protocol and can obfuscate the client’s IP address. Enter VPN technology. Encrypt.me.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Data that is encrypted with the public key can only be decrypted with the private key; also, data encrypted with the private key can only be decrypted with the public key. The year 2011 was an infamous year for certificate authority hacks that caused the breach of high profile domains as well as the end of business for some.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Because a smaller, less secure company like Fazio has access to a bigger, more secure company's system, attackers took the path of least resistance to install malware and steal credentials. Think of it as Let's Encrypt for code signing. This attack was a watershed moment in securing against supply chain attacks.

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Fox IT

JUNE 23, 2020

Evil Corp were previously associated to the Dridex malware and BitPaymer ransomware, the latter came to prominence in the first half of 2017. Evil Corp has been operating the Dridex malware since July 2014 and provided access to several groups and individual threat actors. Attribution and Actor Background. Actor Tracking.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

XDR (eXtended Detection and Response) Integrations At Black Hat USA 2023, Cisco Secure was the official Mobile Device Management, DNS (Domain Name Service) and Malware Analysis Provider. When file was convicted as malicious, we would investigate the context: Is it from a classroom, where the topic is related to the behavior of the malware?

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Spinone

JUNE 28, 2020

According to the True Cost of Compliance with Data Protection Regulations , a recent study sponsored by Globalscape and independently conducted by Ponemon Institute, since 2011 there has been a 45% increase in non-compliance costs. This results in lost revenue that can last for years.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

A kind of digital smash and grab of sensitive information such as the encryption keys created to protect sensitive transactions on a site like Amazon, or your bank with no way to trace any of it back to you. And this happens over and over until you leave the web site and break the encrypted channel and establish a new one on another website.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

A kind of digital smash and grab of sensitive information such as the encryption keys created to protect sensitive transactions on a site like Amazon, or your bank with no way to trace any of it back to you. And this happens over and over until you leave the web site and break the encrypted channel and establish a new one on another website.

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