Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. “Antivirus software trusts signed programs more. “Why do I need a certificate?” 2016 sales thread on Exploit.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The agencies offered some sound cybersecurity advice for BlackByte that applies pretty generally: Conduct regular backups and store them as air-gapped, password-protected copies offline. Audit user accounts with administrative privileges and configure access controls with least privilege in mind, and use multifactor authentication.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In particular, the system.img file serves as the authentic payload archive used for initial Windows system infections. This information includes website login usernames and passwords, as well as personal autofill data such as name, address, phone number, company, and job title. This may be a bug; the authors probably meant 169.254.0.0/16

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

FLASHBACK The new clues about Rescator’s identity came into focus when I revisited the reporting around an April 2013 story here that identified the author of the OSX Flashback Trojan , an early malware strain that quickly spread to more than 650,000 Mac computers worldwide in 2012.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Such a scenario isn’t fantasy; something like this actually existed between 2012 and 2014. And those four hundred and ninety six characters probably included recently used encryption keys, passwords, social security numbers, and other PII. No, this would be almost the perfect crime and done with a very simply yet subtle zero day.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Such a scenario isn’t fantasy; something like this actually existed between 2012 and 2014. And those four hundred and ninety six characters probably included recently used encryption keys, passwords, social security numbers, and other PII. No, this would be almost the perfect crime and done with a very simply yet subtle zero day.

Encryption 52

Encryption Software Artificial Intelligence Marketing 52

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Such a scenario isn’t fantasy; something like this actually existed between 2012 and 2014. And those four hundred and ninety six characters probably included recently used encryption keys, passwords, social security numbers, and other PII. No, this would be almost the perfect crime and done with a very simply yet subtle zero day.

Encryption 52

Encryption Software Artificial Intelligence Marketing 52