Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2020

The vulnerability could result in the leak of sensitive data, including configuration information and encryption keys. . “This can result in sensitive data exposure of configuration information about the server including encryption keys, JVM configuration and other data.” This is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0516.”

Social Engineering 88

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

The expert Bob Diachenko has discovered an unsecured Elasticsearch install belonging to a UK security firm that contained 5 billion records of data leaked in previous incidents that took place between 2012 and 2019. Most of the data come from previously known source s, it could expose affected people to scams and phishing campaigns.

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Data breaches DNS Advertising Engineering 99

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Are both linked to Evil Corp? worth of NFTs from tens of OpenSea users Trickbot operation is now controlled by Conti ransomware. worth of NFTs from tens of OpenSea users Trickbot operation is now controlled by Conti ransomware.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

These methods have transformed the security of organizations who have been able to take advantage of Duo Passwordless both in their ease of use and phishing resistance. It is what allows you to connect to your bank online over secure hypertext transport protocol (https) and be confident your financial information will be encrypted.

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Authentication Encryption eCommerce Phishing 57

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2020

DeathStalker is a hack-for-hire group discovered by Kaspersky, it has been targeting organizations worldwide, mainly law firms and financial entities, since 2012. The PowerPepper attack chain is being delivered through weaponized Word documents distributed through spear-phishing messages.

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DNS Phishing Antivirus Encryption 78

Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

According to Microsoft, the Platinum has been active since at least 2009, it was responsible for spear phishing attacks on ISPs, government organizations, intelligence agencies, and defense institutes. The campaign, which may have started as far back as 2012, featured a multi-stage approach and was dubbed EasternRoppels.”

Encryption 67

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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. Adobe, Last.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2019

. “However, when we encountered Asruex in a PDF file, we found that a variant of the malware can also act as an infector particularly through the use of old vulnerabilities CVE-2012-0158 and CVE-2010-2883 , which inject code in Word and PDF files respectively.” ” reads the report published by Trend Micro.

Malware 80

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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. How it works: Dridex is a banking Trojan that is typically distributed through phishing email campaigns. This method of delivery is different from the traditional method of delivery, which is through email attachments.

Banking 78

Banking Malware Backups Education 78

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. It has a padlock!

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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.

Computers and Electronics 113

Computers and Electronics Data privacy Encryption Media 113

Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2019

The APT41 has been active since at least 2012, it was involved in both state-sponsored espionage campaigns and financially-motivated attacks since 2014. Experts observed APT41 using spear-phishing email with attachments such as compiled HTML (. -based research university. based research university. chm ) files. into memory.

Malware 81

Malware Telecommunications Advertising Healthcare 81

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Probably, the infection vector was a phishing mail containing a specific attachment. The file downloaded from this censorship free file hosting is actually a chunk of 125KB random looking bytes, suggesting it would likely be some binary payload protected with strong encryption. Technical Analysis. Figure 9: C2 connection.

Cyber Attacks 107

Cyber Attacks Malware Social Engineering Advertising 107

Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Giving Tuesday originated in the United States in 2012 to contrast the commercialism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Giving Tuesday scams can take various forms, including phishing emails , fraudulent websites, and even door-to-door solicitations. It has since spread worldwide to more than 150 countries.

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Scams Identity Theft Antivirus Insurance 52

SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The most remarkable findings In early 2023, we discovered an ongoing attack targeting government entities in the APAC region by compromising a specific type of a secure USB drive, which provides hardware encryption. The initial attack vector was a phishing email disguised as an email from a government entity or service.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

Since 2012, petrochemical plants located in Saudi Arabia have been repeated disrupted by hackers. WannaCry encrypted data on company servers and demanded ransom payment in Bitcoin. And a Twitter audit conducted in January 2017, just after Trump was sworn in, showed him with 22.7 million Twitter followers – 16.6

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Hacking Government Cyber Attacks Encryption 184

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.

Firewall 117

Firewall Encryption Computers and Electronics Software 117

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

According to Microsoft, the Platinum has been active since at least 2009, it was responsible for spear phishing attacks on ISPs, government organizations, intelligence agencies, and defense institutes. “ BITS Downloader – This component is used to download encrypted files from the C&C server then decrypt and launch them.”

Encryption 45

Encryption Passwords Malware Software 45

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.

Data breaches 40

Data breaches Passwords Backups Mobile 40

SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The victims are targeted with spear-phishing emails that trick them into mounting a malicious ISO file and double-clicking an LNK, which starts the infection chain. 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.

Malware 142

Malware Ransomware Spyware Encryption 142

Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

Necurs botnet is currently the second largest spam botnet , it has been active since at least 2012 and was involved in massive campaigns spreading malware such as the Locky ransomware , the Scarab ransomware , and the Dridex banking Trojan. Instead, the real IP address of the C2 is obfuscated with what is essentially an encryption algorithm.

DNS 77

DNS Banking Advertising Ransomware 77

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

Justice Department announces more than 70 indictments and 125 convictions or arrests for phishing, hacking, spamming and other Internet fraud as part of Operation CyberSweep. . 2014 — eBay — A cyberattack exposes names, addresses, dates of birth, and encrypted passwords of all of eBay’s 145 million users. . presidential election.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Security functionality for DLP, discovery, encryption, and digital rights management. McAfee’s MVISION Cloud claims the “largest and most accurate registry of cloud services,” AI and machine learning functionality, DLP, encryption and more. Encryption and tokenization. Cloud phishing and malware threats.

Risk 140

Risk Firewall Authentication Encryption 140

SecureList

JULY 14, 2021

It consists of sending a spear-phishing email to the victim containing a Dropbox download link. com/s/esh1ywo9irbexvd/COVID-19%20Case%2012-11- 2020.rar?dl=0&file_subpath=%2FCOVID-19+Case+12-11-2020%2FCOVID-19+Case+12-11-2020(2).docx. AES key for configuration string encryption. AES IV for configuration string encryption.

Malware 145

Malware Phishing Technology Encryption 145

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 21, 2022

SideWinder APT, aka Rattlesnake or T-APT4, is a suspected Indian Threat Actor Group active since at least 2012, with a history of targeting government, military, and businesses throughout Asia, particularly Pakistan. Following is the Decoy PDF executed by the LNK File with the Subject: Phishing Site - Masqueraded Links (Advisory No.

DNS 52

DNS Phishing Malware Government 52

NopSec

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Remember Shamoon, the malware that disabled some 35,000 computers at one of the world’s largest oil companies in 2012? The attack vectors have broadened past spear phishing and vulnerable software. Modern variants of ransomware, called crypto ransomware, entomb the files stored on a hard drive using strong encryption.

Cyber threats 40

Cyber threats Ransomware Cyber Attacks Manufacturing 40

Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

In February 2019, SI-LAB captured multiple samples of phishing campaigns using an Office Excel document carrying a malicious Excel 4.0 This threat has been closely observed by researchers from Proofpoint that discovered the RAT used since the beginning of 2016 in targeted phishing campaigns as well as massive, multi-million message campaigns.

Malware 82

Malware Antivirus Technology Phishing 82

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

For example, an attacker could log in to a victim’s Facebook account and post a phishing link or spread spam. This is a typical example of the kind of old-school text-message scams that were popular in 2011 and 2012. Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.ado(4.02%) ranked sixth in the TOP 20 list of mobile malicious programs.

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