Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Modern browsers include synchronization features (like Google Chrome’s Sync ) so that all your browsers, on all your devices, share the same tabs, passwords, plugins, and other features. Browser syncing was introduced in 2012 by Chrome with the goal of letting you continue at home where you left off at work, and vice versa.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

The expert Bob Diachenko has discovered an unsecured Elasticsearch install belonging to the security firm Keepnet Labs that contained 5 billion records of data leaked in previous incidents that took place between 2012 and 2019. ” wrote Security Discovery’s researcher Bob Diachenko.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2022

The Tropic Trooper APT has been active at least since 2012, it was first spotted by security experts at Trend Micro in 2015, when the threat actors targeted government ministries and heavy industries in Taiwan and the military in the Philippines. The attack aims at making the device unusable.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2020

Here are key takeaways: Middle East motivation Somewhat quietly since about 2012 or so, nation states of the Middle East, led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, commenced a quiet surge to the forefront of implementing comprehensive cybersecurity regulations. You now actually have to prove the data is encrypted, both at rest and in transit.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

14, KrebsOnSecurity alerted GovPayNet that its site was exposing at least 14 million customer receipts dating back to 2012. E-commerce sites can mitigate such leaks by using something other than easily-guessed or sequential record numbers, and/or encrypting unique portions of the URL displayed to customers upon payment.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

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. BlackByte Ransomware Protection Steps. 7 SP1, 8, 8.1)

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The client uses password hash to encrypt the challenge and sends it back to the domain controller as a “response.” the client takes the “challenge” received from the server as is, adds the client nonce, encrypts it using DES encryption, and sends it back to the server. We now have SMB 3.0,

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Somewhat quietly since about 2012 or so, nation states in that region, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, commenced a quiet surge to the forefront of implementing comprehensive cybersecurity regulations. Two meaningful steps every person can take, right now, is to begin routinely using a password manager and encrypted browsers.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

In June 2018, experts at Kaspersky were investigating attacks against government and military entities in South and Southeast Asian countries, The experts tracked the campaign as EasternRoppels, they speculate it may have started as far back as 2012. This C2 encrypts data with the same key as the C&C requests.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 28, 2023

The malware also uses basic string encryption to hide the malicious URL it connects to in order to retrieve a file. Change all passwords: Dridex malware is known to steal login credentials, so it is important to change all passwords on the affected systems.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

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. The malware executable file is placed in /tmp directory with a random name. 8, 15.0.0.0/8, 8, 16.0.0.0/8,

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

And virtually all IRRs have disallowed its use since at least 2012, said Adam Korab , a network engineer and security researcher based in Houston. “LEVEL 3 is the last IRR operator which allows the use of this method, although they have discouraged its use since at least 2012,” Korab told KrebsOnSecurity.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Details included names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth and encrypted passwords, all of which could be used to access other accounts belonging to these users. The Hacker had discovered Zuckerberg’s password in a 2012 LinkedIn data breach and he had used the same password across several accounts.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 21, 2017

I was one of 68 million Dropbox users that received an email last year asking me to reset my password because they found out that in 2012 they had lost our User IDs and hashed passwords. On both occasions Uber left its encryption keys on GitHub, which in part led to the breach.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

KeyPlug is a modular backdoor with the capability of communicating to its server via several network communication protocols set in its XOR-encrypted embedded configuration block. Lazarus Group delivered additional malware such as a keylogger and password-dumping tool to collect more information.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 6, 2021

Dashlane and LastPass are two of the biggest names in password management software. They both provide businesses secure vaults for sensitive information, including passwords, credit card details, and personal identification numbers. It has long been regarded as a top password manager for both personal and professional use.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 28, 2020

In late March 2014, two teams of security researchers independently started fuzz testing OpenSSL, an open source utility that encrypts traffic from a web browser to a server and forms the basis of trusted transactions online. In 2012, a change was made to OpenSSL-- that change allowed for Heartbleed to exist.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 28, 2020

In late March 2014, two teams of security researchers independently started fuzz testing OpenSSL, an open source utility that encrypts traffic from a web browser to a server and forms the basis of trusted transactions online. In 2012, a change was made to OpenSSL-- that change allowed for Heartbleed to exist.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 29, 2024

