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IT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Non-mobile statistics

SecureList

According to the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), this individual also was behind the infamous Reveton ransomware Trojan spread in 2012 — 2014. This type of cyberextortion predated Trojans, which encrypt the victim’s files. Reveton was among the most notorious PC screen lockers.

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North Korea-linked APT group ScarCruft spotted using new Android spyware KoSpy

Security Affairs

ScarCruft has been active since at least 2012, it made the headlines in early February 2018 when researchers revealed that the APT group leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player to deliver malware to South Korean users. Kaspersky first documented the operations of the group in 2016.

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Who’s Behind the Botnet-Based Service BHProxies?

Krebs on Security

The Mylobot malware includes more than 1,000 hard-coded and encrypted domain names, any one of which can be registered and used as control networks for the infected hosts. BHProxies has authored 129 posts on Black Hat World since 2012, and their last post on the forum was in December 2022. The website BHProxies[.]com

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Russian govn blocked Tutanota service in Russia to stop encrypted communication

Security Affairs

Tutanota , the popular free and open-source end-to-end encrypted email software, has been blocked by Russian authorities. The popular free and open-source end-to-end encrypted email service Tutanota has been blocked in Russia on Friday evening. ” states Tutanota. reported the Associated Press. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Only 17% of organizations encrypt at least half of their sensitive cloud data

SC Magazine

A woman speaking on a mobile phone walks past a cloud computing presentation ahead of the CeBIT technology trade fair in 2012. For example, 33% of health care respondents say they encrypt their data. The post Only 17% of organizations encrypt at least half of their sensitive cloud data appeared first on SC Media.

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Red Cross Hack Linked to Iranian Influence Operation?

Krebs on Security

KrebsOnSecurity has learned that the email address used by a cybercriminal actor who offered to sell the stolen ICRC data also was used to register multiple domain names the FBI says are tied to a sprawling media influence operation originating from Iran. This in turn allowed them to access the data, despite this data being encrypted.”

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Here’s what data the FBI can get from WhatsApp, iMessage, Signal, Telegram, and more

Malwarebytes

A recently disclosed FBI training document shows how much access to the content of encrypted messages from secure messaging services US law enforcement can gain and what they can learn about your usage of the apps. All of them are messaging apps that promise end-to-end encryption for their users.