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Feds Warn About Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks, Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

The ransomware encrypts files on compromised Windows host systems, including physical and virtual servers, the advisory noted, and the executable leaves a ransom note in all directories where encryption occurs, including ransom payment instructions for obtaining a decryption key. 7 SP1, 8, 8.1)

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StripedFly: Perennially flying under the radar

SecureList

It comes equipped with a built-in TOR network tunnel for communication with command servers, along with update and delivery functionality through trusted services such as GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket, all using custom encrypted archives. org/JulieHeilman/m100-firmware-mirror/downloads/ bitbucket[.]org/upgrades/um/downloads/

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China-linked APT Mustang Panda targets TP-Link routers with a custom firmware implant

Security Affairs

China-linked APT group Mustang Panda employed a custom firmware implant targeting TP-Link routers in targeted attacks since January 2023. MustangPanda has been active since at least 2012, it targeted American and European entities such as government organizations, think tanks, NGOs , and even Catholic organizations at the Vatican.

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WizCase Report: Vulnerabilities found in WD My Book, NetGear Stora, SeaGate Home, Medion LifeCloud NAS

Security Affairs

CVE-2018-18472 – XXE and Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution in Axentra Hipserv NAS firmware. . It’s used in different devices from different vendors, the affected devices sharing the firmware are: Netgear Stora. The company provides a firmware with a web interface that mainly uses PHP as a serverside language.

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Growing Cyber Threats to the Energy and Industrial Sectors

NopSec

Remember Shamoon, the malware that disabled some 35,000 computers at one of the world’s largest oil companies in 2012? Modern variants of ransomware, called crypto ransomware, entomb the files stored on a hard drive using strong encryption. If you’ve read cybersecurity news lately, you’ve probably heard that it’s back.

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Mobile malware evolution 2020

SecureList

The manufacturer of the mobile device preloads an adware application or a component with the firmware. It could only make its way there via another Trojan that exploited system privileges or as part of the firmware. This is a typical example of the kind of old-school text-message scams that were popular in 2011 and 2012.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: DEF CON Villages

ForAllSecure

Gosh, there must be 20 or more villages at DEFCON if you want to learn radio if you want to learn tampering with seals if you want to learn encryption, if you want to learn you name it. In my you know 1011 Oh man even more than that 2012 1415 years now. There was a cannabis village recently at DEF CON. is or what it controls.

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