Dashlane is a password management software that’s popular for business and personal uses alike. The company was founded in 2009, and the first software edition was released in 2012. Like many other password managers, Dashlane makes it easy for users to create new passwords and store existing ones in a secure vault.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 7, 2018

The correct answer to this question is: The traffic between the browser and the webshop is encrypted. Most notably, they're now free through services like Let's Encrypt and Cloudflare and they're dead easy to setup so there goes another barrier too. — Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) April 4, 2012.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 28, 2020

In late March 2014, two teams of security researchers independently started fuzz testing OpenSSL, an open source utility that encrypts traffic from a web browser to a server and forms the basis of trusted transactions online. In 2012, a change was made to OpenSSL-- that change allowed for Heartbleed to exist.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

Based on our findings, there are some similarities in both techniques and architectures with another cybercrime group, which appeared in the wild around 2012, most probably Romanian. Searching for useful information, we found that it has appeared on several honeypots since 2012, the scripts are similar in styles and in techniques implemented.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

What was compromised: names, email addresses, and passwords. A majority of the passwords were protected by the weak SHA-1 hashing algorithm, which resulted in 99% of the credentials being posted by LeakSource.com in 2016. What was compromised: email addresses, usernames, and passwords for some but not all affected accounts.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I want a "secure by default" internet with all the things encrypted all the time such that people can move freely between networks without ever needing to care about who manages them or what they're doing with them. Now let's try the mobile app: What's the encryption story there?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

I was obsessed with encryption. I was fascinated by the fact that nothing in the world could reverse an operation of encryption without the needed key to decrypt the item. I also discovered several security vulnerabilities in LastPass Password Manager. I learned everything I could about encryption and how it worked.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2020

What was compromised: names, email addresses, and passwords. A majority of the passwords were protected by the weak SHA-1 hashing algorithm, which resulted in 99% of the credentials being posted by LeakSource.com in 2016. What was compromised: email addresses, usernames, and passwords for some, but not all affected accounts.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2021

Dashlane is a password management software that’s popular for business and personal uses alike. The company was founded in 2009, and the first software edition was released in 2012. Like many other password managers, Dashlane makes it easy for users to create new passwords and store existing ones in a secure vault.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2018

All the php files were encrypted using IONCube which has a known public decoder and given the version used was an old one, decoding the files didn’t take long. Although LFI was interesting to grab some sensitive files since XML can’t handle binary data it was not possible to dump the SQLite database to get usernames and passwords.

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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. Such a scenario isn’t fantasy; something like this actually existed between 2012 and 2014. TheHackerMind.com.

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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. Such a scenario isn’t fantasy; something like this actually existed between 2012 and 2014. TheHackerMind.com.

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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. Such a scenario isn’t fantasy; something like this actually existed between 2012 and 2014. TheHackerMind.com.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 10, 2021

Encryption: Keep Your Secrets Secret. Therefore encryption and hashing passwords, confidential data, and connection strings are of the utmost importance. . Encryption is almost universally employed as a data protection technique today and for a good reason. Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021 .

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 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. The communications are encrypted using a custom or modified encryption scheme that is based on Substitution-Permutation Network.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 18, 2022

I think it was around the end of 2012, and they were terrible! The partnership with 1Password several years later is the same again; arguably, it made HIBP more useful for the masses or non-techies that had never given any consideration to a password manager. Password Purgatory ? Did that make them the product?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Don Duncan, security engineer at NuData Security, told eSecurity Planet by email that POS systems are often dangerously easy to penetrate with malware , including the following (among many others): Dexter was discovered by Seculert (now Radware) researchers in 2012. vSkimmer malware, a successor to Dexter, dates back to 2013.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Anyway I was testing this suite when I happened to randomly strike two keys -- I think it was control and B -- and up popped the password manager, displaying all my test passwords in the clear. Thing was, the manager required its own password, which I had not entered; remember, I had hit only two keys. This was a software flaw.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Anyway I was testing this suite when I happened to randomly strike two keys -- I think it was control and B -- and up popped the password manager, displaying all my test passwords in the clear. Thing was, the manager required its own password, which I had not entered; remember, I had hit only two keys. This was a software flaw.

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