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Ransomware news headlines trending on Google

CyberSecurity Insiders

And security researchers from ESET have discovered that the malware was uploaded to the VirusTotal operated system in Brazil and was targeted by a social engineering attack. As BianLian follows the process of dividing the encrypted content in 10 bytes of data, it easily evaded detection by antivirus products.

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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

The Last Watchdog

Although most people think of ransomware as a dodgy application that encrypts data and holds it for ransom, the concept is much more heterogeneous than that. FBI spoofs 2012 – 2013. It surfaced in November 2012 and was making thousands of victims a day. File encryption 2013 – 2015. None of these early threats went pro.

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Experts disclose security flaws in Oracle’s iPlanet Web Server

Security Affairs

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.”

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The Prevalence of DarkComet in Dynamic DNS

Security Boulevard

It’s also been used in numerous high-profile incidents, such as the 2012 attack on Miss Teen USA. Social Engineering: Attackers may use various social engineering techniques to convince victims to run the malware. When the user installs the software, DarkComet is installed as well.

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New Cyber Attack Campaign Leverages the COVID-19 Infodemic

Security Affairs

The proof is the leverage of the current physical threat, the CoronaVirus (COVID-19), as a social engineering trick to infect the cyber world. It is not new for cyber-crooks to exploit social phenomena to spread malware in order to maximize the impact and dissemination of a malicious campaign. Figure 9: C2 connection.

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MY TAKE: COVID-19’s silver lining could turn out to be more rapid, wide adoption of cyber hygiene

The Last Watchdog

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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WinDealer dealing on the side

SecureList

Seeing that some variants of their Android malware impersonate a popular messaging app in Asia, it is also likely that malicious APKs are distributed in a variety of ways, including social engineering to convince users to install fake updates for their applications. Layout of the encrypted data. x33x44”). Description.

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